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Let's see how many open source developers are going to move their repositories out of Github because of that (and maybe be called racist for that). The answer:

Let's see how many open source developers are going to move their repositories out of Github because of that (and maybe be called racist for that). The answer: 0. EDIT: You are still able to cancel silently your Github subscription as I did now.

dekhn 6y ago
Why are you penalizing Github? She doesn't even work there any more.
- pelasaco 6y ago
  The Title of the Thread (GitHub Director of engineering openly encourages racism) and her Linkedin say something different https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericajoy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericajoy/
  - dekhn 6y ago
    she left a week ago. See this dupe, which is flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25613717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25613717 for a tweet. There's no way that Github would ever entertain this idea.
    - pelasaco 6y ago
      well, looks like for some minutes ago you weren't aware of that too? "She will probably stay employed: github knows that the blowback of firing her will exceed the cost of maintaining her. Erica has a whole twitter posse ready, and she has a high profile in the media. github doesn't want a redo of timnit."
      - dekhn 6y ago
        that's correct, I learned of the job status within the time of the various comments being posted. Originally I thought she was still employed based on the title, just like you. "Stories" based on tweets often evolve within several hours.
  - sanguy 6y ago
    Sorry, see my post above. Her personal page indicates she is director of engineering at GitHub but several have told me she left last week. Regardless what she tweeted is still wrong. https://www.ericabaker.com https://www.ericabaker.com
core-questions 6y ago
I can't cancel, of course, because I'm locked in for any number of reasons corporate and personal. Of course, that's the exact reason why Microsoft saw Github as such a valuable thing to acquire.

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Let's see how many open source developers are going to move their repositories out of Github because of that (and maybe be called racist for that). The answer:

by pelasaco 6y ago

dekhn 6y ago
Why are you penalizing Github? She doesn't even work there any more.
- pelasaco 6y ago
  The Title of the Thread (GitHub Director of engineering openly encourages racism) and her Linkedin say something different https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericajoy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericajoy/
  - dekhn 6y ago
    she left a week ago. See this dupe, which is flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25613717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25613717 for a tweet. There's no way that Github would ever entertain this idea.
    - pelasaco 6y ago
      well, looks like for some minutes ago you weren't aware of that too? "She will probably stay employed: github knows that the blowback of firing her will exceed the cost of maintaining her. Erica has a whole twitter posse ready, and she has a high profile in the media. github doesn't want a redo of timnit."
      - dekhn 6y ago
        that's correct, I learned of the job status within the time of the various comments being posted. Originally I thought she was still employed based on the title, just like you. "Stories" based on tweets often evolve within several hours.
  - sanguy 6y ago
    Sorry, see my post above. Her personal page indicates she is director of engineering at GitHub but several have told me she left last week. Regardless what she tweeted is still wrong. https://www.ericabaker.com https://www.ericabaker.com
core-questions 6y ago
I can't cancel, of course, because I'm locked in for any number of reasons corporate and personal. Of course, that's the exact reason why Microsoft saw Github as such a valuable thing to acquire.