aortega

25 ms·

181.
Richard Stallman Step Down as Head of the GNU Project
1 points by aortega 7y ago|1 comments
182.
by aortega 7y ago
> But that's literally what a vulnerability is: a weakness. There is a concerted effort at social engineering so powerful that now the very word meanings are challenged. Vulnerability is always, unequivocally a weakness. It's t
183.
by aortega 7y ago
>Showing vulnerability is a way to develop rapport and connection with other people. Also a way for people to attack you. A vulnerability is always a weakness, it's the definition of vulnerability. You are talking about faking a vul
184.
by aortega 7y ago
>Yes, having been asked "business or pleasure" countless times during his travel, his "pleasure card" is a nice pun on "business card". That's the nerdiest joke that I ever heard. BTW this is the first
185.
by aortega 7y ago
>> So every male at MIT is creepy then. >Well, yes. This is exactly the problem here. You, and many like you, are basically demonizing all men in MIT. For you, all men are guilty of being men and thus they should be removed. Its in
186.
by aortega 7y ago
That's a quite interesting method from a rhetorical point of view. Thanks for the link.
187.
by aortega 7y ago
>Stallman not only harassed women No proof of that. >and made them uncomfortable Not a crime. >he outright fired a transgender woman from the FSF for reporting her transphobic coworker No proof of that, no proof of the coworker bei
188.
by aortega 7y ago
>Telling someone you're going to kill yourself if they don't date you is clearly just trying to be friendly. Exactly, it just looks like a joke, banter to lighten the situation. It all depends on context, that we don't hav
189.
by aortega 7y ago
You really think that she's a prominent member? Next to Stallman or Minsky? I've never heard of her in my life up until today. And a single sample is not evidence that "many" have opinions.
190.
by aortega 7y ago
Ah yes! the "Implications". For me, the implication of a mattress in his office are that he might sleep there. Any other implications are in the dirty mind of the accusers.
191.
by aortega 7y ago
> a woman testified that, at the age of 17, Epstein told her to have sex with Marvin Minsky. For fucks sake, this is not even an accusation to Minsky. Take a minute to appreciate the fact that Minsky is being called a Rapist because some
192.
by aortega 7y ago
> I trust her judgment more than, say, yours Good for you, I don't. I trust Stallman. > I used it as evidence You used a tweet from a single person that never worked with Stallman as evidence. >the way he reportedly treats wom
193.
by aortega 7y ago
>Stallman has pretty clearly lost (or never had) the trust of many members of the community, He lost or never had the trust of some very small but very vocal group of the community. > EFF's head of cybersecurity have described hi
194.
by aortega 7y ago
>He's harassed and bothered dozens of women in and outside of MIT. I also saw those accusations, but I didn't see any proof of the harassment except one girl that said Stallman asked her on a date. And bothering? you really thi
195.
by aortega 7y ago
I agree, there is so much stupidity in banning guns (even more banning a single model). Those are not shootings, those are suicides. It's just that angry men prefer to die taking some people with them. They will find another way to kil
196.
by aortega 7y ago
>So when you say "the best", often what you get is "best at selling self" Then the test is wrong. Not meritocracy.
197.
by aortega 7y ago
> There is more to it than it just being “the best”. No, there is no more to it. It's a trivial concept. If you think otherwise, then explain.
198.
by aortega 7y ago
>The problem is how to measure that skill. Then it's a testing/measurement problem, not a meritocracy problem. > The inclusive meritocracy in the article solves that problem by expanding the definition of skilled, and by inv
199.
by aortega 7y ago
> tests, are easily gamed and don't in any way guarantee actual competency. Dude...
200.
by aortega 7y ago
>That's not a meritocracy but feudalism. Exactly, there isn't any merit about being born with wealth. They are bending the meaning of the word Meritocracy. Often, the wealthy can get better trained and have more time and resour
201.
by aortega 7y ago
> In the exclusive meritocracy, prestige is defined by how many people you can reject. This is borderline doublespeak. Is not about how many you reject, Its about finding the best. Obviously you will have to reject the not-best, for that
202.
by aortega 7y ago
The optimum way to complete an activity or project is to hire the most skilled people to do it. It's a simple fact, very easy to prove. Media is spending a suspiciously big amount of money to try to disprove this very simple fact.
203.
by aortega 7y ago
It's interesting that Stallman very likely left those weird pedophilia comments on purpose, like a canary to measure how much freedom he has.
204.
by aortega 7y ago
He has endured this before, thing is, the guy's old, alone, and not in the best shape mentally, and this might get him.
205.
by aortega 7y ago
Obviously you would fear that, Stallman is being called a pedophile and his jobs is in danger, all without a single iota of proof, just because the internet mob made him his next target.
206.
by aortega 7y ago
>That's what statutory rape means... rape. It's not the same, or else they would use the same terms, do you agree? Thing is, definition of crimes are better left to experts, I.E. Lawyers. It's not an easy task in any way a
207.
by aortega 7y ago
Traditional car companies must be damn scared to have to publish this FUD. Tesla cannot be possibly dying out. Don't you see Tesla cars everywhere in the US? yes they are spending money, buying things to grow as they are so incredibly
208.
by aortega 8y ago
Isn't this computrace repurposed? this research is about 10 years old. https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/ORTEGA/BHUS...
209.
by aortega 8y ago
This has happened before. Consider this: Current diversity politics is diversity of skin color or gender, but not of though. You are only allowed to think in a certain way if you want to belong to the group. This is not really diversity, it
210.
by aortega 8y ago
Simple: Because basically it's all subjective. The rules are not clear, and also you cannot impose new restrictive rules on people an expect to everybody be happy about it. >Using welcoming and inclusive language I don't know w

More ›