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> If you see the letters GNU in a systems design, and that system intersects with cryptography, I can almost guarantee that it will be badly designed to an alar
by fluidcruft 6y ago
> If you see the letters GNU in a systems design, and that system intersects with cryptography, I can almost guarantee that it will be badly designed to an alarming degree.
Battle of heuristics: furries vs GNU
- 95_JL_OK 6y agoThe furry art in it makes it difficult to take the article seriously. I'm not sure why people inject stuff like this into an otherwise serious opinion piece.
- some_furry 6y agoPlease see: 1. https://lobste.rs/s/c7fpo6/why_aes_gcm_sucks#c_hjzdar https://lobste.rs/s/c7fpo6/why_aes_gcm_sucks#c_hjzdar 2. https://soatok.blog/about https://soatok.blog/about 3. https://soatok.blog/2020/07/09/a-word-on-anti-furry-sentiments-in-the-tech-community/ https://soatok.blog/2020/07/09/a-word-on-anti-furry-sentimen... etc.
- dependenttypes 6y agoWould you say the same if the article was filled with "loli" anime characters instead?
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- dependenttypes 6y agoJust like you have a furry character as a representation of your identity a lot of people have an anime character as a representation of their identity or what they wish to be, this is true especially for transgender people and I say that as one of them. I also never mentioned pornography, saying that this is "pedophilic pornography" is no different to saying that furry is zoophilic pornography. This was not intended as a flame bait, rather it was constricted by the extremely negative experience that I had with people with furry avatars. Edit: previous post was "My fursona is a representation of my identity, and comparing that to a genre of pedophilic pornography is the kind of flame bait that isn't welcome on HN.", it then was edited to say "[not interested in flamebait about "loli"]". He seems not to be interested in a "flamebait about "loli"" but he is certainly interested in continuing the exclusionist and general asshole-ish reaction that furries have against anime fans.
- fluidcruft 6y agoSo their idea is to make the world more accepting of furries by being an asshole?
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- dependenttypes 6y agoTheir response to my post certainly makes it seem so.
- 95_JL_OK 6y agoThis has nothing to do with being anti-furry. If this were full of MCU characters, it would be just as difficult to take seriously.
- Kye 6y agoThere's a good line in the guidelines: >> "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." This is about as shallow as shallow gets.
- 95_JL_OK 6y ago>> A good critical comment teaches us something. I thought the take-away would be something along the lines of "it is difficult to focus on the content with distracting material jammed in". Like I said, not dismissing this, simply saying it is difficult to take an article seriously when it's got extra fluff like this.