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They guy hasn't actually created much, though the account is fairly old. Most of the repos are forks of others with no changes. It looks like a real person, b
by big_chungus 7y ago
They guy hasn't actually created much, though the account is fairly old. Most of the repos are forks of others with no changes. It looks like a real person, but his name is Christian, which is not a likely name for a Jew. His repos got brigaded and he claimed his grandfather fought for the Germans on the Eastern front after "kick[ing] some Gestapo ass" [0]. This part is obviously malarkey, and convinces me he's a troll.
[0] https://github.com/Christian-Schiffer/servicelayer.chat/issues/21 https://github.com/Christian-Schiffer/servicelayer.chat/issu...
- userbinator 7y agoIt looks like a real person Appearances can be deceiving... even the profile photo could be generated and not a picture of a real human, as this other item currently prominently on the front page reveals: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21847051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21847051
- neonate 7y agoNo need for all that effort. The profile photo was just lifted from somewhere else; see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21847902 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21847902.