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I can't help but be reminded of the feud between xscreensaver's author and Debian maintainers. For the curious, the post: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-wo

I can't help but be reminded of the feud between xscreensaver's author and Debian maintainers. For the curious, the post: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop... And the instigatory thread: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819703 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819703

CDSlice 7y ago
Careful, that first link redirects you to a NSFW image coming from HN
- coleifer 7y ago
  Party-pooper.
- Gibbon1 7y ago
  If it's not safe for your work, you need a different job.
  - karlp 7y ago
    It may surprise some people on HN, but for most people in the world, changing jobs is a hard thing to do. And yes middle managers can be that petty.
  - rootlocus 7y ago
    If it's safe for your work, you're probably the intended audience.
steve19 7y ago
Because jwz appears to have a very short fuse and at one point in time one or a group of users on HN didn't agree with him (as best as I can remember), referrals from HN are redirected to an image of a testicle. Here is a wayback machine link to avoid the image: http://web.archive.org/web/20190810115358/https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/ http://web.archive.org/web/20190810115358/https://www.jwz.or...
- jandrese 7y ago
  JWZ has always been opinionated. I remember his epic rants on email client backends and other technical details.
- Chlorus 7y ago
  lol he's escalated; before he just had text complaining about brogrammers at HN. I've wondered for years what the original beef was.
- NikkiA 7y ago
  > an image of a testical. It's a 'hairy egg', if you see a testicle that's on you.
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    What compels you to blatantly lie here?
  - IntelMiner 7y ago
    The intent is pretty blatant
- dtech 7y ago
  Wow, if you pull shit like that that immediately is 1 point for the other team in whatever beef he had
  - DanBC 7y ago
    Links on HN were generating huge amounts of negative traffic. I don't blame him for having a redirect.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
    - jnbiche 7y ago
      OK, a redirect, but to a pornographic image?
aidenn0 7y ago
I never understood what the big deal is about the warning on the lockscreen. I've seen that before and it didn't bother me.

CDSlice 7y ago

Careful, that first link redirects you to a NSFW image coming from HN

coleifer 7y ago
Party-pooper.
Gibbon1 7y ago
If it's not safe for your work, you need a different job.
- karlp 7y ago
  It may surprise some people on HN, but for most people in the world, changing jobs is a hard thing to do. And yes middle managers can be that petty.
- rootlocus 7y ago
  If it's safe for your work, you're probably the intended audience.

steve19 7y ago

Because jwz appears to have a very short fuse and at one point in time one or a group of users on HN didn't agree with him (as best as I can remember), referrals from HN are redirected to an image of a testicle. Here is a wayback machine link to avoid the image: http://web.archive.org/web/20190810115358/https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/ http://web.archive.org/web/20190810115358/https://www.jwz.or...

jandrese 7y ago
JWZ has always been opinionated. I remember his epic rants on email client backends and other technical details.
Chlorus 7y ago
lol he's escalated; before he just had text complaining about brogrammers at HN. I've wondered for years what the original beef was.
NikkiA 7y ago
> an image of a testical. It's a 'hairy egg', if you see a testicle that's on you.
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  What compels you to blatantly lie here?
- IntelMiner 7y ago
  The intent is pretty blatant
dtech 7y ago
Wow, if you pull shit like that that immediately is 1 point for the other team in whatever beef he had
- DanBC 7y ago
  Links on HN were generating huge amounts of negative traffic. I don't blame him for having a redirect.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - jnbiche 7y ago
    OK, a redirect, but to a pornographic image?

aidenn0 7y ago

I never understood what the big deal is about the warning on the lockscreen. I've seen that before and it didn't bother me.