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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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839 points alsetmusic | 12 comments | 27 Aug 25 01:44 UTC | HN request time: 1.293s | source | bottom
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BuildTheRobots ◴[27 Aug 25 16:38 UTC] No.45041917[source]▶
> I’m on the board overseeing Linux graphics. Half of us are trans. If all you care about is Linux, resist the attacks on trans people. > If you have any decency, fight back.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250520182445/https://rosenzwei...

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1. abustamam ◴[27 Aug 25 17:11 UTC] No.45042299[source]▶
https://asahilinux.org/docs/project/board/asahi-board/

The board is 7 people. I'm unclear what makes this awkward or inconvenient.

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2. 9dev ◴[27 Aug 25 17:33 UTC] No.45042518[source]▶
Trans people are bad optics now..?
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3. Refreeze5224 ◴[27 Aug 25 18:03 UTC] No.45042922[source]▶
Are you not aware of the very casual prejudice you're showing with this comment, or do you not see a problem with it?

Regardless of your political or religious views on people's right to exist, simple politeness if nothing else should prevent this sort of comment. I assume you wouldn't say it to their face, so why say it here?

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4. xyzsparetimexyz ◴[27 Aug 25 18:10 UTC] No.45043006[source]▶
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043002
5. alt187 ◴[27 Aug 25 18:17 UTC] No.45043085[source]▶
The proportion of trans people in humanity is less than 50%. Pointing this out makes it seem the board has a disproportionate number of trans people.
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6. nemomarx ◴[27 Aug 25 18:22 UTC] No.45043133{3}[source]▶
I mean it probably does? A somewhat disproportionate number of people in software are trans.

However, you could look at it the other way - if you take any group of 5-10 people I bet they're disproportionately something. Very few groups are selected evenly from all of humanity.

7. nemomarx ◴[27 Aug 25 18:25 UTC] No.45043162{3}[source]▶
What's the negative stereotype we're worried about here? "trans women are hackers" or something? Linux secretly makes you trans?

The banker thing would be bad optics because of conspiracies about it, but I'm not aware of an equivalent.

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8. stouset ◴[27 Aug 25 20:13 UTC] No.45044580{3}[source]▶
Okay, and?
9. stouset ◴[27 Aug 25 20:30 UTC] No.45044784{3}[source]▶
How magnanimous and thoughtful of you to try and make it seem like your original comment was about protecting trans people who all just want to blend in and not be seen.

Except, you know, these specific people are openly trans and explicitly choosing for themselves to make a point about it.

10. BuildTheRobots ◴[27 Aug 25 21:40 UTC] No.45045643{4}[source]▶
"It would have been the year of the Linux desktop too, if it wasn't for those pesky trans hackers!"
11. abustamam ◴[28 Aug 25 00:00 UTC] No.45046763{3}[source]▶
I would not have known she was trans if it weren't for random commenters randomly saying "she's trans and just wants to blend in"

I agree with that statement, but consistently calling it out kinda seems to be having the opposite effect.

12. abustamam ◴[28 Aug 25 00:03 UTC] No.45046778{3}[source]▶
And HN has a disproportionate number of tech enthusiasts... We can point out random disproportionate number of X in any Y population; it doesn't make it relevant to GPUs or Asahi Linux