<![CDATA[I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me.]]>I think it's so precious when techbros try Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me.

My dudes, it's likely I've been programming longer than you've been alive.

And transitioning didn't somehow make me ignorant, motherfuckers.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9358d29c-ae01-445b-961a-0fd2d399b642/i-think-it-s-so-precious-when-techbros-try-mansplaining-web-browsers-video-transcoding-or-game-development-to-me.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 09:24:39 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 01:37:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:21:39 GMT]]>@lisamelton im still very much dreading when this starts to happen to me...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/allyhealer/statuses/116420254081391695https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/allyhealer/statuses/116420254081391695Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:21:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:33:39 GMT]]>@lisamelton

You mean โ€” g-girls can code?

/s

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116419829370777501https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116419829370777501Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:33:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:06:52 GMT]]>@rethnor no excuse, just predictable

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/jzsimon/statuses/116419488123560547https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/jzsimon/statuses/116419488123560547Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:06:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:51:39 GMT]]>@lisamelton and most of them only got their degree by copying others work. They are business scum, not scientist.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115901909597770490/statuses/116419428346045694https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115901909597770490/statuses/116419428346045694Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:51:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:52:21 GMT]]>@lisamelton I'm a computing teacher and there's nothing more affirming than non-computing staff assuming I know nothing about the topic /s

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Kelcie/statuses/116419195135907582https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Kelcie/statuses/116419195135907582Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:52:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:45:50 GMT]]>@digichelle @lisamelton One should also not forget how important the influence of Mileva possibly has been on Einsteins theoretical development.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/115994572387312149/statuses/116419169524146442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/ap/users/115994572387312149/statuses/116419169524146442Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:45:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:39:59 GMT]]>@xChaos @lisamelton What a blast from the past! Good to see you still around!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/phl/statuses/116419146499072914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/phl/statuses/116419146499072914Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:48:30 GMT]]>@xChaos @lisamelton
Ah yes, Arachne!

I actually used it! Memories :).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/users/marc_eu/statuses/116418944044083617https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/users/marc_eu/statuses/116418944044083617Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:48:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:11:01 GMT]]>@lisamelton recently saw a yt video where a gamedev explained why their RTS solo project looks so advanced, and they went through a bunch of techniques, describing them like they were original discoveries.

it felt odd and condescending until i noticed the needless contrastive statements in there and realized they had the bot write this.

so... you can't hear the em dashes but listen for the formulaic phrasings...

just realized, if it sounds this way it's because it was new to *them*

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/116418560727934472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/116418560727934472Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:11:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:09:27 GMT]]>@lisamelton Reminds me of when a dude told Katie Mack she should learn some science and she replied, โ€œI already have a PhD in astrophysics. I think anything more would be overkill at this point.โ€

I think he ended up deleting his account. ๐Ÿ™‚

Or when the guy told Margaret Atwood what the author of The Handmaidโ€™s Tale really meant. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116418554623675510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116418554623675510Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:09:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:01:52 GMT]]>@lisamelton It is likely I'd love to learn some tricks from you - even when I grew up with 'what is a protected mode?'

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.saarland/users/slesa/statuses/116418524784126406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.saarland/users/slesa/statuses/116418524784126406Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:45:34 GMT]]>@lisamelton Butโ€ฆ but they need the emotional validation of you approving of their AI tools.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://anarres.family/users/faithisleaping/statuses/116418460652931136https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://anarres.family/users/faithisleaping/statuses/116418460652931136Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:45:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:37:08 GMT]]>@lisamelton I wrote one web browser in 1990s. I hope, that statement, that I did it wrong, doesn't count as mansplaining!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.cz/users/xChaos/statuses/116418427549204951https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.cz/users/xChaos/statuses/116418427549204951Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:37:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:36:36 GMT]]>@lisamelton My favorite is, "I don't know anything about that. But you're wrong."

I once had a coworker try to get back up for my wrongness by calling an engineer at the vendor. Who said, "I've taken that card in the lab, and put 10v on it an 0v on it, and it works fine." This guy was a BSEE. So I just said, "You know there's no such thing as 0v, right? So did you turn power on/off, or did you ground it?" Neither one ever said, "Oh, my mistake."

But I enjoyed their pain.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/agreeable_landfall/statuses/116418425402235390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/agreeable_landfall/statuses/116418425402235390Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:20:12 GMT]]>@lisamelton what about networking and file servers? Iโ€™m sure you donโ€™t know anything about that. ๐Ÿ˜œ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/planetcohen/statuses/116418360926710092https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/planetcohen/statuses/116418360926710092Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:20:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:15:29 GMT]]>@lisamelton If you ever needed proof that you are a woman, this is half of it.

The other half is getting your salary cut by at least 15% (18% in Germany)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tau-ceti.space/users/ics/statuses/116418342372163277https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tau-ceti.space/users/ics/statuses/116418342372163277Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:05:06 GMT]]>@lisamelton I guess in terms of passing this is not strictly a bad thing though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.at/users/lazy/statuses/116418301544644914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.at/users/lazy/statuses/116418301544644914Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:05:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:59:02 GMT]]>@jzsimon I can't tell whether or not you're excusing the behavior. Either way, toxic behavior shouldn't be excused.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rethnor/statuses/116418277722727346https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rethnor/statuses/116418277722727346Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:59:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:58:43 GMT]]>@lisamelton

Oh, hell yeah. I saw how all that went with my friend, M, who is right at this moment on her way across the country to have the top done. She had her priorities and bottom was first. The sheer amount of prep ... the research for all of it. Then you add all the crap you have to put up with from ignoramouses. For this trip, M bought a tracking service so that another friend and I will be notified if she doesn't check in; the danger is real and that fucking sucks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bette/statuses/116418040511431393https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bette/statuses/116418040511431393Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:58:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:33:32 GMT]]>@LibertyForward1 @lisamelton I mean they love explaining ActivityPub to Christine Lemmer-Webber so...

But I think there's an obvious reason why they wouldn't do the same thing to Torvalds or Berners-Lee.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/Misofist/statuses/116417941489591034https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://girlcock.club/users/Misofist/statuses/116417941489591034Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:28:23 GMT]]>@j @lisamelton

my very thought...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/PandaChronicle/statuses/116417921270651143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/PandaChronicle/statuses/116417921270651143Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:28:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:18:16 GMT]]>@lisamelton

Hey c'mon! If our political leaders can the Bible to the Pope! ๐Ÿคฆ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cavyherd/statuses/116417881484989781https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cavyherd/statuses/116417881484989781Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:18:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I think it's so precious when techbros try #mansplaining Web browsers, video transcoding or game development to me. on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:15:57 GMT]]>@lisamelton OMG. ๐Ÿ’€

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