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Inclusiveness here and in other similar places is good, not because it is "politically correct" (whatever that even means), but because diversity of all kinds is good for software technology as both a commercial and hobby interest.

This concept that diversity is good isn't even controversial beyond the culture war. Ask any financial planner how to manage your investment portfolio and they'll tell you it's important to diversify. Ask a power grid operator and they'll tell you it's good to have diversity across different kinds of generation.

Diversifying the kinds of people, viewpoints, and experiences that participate in our little corner of the world is good for exactly the same reasons. Putting all one's eggs into a single basket is always a bad idea.

Maybe you find active attempts to make the field more attractive to - that is, more inclusive for - different kinds of people annoying. That's fine, I think HN can be inclusive of both your annoyance and my annoyance with your annoyance :)