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If this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 is indeed a comment by the person who lost his job, then it

• tadfisher 14y ago
  > While I did make a big dongle joke about a fictional piece hardware that identified as male, no sexual jokes were made about forking. My friends and I had decided forking someone's repo is a new form of flattery (the highest form being implementation) and we were excited about one of the presenters projects; a friend said "I would fork that guys repo" The sexual context was applied by Adria, and not us.
  • jeltz 14y ago
    That is my reading too. Still misunderstanding does not make something a lie.