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		threeseed on April 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the fi... 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.

lr4444lr on April 11, 2019 [–]

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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