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Re:My Apology to Naomi Wu and the Make Community by cromwellian on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:41PM (#15736907)
That’s a video of her being interviewed near the end she talks about why you can call yourself a maker to the host who feels he is a passive observer even though he has tinkered.

If you go to her channel, watch the build for her LED transparent bikini top for example. That can’t be faked by her husband, she demonstrates skills with the tools that many people on HN don’t even have.

Is she an electrical engineer? No, she’s a tinkerer, but what’s wrong with that?

A beautiful girl decides she wants to tinker, is into transhumanisn and body modification, uses her popularity to encourage other girls and women. Does it even matter if she has help?

I mean the guys on Mystbusters have a production staff too as do many YouTubers have collaborators.

Why do we only doubt Women’s ability or downplay it? Is it not real real because she’s attractive? Because an attractive woman couldn’t possibly be into hacking and making?

What does an engineer “look like”? What does a hacker “look like”?

Naomi already coded ruby under a male pseudonym for this very reason, to avoid gender discrimination.

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