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[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 210 points 1 year ago

This is pretty much my stance.

A whole lot of what the right gets uppity about is none of falls strictly in the 'none of their fucking business' category

A common dog whistle for the right is individual rights and freedoms... Yet they get hung up on things like trans rights which are checks notes individual rights and freedoms

[-] z500@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but you forget about their individual right and freedom not to feel offended.

[-] moriquende@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

More like their right and freedom to feel superior to others by invalidating them.

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[-] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

*Their individual right and freedom to infringe upon other people's rights without consequences.

[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 96 points 1 year ago

Love to see it. Not shocked, though.

For an opposite example, the creator of a niche programming language that is the only one I'm interested in (it's really great, and I haven't seen anything that comes close to fitting the same place) said something at-very-least stupid which was the final straw that caused a core developer (nearly co-creator? created the package manager+installer, wrote a book) to quit. And it already had a low bus-factor.

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago

Can't say that without spilling the deets. What language?

[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wouldn't have been difficult to sleuth using my profile here, but Nim-lang. Specifically because it's basically an all-in-one, being easy and fast+capable+flexible. Maybe not enough to go by (and I didn't finish/release it), but some code that I actually wrote (+what it's loading)

For further context on the statement by the creator, it was complaining about the "grammar" of singular they. Aside from that being an obvious culture-war BS dogwhistle, the person who quit knew them closely so I don't think it was an overreaction or misunderstanding.

@Serdan

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

Oh, damn. Why do assholes gotta ruin everything?

I've seen Nim before. It looks interesting, and I like the promise of a no-nonsense, performant language. I'm comfortable over here in dotnet land though. 😄

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

dotnet, go, and rust seem like the most promising languages at the moment.

[-] beto@lemmy.studio 6 points 1 year ago

Singular they has been used for something like 7 centuries.

[-] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's why I said it was at-least stupid. It isn't even an uncommon thing in modern usage. We can accept it without it being a political thing, and it matters even less in an online community.

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Which language?

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 87 points 1 year ago

I remember having a conversation with my conservative boss. He said something stupid about not understanding pronouns and the look on his face when I told him it didn't matter because the pronouns aren't for him. If he can't take a few minutes to understand why someone uses a specific pronoun, it's better that he just excuses himself from it. He just couldn't understand why I would exclude him in that way. Like fuck you dude, you bring it up, get upset when you can't understand and then think it's all about you. Fuck off.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Would be better if you just started calling him she, they or it. You would probably be fired, but he would get the message. mostly wouldn't you never know with them people

[-] redprog@feddit.de 42 points 1 year ago

They'd be fired, and he wouldn't have got the message. I'm 100% confident on this one

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The boss doesn't need to get the message. How it works isn't complicated and I don't believe that anyone just can't understand it. That's not the issue and never has been.

They just hate trans people.

[-] DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bingo. The message isn't for the boss. It's for my coworkers who might be hiding their identity because of that boss to know they have someone in their corner.

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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

I want to see Linus and Stallman fight

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who does that help?

Edit: Yes, I see.

Edit 2: Ah jeez.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 year ago

Stallman being punched help anyone

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm out of the loop. I know he's seen as cantankerous but did he say or do something actually bad?

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 year ago

I only know about this: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/richard-stallman-leaves-mit-after-controversial-remarks-on-rape/

Also check the comment about defensive plants used against Stallman.

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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did he ever say or do something that wasn’t? He is the biggest of dicks, misogynistic asshole who verbally advocated pedophilia.

[-] janet_catcus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 year ago

huh... i have no idea who that other person is but linus being this based is nice

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago

If you're wondering how to follow him: https://social.kernel.org/torvalds

[-] Lemmling@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@torvalds@social.kernel.org

[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago

this implies torvalds is a community on social.kernel.org.

person mentions have @ not ! (also you can't follow people on lemmy yet)

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Best Linus.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Torvalds isn't always right, but he's wrong much less often than not.

[-] OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 1 year ago

*in Dread Pirate Roberts voice*

You have a dizzying intellect.

[-] Lampshadiest@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

I knew there was a reason besides Linux that made me love Linus.

[-] whodatdair@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

What a fuckin legend

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Beautiful

[-] spare_muppets@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

This is pure gold

[-] DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Bea-fucking-utifully said.

[-] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I already had a huge respect for him for being really pragmatic, but after this post my respect for him climbed a level above I thought wasn't even possible.

And that's without considering the guy basically made software that runs >99% of modern internet.

[-] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

Nicely done, very based indeed.

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

I need to be able to upvote more than once!

[-] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

Good thing that it gets reposted every now and then!

[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

The goodness of Linus must be made known!

[-] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Hey I was one of those boosts!

[-] Sqooky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

DAMN

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Isn't this the "woke communist" that runs his company in a shitty way? Overworks employees and stuff? I'm not familiar with the drama is just weird not seeing anything about that in the comments

[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago

Different Linus. This Linus made Linux, he's not the one who does tech tips.

[-] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Oh cool, I think I've always just assumed Torvalds was LTT's last name bc I didn't know they were different people lol

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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even though wrong Linus (Torvalds is the Linus who made Linux) I'm glad someone brought that up. Last time I saw LTT he was cozying up with nazis. Last time I heard about him he was being a PR-washing ultralib. He's been beloved among reactionaries every step of the way.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In another life, I delivered a package to Linus and he answered the door in a bathrobe at 1:30 in the afternoon, just got out of the shower. Nice guy.

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