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1. danaos+Ao[view] [source] 2019-08-08 13:55:45
>>lordna+(OP)
> In April, when a story about Katie Bouman, an M.I.T. researcher who helped develop a technology that captured the first photo of a black hole, rose to the front page, users combed through her code on GitHub in an effort to undermine the weight of her contributions.

Hmm. I guess citation needed?

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2. raldi+0q[view] [source] 2019-08-08 14:03:56
>>danaos+Ao
This seems to have been either a complete, sensationalistic fabrication, or at best, a totally negligent misread.

See for yourself:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19632086

The thread began, "If Katie was a man do you think people would be going through git histories and their published papers trying to determine if she is being over-credited for her achievements?"

And it's not referring to others on HN; as the replies make clear, it's about people elsewhere.

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3. minima+bG[view] [source] 2019-08-08 15:55:24
>>raldi+0q
Scroll down to the very bottom of that discussion thread and unfurl the flagged threads.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19634262

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19632301

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