Oh, I'm very much into Elm lately. I'm aware they're out there. It just took me a long time with Elm (and others) for me to articulate a _better_ reason why `Maybe` is useful.
I don't like the "experiment" either, but there are _always_ unintended consequences to actions. It's not my fault they're doing a crappy "experiment."
This "story" does not satisfy "substantive" and qualifies as "ideological."
> What Hacker News is: a place for stories that gratify intellectual curiosity and civil, substantive comments. What it is not: a[n]... ideological... battlefield.
Don't get me wrong: I do appreciate Linux on the desktop. But we're not allowed to talk about it this way during this week.
I agree... I wish we still had the prime character. But since Elm isn't at 1.x status yet, that earns me an "irritated smirk" rather than a table-flip. :)
2. Suggesting that "simply knowing more" is sufficient ignores the way many men will discount a woman's knowledge compared to a man's knowledge simply because she's a woman.
3. Can we not resort to putting people into their place to establish dominance hierarchies? What about synergistic differences? Those are tremendously valuable.
4. Many meetups can be frustrating or downright hostile to women. Even well intentioned organizers can have a difficult time attracting women if attendance is already primarily male. Let's not forget that women make about 70¢ per $1 that men make, so they tend to have less opportunity to spend leisure time at a meetup.
This is a problem, and we can't ask women to simply try harder. They've been trying harder their whole lives. Perhaps it's time for us men to try harder for once.