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AFAIK, this only affects the JavaScript-based communities. I sincerely doubt one would find anything remotely similar in C++, Linux (C lang), or Assembly-progr

by brakmic 10y ago

AFAIK, this only affects the JavaScript-based communities. I sincerely doubt one would find anything remotely similar in C++, Linux (C lang), or Assembly-programming communities. The "harder" the language the less non-coding politics around.

santaclaus 10y ago
> I sincerely doubt one would find anything remotely similar in a C++, Linux (C lang), or Assembly-programming communities. The Linux world is full of commotion surrounding (written) language.
- brakmic 10y ago
  I mentioned the "non-coding" related politics which seem to be deeply rooted in JS-based communities.
oldmanjay 10y ago
When you have two people, you have politics. Nerds just have this ridiculous social signal where they have to pretend to be above it.
- SCHiM 10y ago
  Nerds try to out-nerd each other. Which could be considered helpful since it could motivate people to go way over the top when designing code, perhaps also harmful if that results in over engineered code instead of good code.
- Puts 10y ago
  I sincerely do believe that as technology has become more accessible and more "normal" people get into the industry, this has lead to things being more about politics and less about solving problems. Sometimes I even think that ordinary people like arguing and drama and willingly misunderstands each other just to not get bored. True aspie-nerds don't need this, they have other interesting things to fill their head with.
  - tangent128 10y ago
    Alternatively, is it possible that "normal" people have problems that are generally not encountered in the experience of "aspie nerds"? The necessity of Unicode is a great example of how a seemingly-straightforward technical design can prove inadequate once it needs to serve the full set of humanity.
- derefr 10y ago
  A lot of "nerds" are autistic, you know? Not so much "above" politics as completely incapable of it (or at least extremely stressed out by the attempt such that they avoid it wherever possible.)
sheraz 10y ago
Nope. Django communities have been infected with this as well. https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692 https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692
- JBiserkov 10y ago
  By default Git has this thing called a 'master branch', we should change that too. Upvote this comment if you agree. Upvote this comment if you think it's sarcasm.
yuja_wang 10y ago
I've never seen this in the Verilog or CUDA/C++ communities.
pandaman 10y ago
In my experience this is centered in San Francisco and is affecting any field, which is strong in that area.
vatotemking 10y ago
r/php and php-fig has its own share of drama and toxicity

by brakmic 10y ago

santaclaus 10y ago

> I sincerely doubt one would find anything remotely similar in a C++, Linux (C lang), or Assembly-programming communities. The Linux world is full of commotion surrounding (written) language.

brakmic 10y ago
I mentioned the "non-coding" related politics which seem to be deeply rooted in JS-based communities.

oldmanjay 10y ago

When you have two people, you have politics. Nerds just have this ridiculous social signal where they have to pretend to be above it.

SCHiM 10y ago
Nerds try to out-nerd each other. Which could be considered helpful since it could motivate people to go way over the top when designing code, perhaps also harmful if that results in over engineered code instead of good code.
Puts 10y ago
I sincerely do believe that as technology has become more accessible and more "normal" people get into the industry, this has lead to things being more about politics and less about solving problems. Sometimes I even think that ordinary people like arguing and drama and willingly misunderstands each other just to not get bored. True aspie-nerds don't need this, they have other interesting things to fill their head with.
- tangent128 10y ago
  Alternatively, is it possible that "normal" people have problems that are generally not encountered in the experience of "aspie nerds"? The necessity of Unicode is a great example of how a seemingly-straightforward technical design can prove inadequate once it needs to serve the full set of humanity.
derefr 10y ago
A lot of "nerds" are autistic, you know? Not so much "above" politics as completely incapable of it (or at least extremely stressed out by the attempt such that they avoid it wherever possible.)

sheraz 10y ago

Nope. Django communities have been infected with this as well. https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692 https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692

JBiserkov 10y ago
By default Git has this thing called a 'master branch', we should change that too. Upvote this comment if you agree. Upvote this comment if you think it's sarcasm.

yuja_wang 10y ago

I've never seen this in the Verilog or CUDA/C++ communities.

pandaman 10y ago

In my experience this is centered in San Francisco and is affecting any field, which is strong in that area.

vatotemking 10y ago

r/php and php-fig has its own share of drama and toxicity