[rixelvera]

Doki Doki Literature Club is what I️ wanted Mystic Messager to be.

Only waaaaaaay better. And darker. And scarier. Actually quite terrifying at night. I️ don’t think this game is safe for people. Like any people. I’d rather play VR Paranormal Activity than this game.

It scares me.

[rixelvera]

World of Warcraft cookbook!

At BlizzCon last week we finally picked up the World of Warcraft cookbook. Today we finally prepared our first dinner using the book, skewered peanut chicken and buttery wheat rolls! Yay!

And a Dalaran Brownie for dessert ^^

[rixelvera]

In case you’re wondering what hardcore sports I’m into, this is it

[calne]

ANDUIN HAS GROWN SO MUCH IM SO HAPPY TO HAVE CINEMATIC ANDUIN NOW I FEEL SO OLD

[rixelvera]

I can’t believe I’ve watched my baby grow up. He’s so amazing!

[femfreq]

This is important.

[rixelvera]

Hahaha! I want this to become real! Treat me like The Rock!

[rixelvera]

Women in Business & Technology by Microsoft on Apple Podcasts

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of Women in Business & Technology by Microsoft for free.

Met these two Harvard graduate Microsoft women today at Ignite and had the pleasure of talking to them. They gave me SO MANY good ideas on how to help the women at my company. Listen to their podcast and bask in their intelligence!

[rixelvera]

Why being a woman in tech is awesome and sucks at the same time

Look, I get it. You’re tired of hearing about ‘women this’ and ‘feminist that’. Sometimes I’m tired of it too. But the problem is I can’t turn it off. When I chose my outfit for the day, I can’t choose comfort over safety. When I want to go somewhere, I’m forced to plan for the time of day and go with friends for safety. I have to voice my opinions carefully instead of really saying what’s on my mind. When a woman leaves work, people tell her to ‘be safe’. If a man leaves, they say ‘goodnight’.

No one likes to be told that they are doing something wrong, and honestly I hate telling people that they are saying something sexist. I spend most of my time after meetings texting my girl friends about how I can’t believe I heard something sexist again. Picking and choosing your battles is all fine and dandy if you don’t have to spend every day venting about how the world is unfair against you.

You might be able to tune out all these things, but I can’t. It’s in my face all the time. All day. All night. I’m a woman and there isn’t much in this world that I can do to remind me I’m also just a human.

But technology is amazing. A computer doesn’t care if you’re male or female. My code works just as well as if a man typed it (sometimes better), and my keystrokes have the same effect as if more manly hands typed it. In fact, if you were to look at my code, I bet you couldn’t tell if a man or woman wrote it.

Thankfully, most of the tech world is starting to realize that a more balanced workplace helps everyone. There are initiatives for women to join the tech field. The women that are in a tech field are usually helpful and want to raise each other up. We know what it’s like to be talked down to and treated inferior. Every woman I’ve worked with in a tech field has been amazing and supportive.

There are exceptions to every rule, and I would be a fool not to acknowledge that. But the problem is I can’t point out an issue anymore without someone jumping in to point out the exceptions. Any complaint I say is met with “well I would never” or “so and so wasn’t treated that way”.

Even the compliments I give are met with some sort of resistance. For example, at Microsoft Ignite this year they had a women’s lounge. I was so grateful for this refuge in a conference that was filled with tech men and expressed this thought to others. “Where’s the men’s lounge?” was the response I got.

The world isn’t going to change as fast as I want it to, and the tech field will be mostly men for most of my life, I’m sure. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love it and want to help change it. Open source projects are a great step in this direction. I can jump in these large scale projects that help to change the universe as we know it and no one cares who I am, all that matters is if I can code. Oh, and can I code. The everyday worries about how I have to behave because of my gender are gone when I’m typing out my code. My crown glows and my fingers dance and honey, you should see me in my element. I’m a master. I’m a Queen and I can make this code sing.

So yes, there is a prejudice in the world and the tech field isn’t unaffected. But code is pure and innocent and non-judgmental. To me, that’s important. No one is going to turn around and say they hate my code because a woman did it. My code works, and at the end of the day, that’s all anyone cares about.

Coding rules. Become a coder with me and let’s rule the world.

[honeycha1-deactivated20181021]

i love this

[beeorchids-moved-deactivated201]

The second half of this video not only explains the issue with TBBT but also perfectly captures why I don’t enjoy a lot of modern adult cartoons with asshole protagonists

[write-light]

Brilliant work.

[affectivedisorder]

the world’s best pilot.

[rixelvera]

Perfect!!

[salvadordavy]

More rockabilly Sylvanas doe with a femme fatale vibe 

Kinda wanna draw some more modern wow peeps but for now this gurl is my kween

[rixelvera]

Heart so much

[the-meggo]

I feel personally attacked

[rixelvera]

I actually have this pirate ship irl lol

[emperorozark]

[thebuttkingpost-deactivated2021]

People are replicating the feeling of a Bethesda game IRL so well that I’m scared someone’s going to get caught clipped through the floor

[nomehablen2]

ive never played a video game in my life and this is so fucking funny 

[rixelvera]

You are important!

You are the best! You are inspiring! You're a dragon! Go burn some candles! Smell like the Goddess you are! Bathe in the wax of dead candles! Make some mac and cheese! You're amazing! I wanna be just like you!

[rixelvera]

Quick doodle of my babies before bed. Sleep well black cats.

[ultrafacts]

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[absorr]

 Some of you are reblogging because you think its funny that programmers would talk to ducks. I’m reblogging because I think its funny picturing a programmer explaining their code, realizing what they did when they explain the bad code, then grabbing the strangling the duck while yelling “WHY WAS THE FIX THAT SIMPLE!? AM I GOING BLIND!”

[wizardshark]

AS A PROGRAMMER I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU FUCKING DO WE HAD TO BAN THE DUCKS FROM MY CLASSES BECAUSE EVERYONE WOULD FLIP THE DUCK OR THROW IT AT A WALL OR SOMETHING WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM IN THEIR CODE

[scp4165]

so that’s the function of a rubber duck

[lifeofdavo]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[cosrnos]

I work at a startup and part of the onboarding package you get when you first start working here now includes a rubber duck. We also have a bigger version of the duck for the extra hard problems. Sometimes one duck doesn’t cut it and you need to borrow your neighbors to get more ducks on the problem. One time we couldn’t figure out why something wasn’t working right so we assembled the counsel of ducks and by the grace of the Duck Gods were we able to finally come to a solution. These ducks have saved many lives and should be respected for the heroes they are.

[elanorpam]

[rixelvera]

We do this all the time! I even got a little duck for graduating!

[rixelvera]

Salt Lake Comic Con thinks my art isn't good enough. Pft, I'm a queen. You can't knock my crown off that easily.