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It's an equally effective way to end a career (perhaps before it's even begun, as this is a graduate student's work we're talking of). Regardless, it's a stunni
by jackhack 8y ago
It's an equally effective way to end a career (perhaps before it's even begun, as this is a graduate student's work we're talking of). Regardless, it's a stunningly bold lack of judgement. But then, bad decisions often make for interesting stories.
- rexpop 8y agoIs it "bad judgement"? Aren't there, perhaps, better words for this phenomenon? Is all hate speech mere "bad judgement"? Is KKK membership, cross-burning, lynching, etc. all circumscribed by the label "bad judgement"?
- turc1656 8y agoThat's an extraordinarily disingenuous take on that comment. They were clearly referring to the decision to mess with the code in this way at all, not the actual content of what was being displayed on screen. The point was obviously that deciding to use this method to cause this amount of effort/trouble and mess with the computer system belonging to someone else is the act of bad judgment. The fact they chose to do it with white supremacist messages is irrelevant to the original comment.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI don't think I agree with you. jackhack's comment is in reply to jlebrech's comment, which explicitly mentioned racism.
- jackhack 8y agoYou summarized my thoughts pretty well. I would have thought it obvious but I forget sometimes what a hypersensitive world we live in, and how quickly some want to rush to judgement.
- rexpop 8y agoIf that's true, then I was mistaken. Edit: But, honestly, I am surprised that you can take such a sterile, detached view of these two coupled phenomena. It's hard for me to understand why you think I should see a) a compiler hack, and b) an emotional violation, but interpret your comments to carefully ignore what is, to me, the most saliently disturbing aspect of this story: the perpetrator's desire to violate.