We had not been coding all our lives, but we have had experiences. The lack of a Y chromosome makes our visions unique and useful in the world of code. Femgineers are different because we value human indecision as much as deterministic Turing machines. We love people as much as we love computing. We want to marry life and love and laughter with the most amazing technologies of our time, and that’s what makes us different.
They should have not interviewed the femtard. I have met smart woman who are capable of success and not just drawing attention to there genitals. This woman failed there. How about we just have engineers and not half thought up PR bullshit terminology.
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Anonymous2012-06-08 14:57
I was saddened shee++ isn't an actual header file so I couldn't laugh at undergraduates who have nightmares with seg faults
EIlora: That and completing my first “real” CS class–CS107. It’s the first systems class every CS major has to take, and an abrupt shift from the comfort of Java and C++ to the harsh world of C and Unix. It’s absolutely terrifying at first–the words “Segmentation fault” become your nemesis–but it’s almost exhilarating once you get the hang of it. It’s really hard to understand unless you’re a certifiable nerd like me, but my final project–a C heap allocator–is probably one of the accomplishments I’m most proud of. I knew technology was the field for me when I started getting excited about throughput and compiler optimizations. Being excited about something that the rest of the world deems crazy is a really good indicator that you’re in the right place. Confirmed for code guenon.
Femgineers are different because we value human indecision as much as deterministic Turing machines. We love people as much as we love computing. We want to marry life and love and laughter with the most amazing technologies of our time, and that’s what makes us different.
So I guess nobody told them engineering is made of pointless hard work, blood, hate, rage and depression, as well as increasing loathing of other people's illogical behaviour? If only I could witness their soul being crushed once reality kicks in.
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Anonymous2012-06-08 16:01
"Femgineers! Yeah! Now we can marry successful/[faux-]wealthy Silicon Valley dweebs AND NO ONE WILL CALL US GOLD DIGGERS!"
"Right? RIGHT?"
Fancy titles still can't hide the fact that they're just going to marry someone who *does* know their shit and mooch off their success.
ENTER: HOUSEWIVES WITH EXTENDED VOCABULARIES
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Anonymous2012-06-08 16:03
she++ sheplusplus shepples sheep peoples
The truth lies in the name.
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Anonymous2012-06-08 16:19
C heap allocator? That's like SO fucking AWESUM!!!! XDDDDDD LOL LAWL LAWL LOAL my anus with papercuts
they'll never quite cut it
maybe they can write CSS and Ruby for some shitty "startup" though
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Anonymous2012-06-08 21:09
The thing that bugs me the most about the whole "let's get more women interested in programming" movement is that they choose to hold dead corpses, such as the bitch who invented CAWBOL and DA WORLD'S FIRST PROGRAMMER, as role models while women who have actually contributed to useful technology that is in wide use today, such as Joanmarie Diggs who is the maintainer of Orca, go unmentioned.
Overall it seems like a good idea, but I doubt many women have a genuine interest in programming.
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142012-06-08 21:10
Or, even want to have an interest, for that matter.
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Anonymous2012-06-08 22:42
>>3
>Femgineers are different because we value human indecision as much as deterministic Turing machines.
Holy shit you aren't kidding, that line was in the article.
>>14
I agree. Women are different in mind and spirit to men which means that they're going to pick a path that works best for their individual qualities. For many, this means a path that communicates with people (retail, sales, HR, education, acting), takes care of others (carers, psychology, nursing), or acts as an assistant of some sort (secretary, assistant, housewife). While it's certainly not a bad thing to attract people to work someplace, there isn't much that can be done (in the short term) if there is minimal interest.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 3:45
>>17
You can argue that it's society that makes women more social and less sciencey.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 4:20
>>18
Typical leftist nonsense. Let me guess, gravity is a social construct and plants lean toward the sun because they are conditioned to.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 4:25
>>19
In all seriousness I had a socialist woman tell me that anger is a social construct and if we banned religion there would be no anger.
Best female engineers I've met are actually quite manly, manlier than most modern biological males. Some of them look like dykes, some are fatties, but most are at least somewhat hot.
Oh yeah, and we had a couple of vag-rammers. They sucked at coding because they were busy caring about being noticed by men. They also visited all even slightly relevant conferences and other public technology events in our city.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 8:15
>>24
Engineers are, by definition, heartless logical beings, which is seen as a ,,manly'' characteristic.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 9:59
I wrote a C heap allocator when i was in the womb. Take that femgineers!
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Anonymous2012-06-09 10:42
watch your privilege
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Anonymous2012-06-09 11:23
>>28
i recommend you never say that in public
seriously
unless you want to die
horribly
I had to discuss with a female caucasian human today and when she appeared she advanced her right hand and it looked like it was asking for a handshake. I held it for three seconds before it started feeling uncomfortable. Did I just get raped? :(
Girls cannot use the internet because the program to access it is called a browser. I propose pairing browsers with howsers to make web more woman-friendly.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 13:12
>>14
And Audrey Tang and Sophie Wilson and Lynn Conway
I love feminists. They know that if their ideas don't correlate with reality, reality is wrong and has to change. It's brilliant I tell you!
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Anonymous2012-06-09 13:17
>>30
It depends. Were you inebriated, scared, isolated or intimitated? If so, you legally couldn't give consent to a handshake. Furthermore, she obviously manipulated you into it using intricate psychological techniques and emotional pressure. She probably did it to humiliate you or gain control over you.
I'd sue her.
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Anonymous2012-06-09 13:57
>c heap allocator
so did she re-implement malloc and free or something?