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> This time, instead of this awful cycle of disempowerment of the people, it's time that the people of the world, together, plant the flag of the power of the p

> This time, instead of this awful cycle of disempowerment of the people, it's time that the people of the world, together, plant the flag of the power of the people on the Internet. The internet changed everything and leveled the playing field. This cannot be taken away. By his own manifesto he wouldn't do that, and he wouldn't want to be a hypocrite.

Doxin 4y ago
> he wouldn't want to be a hypocrite I'm not sure that's actually true. Clearly he very much liked taking power away from a specific set of people. The guy really likes constructing this narrative where he's some sort of free speech savior, but when you look at his actions the opposite seems true. E.g. during the switch to libera if you had any mention of libera in the channel topic on freenode you'd end up with all the channel operators banned and replaced with friends of Lee. That's hardly a pro-free-speech thing to do.
- RL_Quine 4y ago
  We need to standardize sarcasm punctuation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
  - Doxin 4y ago
    Oh whoops. The sarcasm seems obvious in hindsight. Apologies :P
    - dane-pgp 4y ago
      "Oh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention."
  - phoe-krk 4y ago
    Just realized taht "/s" is a de-facto standard recognized almost everywhere in the international tech world - perhaps it would be viable to submit a RFC for it that can be referenced? Plenty of time before next year's April.
phoe-krk 4y ago
> By his own manifesto he wouldn't do that Except, well, he did.
na85 4y ago
He's a chump and only "believes" in that stuff insofar as it lets him perpetuate his savior complex.
doctor_eval 4y ago
"promises only bind those who believe them" - JL Gassee
- glandium 4y ago
  FWIW, it's a very common saying in French. I wouldn't attribute it to Gassée. Edit: googling it in French attributes it to Henri Queuille.
  - doctor_eval 4y ago
    Thanks. JLG attributed it to politicians, I think, but I was (a) too lazy to find the source, but also (b) don’t speak French. I just didn’t want to appear to be taking credit for such a sharp observation.
    - glandium 4y ago
      Jacques Chirac famously used a variant of it.

Doxin 4y ago

> he wouldn't want to be a hypocrite I'm not sure that's actually true. Clearly he very much liked taking power away from a specific set of people. The guy really likes constructing this narrative where he's some sort of free speech savior, but when you look at his actions the opposite seems true. E.g. during the switch to libera if you had any mention of libera in the channel topic on freenode you'd end up with all the channel operators banned and replaced with friends of Lee. That's hardly a pro-free-speech thing to do.

RL_Quine 4y ago
We need to standardize sarcasm punctuation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
- Doxin 4y ago
  Oh whoops. The sarcasm seems obvious in hindsight. Apologies :P
  - dane-pgp 4y ago
    "Oh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention."
- phoe-krk 4y ago
  Just realized taht "/s" is a de-facto standard recognized almost everywhere in the international tech world - perhaps it would be viable to submit a RFC for it that can be referenced? Plenty of time before next year's April.

phoe-krk 4y ago

> By his own manifesto he wouldn't do that Except, well, he did.

na85 4y ago

He's a chump and only "believes" in that stuff insofar as it lets him perpetuate his savior complex.

doctor_eval 4y ago

"promises only bind those who believe them" - JL Gassee

glandium 4y ago
FWIW, it's a very common saying in French. I wouldn't attribute it to Gassée. Edit: googling it in French attributes it to Henri Queuille.
- doctor_eval 4y ago
  Thanks. JLG attributed it to politicians, I think, but I was (a) too lazy to find the source, but also (b) don’t speak French. I just didn’t want to appear to be taking credit for such a sharp observation.
  - glandium 4y ago
    Jacques Chirac famously used a variant of it.