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ESR is a good programmer, and this is a handy guide for those who don't know how to pack structures. He's also insane, so don't trust anything he says. Oh, you

ESR is a good programmer, and this is a handy guide for those who don't know how to pack structures. He's also insane, so don't trust anything he says. Oh, you don't think he's insane? He thinks there's a conspiracy amongst women in open source to discredit Linus Torvalds. No, I'm not joking. I wish I was.

andrepd 10y ago
Offtopic. His opinions on open source politics are little matter to his technical insights. I can appreciate Hitler's paintings, etc etc.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  ...Which is why despite that, I still think this article is good, and said so.
Sacho 10y ago
Here are ESR's words on the subject: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907
- mikestew 10y ago
  However, ignore the way it's worded and the overall message is good advice whether there's a conspiracy or not (which I agree, there is likely not). If you're a male whose name I'd likely recognize, the only woman with whom you should ever be in a room alone is your SO. Someone might still accuse you of sexual assault, but it'll be pretty darned hard to prove if it can never be demonstrated that the two of you were alone together. Got the idea from the Rev. Billy Graham. Ever notice that no one (to my knowledge) accused him of sexual assault while his peers (for lack of a more accurate word) were making the news regularly in the 90s? Because he did exactly that. Maybe it sounds harsh or paranoid, I dunno, but it's not that hard to implement and is easier than dealing with being falsely accused, no matter how small the odds.
  - qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    Well, yes. It's the conspiracy part that's insane.
    - mikestew 10y ago
      LOL. Okay, fair enough. I got so stuck on "but that's good advice for anybody!" that I apparently had a huge blind spot for the whack-a-doodle basis for this advice.
  - justinlardinois 10y ago
    I really don't see how that's good advice. It's paranoia, and paranoia about something (being falsely accused of sexual assault) that very rarely happens. It also strikes me as sexist. Every woman is a potential threat to you?
    - belorn 10y ago
      Its the current culture. Its current accepted to consider every man as a potential rapist, while for men, just the accusation of sexual misconduct is enough to ruin ones life for ever. It is sexist, but its accepted sexist behavior. Those who would advocate for a less aggressive tone in gender politics get harassed by both camps.

andrepd 10y ago

Offtopic. His opinions on open source politics are little matter to his technical insights. I can appreciate Hitler's paintings, etc etc.

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
...Which is why despite that, I still think this article is good, and said so.

Sacho 10y ago

Here are ESR's words on the subject: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907

mikestew 10y ago
However, ignore the way it's worded and the overall message is good advice whether there's a conspiracy or not (which I agree, there is likely not). If you're a male whose name I'd likely recognize, the only woman with whom you should ever be in a room alone is your SO. Someone might still accuse you of sexual assault, but it'll be pretty darned hard to prove if it can never be demonstrated that the two of you were alone together. Got the idea from the Rev. Billy Graham. Ever notice that no one (to my knowledge) accused him of sexual assault while his peers (for lack of a more accurate word) were making the news regularly in the 90s? Because he did exactly that. Maybe it sounds harsh or paranoid, I dunno, but it's not that hard to implement and is easier than dealing with being falsely accused, no matter how small the odds.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  Well, yes. It's the conspiracy part that's insane.
  - mikestew 10y ago
    LOL. Okay, fair enough. I got so stuck on "but that's good advice for anybody!" that I apparently had a huge blind spot for the whack-a-doodle basis for this advice.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  I really don't see how that's good advice. It's paranoia, and paranoia about something (being falsely accused of sexual assault) that very rarely happens. It also strikes me as sexist. Every woman is a potential threat to you?
  - belorn 10y ago
    Its the current culture. Its current accepted to consider every man as a potential rapist, while for men, just the accusation of sexual misconduct is enough to ruin ones life for ever. It is sexist, but its accepted sexist behavior. Those who would advocate for a less aggressive tone in gender politics get harassed by both camps.