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I thought this wouldn't be an issue in CS; thankfully it only seems to be the Js community -- or at least I hope so. Medium is now becoming less informative on

by csanch4 10y ago

I thought this wouldn't be an issue in CS; thankfully it only seems to be the Js community -- or at least I hope so. Medium is now becoming less informative on technologies and software into a platform for finger pointing and complaining, which is really depressing imo.

Matachines 10y ago
It's happened in Ruby and Python as well—so if you hate it stay away from dynamic web languages with low entry levels.
- fdsaaf 10y ago
  Exactly. Hardcore languages like C++, Lisp, Haskell, etc. should be safe for a little while longer. SJW presence seems to be inversely proportional to the degree of rigor required to use a language.
  - yuja_wang 10y ago
    I've noticed this too! The communities I deal with that spend the least amount of time worrying about tangential issues like "who's offended" are the CUDA/C++ and the Verilog/VHDL communities. Never see any issues like this come up, ever.
  - db48x 10y ago
    I'm going to start using brainfuck for everything.
  - fdsaaf 10y ago
    It just goes to show that SJW bullshit is what happens when you've solved all your real problems. The JS people got tired of making frameworks every three weeks, so now everything is some kind of oppression. People who use other languages have real problems.
  - aikah 10y ago
    What do you think happened in Lambda Conf this year? no community is safe from this warfare.
  - vidarh 10y ago
    Frankly, I see this comment as more offensive than what has been dragged out out on Crockford.
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sebringj 10y ago
Drum roll...the biggest undisputed champion of all assholes is... and i love him... Linus Torvalds (tah dah!). The difference is when he says something that could be taken as offensive, the community is much less diverse, extremely so and tends to share his sentiment or simply reveres him so much they stay silent. Crockford, the genius in his own right that he is, does not get the same respect in this free for all culture JS has become. I see nothing wrong with having that type of culture but it is hard to see someone so cool being treated with disrespect and nodevember is just a cancer in my eyes at this point.

by csanch4 10y ago

Matachines 10y ago

It's happened in Ruby and Python as well—so if you hate it stay away from dynamic web languages with low entry levels.

fdsaaf 10y ago
Exactly. Hardcore languages like C++, Lisp, Haskell, etc. should be safe for a little while longer. SJW presence seems to be inversely proportional to the degree of rigor required to use a language.
- yuja_wang 10y ago
  I've noticed this too! The communities I deal with that spend the least amount of time worrying about tangential issues like "who's offended" are the CUDA/C++ and the Verilog/VHDL communities. Never see any issues like this come up, ever.
- db48x 10y ago
  I'm going to start using brainfuck for everything.
- fdsaaf 10y ago
  It just goes to show that SJW bullshit is what happens when you've solved all your real problems. The JS people got tired of making frameworks every three weeks, so now everything is some kind of oppression. People who use other languages have real problems.
- aikah 10y ago
  What do you think happened in Lambda Conf this year? no community is safe from this warfare.
- vidarh 10y ago
  Frankly, I see this comment as more offensive than what has been dragged out out on Crockford.
- deleted 10y ago
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sebringj 10y ago

Drum roll...the biggest undisputed champion of all assholes is... and i love him... Linus Torvalds (tah dah!). The difference is when he says something that could be taken as offensive, the community is much less diverse, extremely so and tends to share his sentiment or simply reveres him so much they stay silent. Crockford, the genius in his own right that he is, does not get the same respect in this free for all culture JS has become. I see nothing wrong with having that type of culture but it is hard to see someone so cool being treated with disrespect and nodevember is just a cancer in my eyes at this point.