Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first black hole image

Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first bla... by warp_factor on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:37AM (#19632443)

I think those comments try to react to the fact that this news got overblown because the researcher is a very talented woman.

She definitely did something amazing and unfortunately it turned political because it fits the narrative that some people love to push currently.

I'm not a fan of the liberal agenda of positive//negative discrimination. I really believe that it is making everyone worse off, especially women that are being treated like little kids that need to be shown the correct path.

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Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first bla... by threeseed on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:39AM (#19632454)

Nobody is aiming to treat women like little kids.

We just want to show that you if you accomplish something in tech you aren't going to be diminished or dismissed simply because you're a woman.

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Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first bla... by lr4444lr on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:18AM (#19633600)

Is there some blind spot people have when a woman is involved? Achievements by men are run through a gamut of informed and not-so-informed criticism all the time on HN. Bouman is getting standard treatment.

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Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first bla... by roguecoder on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:20PM (#19641655)

I disagree with the premise that it is possible to overblow the news about a picture of a black hole. What kind of crappy nerd thinks science is getting too much press!?!!

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