How I got through Docker's censorship

Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by danpalmer on Monday May 16, 2016 @04:48AM (#11705056)

> A few days ago I got a call from a lady that is studying her Masters degree in computer science (can you believe it?)

This comment is not ok.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by parham90 on Monday May 16, 2016 @04:58AM (#11705091)

Hi Dan,

If you're the person who contacted me through an email, I just replied to you! If not, I'll paste my response here:

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Hi Dan! You won’t believe how glad i am that you decided to contact me regarding this, rather than making a decision about me in your mind and not speaking about it. Thank you. Your email made me realize that I had made a mistake there that we developers often do, namely forgetting to explain the context and thinking that the reader already knows it. In Iran, we don’t have many women who go as far as a Masters degree in computer science. Even if they do, they don’t usually enter the workforce as a DevOps or software engineer. This was what I meant with “can you believe it?” — the fact that this lady had gotten so far is unbelievable. I know where you’re coming from, though. Whenever I reveal on the web that I’m a blind programmer, many people talk between themselves and say, “he’s a blind programmer! Can you believe it?” A lot of people in those circles raise an objection about this choice of words, saying that, “Why do you think it’s incredulous for him to code?” So, yes, I should have seen this misunderstanding coming. You’re awesome. I’ll go and change it immediately. Thanks again. Best, Parham

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by realusername on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:02AM (#11705106)

I guess he was probably surprised since ladies doing computer science masters in Iran must not be that common I guess. I understood it this way.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by parham90 on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:06AM (#11705126)

Exactly. I changed the article to better reflect these though. I'd personally get offended if someone actually meant to say something like this, and since I don't want people to think I'm making such a ridiculous statement, I edited the text to clarify.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by lambdadmitry on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:55AM (#11705300)

Your are amazingly considerate and polite. It's very refreshing to see a civil replies like this. Thanks a lot!

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by parham90 on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:02AM (#11705322)

And you're surprisingly smart, which you demonstrated through your gedankenexperiment. I'm glad that writing about my experiences has allowed me to read one paragraph of the thoughts of people so much smarter than me. These are brief glimpses, but they definitely humble me.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by unethical_ban on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:59AM (#11705501)

Consider the ways in which this comment could be interpreted in a way that doesn't insult women, which is how I assume you read it.

There are ways.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by reitanqild on Monday May 16, 2016 @07:36AM (#11705641)

IMO here we have again an example of how attempted PC actually makes lives worse.

Take notice.

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by Sacho on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:58AM (#11705312)

Why is it not ok?

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Re:How I got through Docker's censorship by pjc50 on Monday May 16, 2016 @08:46AM (#11705908)

In Iran, it's certainly surprising.

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