While I agree that the name is unfortunate and problematic, the bike shed reference was intended to be a metacomment pointing out no matter what people post on HN, it is inevitable there will be a gripe about that project's name.
edit: and there seem to be larger problems with the developer and the project altogether considering other comments posted here.
ick, but the author has every right to be icky.
Re:Weboob
by 29athrowaway on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:34PM
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Pick a baby name:
a) John
b) Robert
c) Dickhat
Is there a name that doesn't belong here?
See? This is a non-discussion. You cannot name a project "QHandJoob", what the hell is that.
If a fully grown adult wants to be named "Dickhat" I don't see anything wrong with letting them have that choice, with a full understanding of its implications. Same if they want to name their sculpture, invention, magazine, or club something patently offensive.
This isn't really equivalent to the name of an infant who has no choice in the matter.
This is, however, the single most trivial discussion people can have about a project and it's quite a common thread here on HN.
> Do you think women would be comfortable contributing to a project called "boobsize", which is part of a larger project called "weboob"? Not to mention "QHandJoob".
Looking at the authors, several women did contribute to the project.
found "think of the contributors"
http://laurent.bachelier.name/2018/07/a-proposal-for-sanitiz...
It's a horrible idea and if you don't see it that's not my fault.
One thing is painting the bike shed red or blue. Another thing is to put a sexual graffiti on top of it. The latter is no longer bikeshedding. There's a difference.