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A comment on Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to main()? (2011).

Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by commandlinefan on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:23PM (#29112697)
> part of the problem is that there is a prevalent unconscious gender bias in STEM that makes it unwelcoming for women

Just three paragraphs in.

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Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by avsbst on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:36PM (#29112816)
Would refer to the guidelines [1] for this site:

> Be kind. Don't be snarky.

> Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

> Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments

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Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by kbelder on Thursday November 04, 2021 @11:47PM (#29115221)
"Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

Unfortunately, the articles HN links to don't have to follow those guidelines.

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Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by chrsig on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:31PM (#29112764)
oh no! anything but trying to make STEM more welcoming to the women!! How can we possibly read any of this!?
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Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by ryan93 on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:16PM (#29113621)
Quite the suggestion that an anodyne joke about "real men" is whats stopping women from programming. In fact many women would no doubt find the suggestion patronizing.
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Re:Linux x86 program start up – How the heck do we get to ma... by commandlinefan on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:25AM (#29118852)
If that's his personal moral code, I don't have a problem with him substituting "programmers" for "men", but just do it and spare me the lecture. I consciously avoid referring to groups of women or mixed-genders as "guys", but I don't stop and point out to everybody that I did it whenever I do.
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