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Huh? A cursory google search says it's a guy called Hector Marcan. Is this wrong?
by meindnoch 3y ago
Huh? A cursory google search says it's a guy called Hector Marcan. Is this wrong?
- runjake 3y agoAs far as I know, this person, who goes by “Asahi Lina” is not Hector Marcan.
- mustache_kimono 3y agoI think the widespread belief is Asahi Lina is an avatar for Hector.
- runjake 3y agoI'm not sure it's a widespread belief, but I did some quick searches and the circumstantial evidence[1][2] seems to lean toward that. Wow, this is pretty strange[3]. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905#35252948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905#35252948 2. Bunches of other threads on HN/Reddit/Twitter. 3. I don't mean this disparagingly.
- conradludgate 3y agoAsahi Lina is the vtuber, not Hector
- meindnoch 3y agoHuh? I'm not sure I follow you. As far as I can tell, this "Asahi Lina" is a cartoon figure, that's used for lip-syncing with a voice effect. Are you saying the real person behind the cartoon is also called "Asahi Lina"?
- conradludgate 3y agoAsahi Lina is who they identify as. It is likely a pseudonym but I see no source for any other name. So I have no reason to believe it's Hector. I would rather not make assumptions about someone beyond what they present themselves as, so as far as I'm concerned, they are Asahi Lina She/Her
- meindnoch 3y agoOk, but we can still make an educated guess on who's behind the fictional cartoon character...
- sangnoir 3y agoTo what end?
- meindnoch 3y agoI'm not sure I understand the question... Because normally you'd want to discuss the work/actions of a human person, not an animated picture? :D
- johnny22 3y agopeople have gone by pseudonyms for ages in the culture around hackers and computers generally. I don't see why we shouldn't do the same here.
- wahahah 3y agoIn the culture of virtual youtubing, discussing anything past the character and their content is a faux pas. On 4chan's /vt/ the euphemism for this is "roommate" discussion, and any posting of details about "roommates" is a bannable offense. Of course being 4chan some users will eat bans (primarily when they're upset and want to spite other users), so some details of some known roommates do inevitably surface from time to time; but ultimately casual discussion of it is taboo.
- meindnoch 3y agoCool, I guess. But I'm not in the (niche) culture of virtual youtubing, so I don't see why I should talk about a digital cartoon as if it was a real person :D Hope you understand!
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- Ygg2 3y agoI thought they were one and the same.
- doctoboggan 3y agoI suspect the person you are replying to is thinking of Alyssa Rosenzwig[0] who appears from the outside to be a major contributor to the work, and who's blog posts on the project were followed by the HN crowd. [0]: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html
- kzrdude 3y agoIt's Asahi Lina that's implied in this case, even if Alyssa also has worked on GPU
- nickitolas 3y agoBlowing the cover on someone's online persona (And using the wrong pronouns for that persona's work) seems pretty rude to me
- meindnoch 3y ago"Blowing the cover" Lol. I just stated what's already out there. It's like "blowing the cover" on the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants...