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Why did you join this person's discord under a pseudonym? Edit: I ask because if you're taking a pessimistic view of this, here is the rough order of occurrenc

by pc86 5y ago

Why did you join this person's discord under a pseudonym? Edit: I ask because if you're taking a pessimistic view of this, here is the rough order of occurrences: 1. You insulted Casey, knowingly or not, intentionally or not, but in public. 2. You join his discord, under a fake name 3. You write this blog post, without credit to Casey (other than "a community member"). I hope you can see how someone could very easily take this as something more sinister than it probably was.

nickitolas 5y ago
1) When did this person insult him? Note that there was more than one microsoft person in that issue. 2) I don't get why so many people talk about this as if it were some horrible thing. I don't use my real name on discord the vast majority of the time, I don't see why you expect others to do so. The person in question admitted who they were when it was mentioned and later apologized for not stating it when they first joined. 3) I'm personally more mad about it not crediting the other terminals that have that kind of approach like wezterm, or whatever prior art they used. My understanding is they thought DirectWrite did caching internally, which made the suggestion unnecessary, but it turned out that wasn't working quite as they thought it was. I didn't think the terminal people were combative at all until Casey himself was. Ultimately, I think a big part of the outrage is just people assuming the worst interpretation of anything Microsoft.
trapnii 5y ago
I don't your name, pc86, is a real name, too. That's the life of them internet. So much about Pseudonym. So if already the very first statement is that questionable, how can I believe the rest you write had any truth?
- pc86 5y ago
  That this may or may not pseudonymous is mostly a coincidence. I've talked about current (at the time) and past employers, I've posted my emails in comments and my profile before, my LinkedIn, used my first and last name separately, etc. This is not an anonymous profile by virtue of any effort on my part. I think just about every account - including my discord - is associated with my real identity and uses my real name. The GP seems to use similar naming conventions for all their accounts. GitHub, HN, Twitter, are all "lhecker." It's a pretty standard naming convention - I'm pcopley on a ton of services. So I can see how it could raise an eyebrow when you get an aberration of that norm or habit or brand or whatever you want to call it. The simple (and honestly maybe even likely) explanation is just "it's not an anonymous account I just have a different username on discord." But if you're inclined to pick up a pitch fork every now and then it's easy to take that as some sort of nefarious act.
- samhw 5y ago
  Besides what pc86 wrote: there’s a difference between ‘not a real name’ and ‘a fake name’. A dog is not a fake cat. Being a fake entails pretending to be the real thing, which ‘pc86’ - as should hopefully go without saying - is not.

by pc86 5y ago

nickitolas 5y ago

1) When did this person insult him? Note that there was more than one microsoft person in that issue. 2) I don't get why so many people talk about this as if it were some horrible thing. I don't use my real name on discord the vast majority of the time, I don't see why you expect others to do so. The person in question admitted who they were when it was mentioned and later apologized for not stating it when they first joined. 3) I'm personally more mad about it not crediting the other terminals that have that kind of approach like wezterm, or whatever prior art they used. My understanding is they thought DirectWrite did caching internally, which made the suggestion unnecessary, but it turned out that wasn't working quite as they thought it was. I didn't think the terminal people were combative at all until Casey himself was. Ultimately, I think a big part of the outrage is just people assuming the worst interpretation of anything Microsoft.

trapnii 5y ago

I don't your name, pc86, is a real name, too. That's the life of them internet. So much about Pseudonym. So if already the very first statement is that questionable, how can I believe the rest you write had any truth?

pc86 5y ago
That this may or may not pseudonymous is mostly a coincidence. I've talked about current (at the time) and past employers, I've posted my emails in comments and my profile before, my LinkedIn, used my first and last name separately, etc. This is not an anonymous profile by virtue of any effort on my part. I think just about every account - including my discord - is associated with my real identity and uses my real name. The GP seems to use similar naming conventions for all their accounts. GitHub, HN, Twitter, are all "lhecker." It's a pretty standard naming convention - I'm pcopley on a ton of services. So I can see how it could raise an eyebrow when you get an aberration of that norm or habit or brand or whatever you want to call it. The simple (and honestly maybe even likely) explanation is just "it's not an anonymous account I just have a different username on discord." But if you're inclined to pick up a pitch fork every now and then it's easy to take that as some sort of nefarious act.
samhw 5y ago
Besides what pc86 wrote: there’s a difference between ‘not a real name’ and ‘a fake name’. A dog is not a fake cat. Being a fake entails pretending to be the real thing, which ‘pc86’ - as should hopefully go without saying - is not.