beckyb's comments

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: Sinclair ZX81 turns 40 today

I got the US version of this machine for Christmas 1982. The manual that came with it had all of the Z80 opcodes listed and briefly explained. I learned a lot from that little machine.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: IBM 5160

No $PATH, but there is %PATH%.

Also, installing dos stuff in C:\DOS is what people generally did. I'm pretty sure it could be anywhere in the path.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: Why I still use an old PowerPC Mac

Of course, that only matters if your needs include rendering 4k video or compiling Chromium.

If they don't, then the old hardware is still good.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: Boy, 16, was given estrogen at L.A. juvenile hall, suit says

Estradiol is about $7 for 30 1mg pills, so more like $233 per gram. Source: goodrx.com / I'm a trans woman.

(edit) - and just to reflect on what happened to this child, in addition to the physical changes & social problems, this "treatment" would have surely induced gender dysphoria, which any trans person can tell you is awful as hell.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: A Letter on Justice and Open Debate

JKR is in fact doing that, everyday. Basically, if trans people aren't free to even use the bathroom in public that matches their gender identities, then we can't live in public society.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: A Letter on Justice and Open Debate

The problem with JKR in particular, is that she is "speaking out" against a group of people who are extremely oppressed, and using outdated / debunked info to do so.

Because of who she is, and her massive audience, this does real damage.

A person's right to even exist in society shouldn't be up for debate.

beckyb | 5 years ago | on: The Lives of Others: When does imagination become appropriation?

disclaimer - I am trans.

With that said, a lot of the problem stems from the fact that a popular author from the "outside" culture is going to have a lot more influence on what others in the outside culture believe/understand about the "inside" culture.

As an example from my community, just about every movie written about transgender people by a cisgender person spends a lot of time showing the subject putting on makeup or wearing heels, implying that the essence of what it means to be a trans woman is wearing makeup or high heeled shoes... But it isn't the case.

That would almost be ok, but the popular movie is going to get a lot more airtime than an indie movie made by a trans person which shows what our real lives are like. In fact, that movie may not get made at all.

So it's worse having the popular movie out there, making money off of our lives, but misrepresenting them at the same time. (And this is all assuming that no harm was intended... it's still harmful, and it happens all the time.)

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