Rebecca Heineman – from homelessness to porting Doom (2022)
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by ddasdsasdkjasdj
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Here's a wonderful interview with Rebecca that goes into a lot of detail about her experiences as a trans person in the 80's and 90's. She said she doesn't like to talk about those things too much because she'd rather be admired than pitied, but the context makes her accomplishments more remarkable considering she played life on hard mode for a while.
Did not realize the cofounder of Interplay also ported Doom for the 3DO. Looking at Fabien Sanglard's Doom Blackbook (https://fabiensanglard.net/b/gebbdoom.pdf), I just now noticed that Heineman actually provided some behind-the-scenes promotional photos to that book!
by QuantumAtom
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May her memory be a blessing.
by ChrisMarshallNY
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That’s a great story!
I never knew of her, before yesterday, but it does seem that she was quite a brilliant and decent person.
by ktallett
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I'm extremely upset by her death as she was a real hero of mine. I was homeless in the 00's and could code and it was my way out of being homeless. I used to go to the internet cafe on Tottenham Court Road in London to hone my skills and work on a project I could use to get work. I ended up being lucky that a very kind guy offered me a job after seeing what I was doing and my life changed from that moment. Hearing her story since then made her feel like a kindred spirit.
by the_real_cher
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Why doesnt Wikipedia put peoples pre-transition name?
Its a part of that persons history and alot of search engine data is connected to that last name.
by welcome_dragon
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She passed away. There's another story on HN about it
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