Becca Royal-Gordon

beccadax@soincredibly.gay

Possibly the only poly trans lesbian compiler engineer who’s never worked on Rust.Swift Language Steering Group and Apple Swift team. Basic Balmung miqo’te. Novelty mug enjoyer. SF Bay Area.(P.S. It’s not just you—I fave posts a lot.)

Posts

Post #4186290
It’s funny how “catwoman”, “catgirl”, and “cat lady” are all completely different things.
Post #4131987
This show needs some frakkin’ polyamory.
Post #2448145
Funny that after decades of sci-fi asking “what if we made an AI that was actually alive but nobody believed it was?”, we instead seem to be dealing with “what if we made an AI that was definitely not alive but lots of people believed it was?”
Post #2337578
Social transition protip: If there are people in your life who misgender you by accident but really do want to do better, humans can also be trained with a spray bottle.
Post #1896741
I’d say that Peter has forgotten more about Apple APIs than most of us have ever known, but I’m not sure they’ve ever forgotten anything about an API, no matter how old or obscure. Hire them! https://mastodon.social/@boredzo/116495684700486191
Post #1112492
Over on another website, I’ve seen at least two examples of trans women who should be celebrating with their teams tonight, except that DeSantis’s reign of terror chased them out of Florida and the space program. An electrical engineer at a contractorA ground ops engineer at NASACelebrate, but don’t forget what’s been stolen from us.
Post #1084499
Inigo Montoya: “My father was slaughtered by a six-fingered man.” @quephird@tech.lgbt: “Probably AI-generated.”
Post #991883
Clicker-training, but with the soft beep at the start of a radio transmission.
Post #954228
Hot take: The Artemis livestream is a damning indictment of modern computing devices. It seems like half the radio chatter is troubleshooting email delivery problems, confusing user interfaces, or devices not booting or connecting. Literal astronauts with years of training can’t make our stuff work. https://tech.lgbt/@quephird/116353383035378497
Post #871284
It’s a rainy, dreary day, but even the days that aren’t perfect are better than a good day before. Transitioning is the best decision I’ve ever made.
Post #480833
Given how many good trans engineers I know who just mysteriously never get an offer, I’ll say it explicitly: I’ve seen the Swift team evaluate and sometimes hire trans candidates. You’ll get a fair shot. https://f.duriansoftware.com/@joe/116144532826406043
Post #299594
Fun fact: the best stats available suggest that the unemployment rate for US trans people is comparable to the Great Depression. Another fun fact: the best stats available aren’t very good because the Bureau of Labor Statistics has never bothered to measure the trans unemployment rate. (Originally posted at https://bsky.app/profile/beccadax.soincredibly.gay/post/3meu7hjdnec23)