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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Empirically false.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Are you kidding? Of course it is. We have a guy who was booted out of a conference for completely opaque reasons, based on alleged complaints with absolutely no details by completely anonymous people. That doesn't bother you?
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"For one thing, no speech is banned" For the million, billionth time, this not about speech being banned. It has never been about speech being banned. Stop talking as if people are claiming his speech was banned.
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Pretty much every real-world villain ever has spoken in soaring words about how they were dedicated to freedom and liberty and justice. Or, these days, "safety," "friendliness," "tolerance," "diversity,&qu
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"While we have a tremendous respect for Mr. Crockford's abilities as a speaker and his contributions to our craft, we became aware that based on private feedback - not simply the dialogue on Twitter - that his presence would make
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
If someone is marching around in jackboots and a swastika armband talking about how we need to invade Poland, then it is indeed appropriate to invoke Nazism. And if someone is advocating that people should be blackballed in an industry pure
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"But events like Nodevember, Strange Loop, and Lambdaconf are not academic conferences, they're not a serious part of the citation record for their field, they're put on by private citizens with their own objectives, they&#x2
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Sorry, when I said "whose authority" I wasn't referring to the conference runners -- obviously they can choose to invite and disinvite anyone they want. I was referring to these Twitter randos the conference runners are appar
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Why should someone's unrelated political views get him uninvited from a conference?
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"Well, there might be something else bad he did!" is a mighty thin reed to balance your argument on.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
No carefully calibrated Code of Conduct would have avoided this. The Soviet Union had a pretty liberal constitution, too; didn't help all those folks who were sent to the gulags. Rules are worth precisely as much as the people who are
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Unfortunately this all started with the decision that it was okay to ostracize some people for their unrelated political views. It's a little late to say "wait, wait, I just meant those guys!" now that you've given t
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"They're free to invite and disinvite whoever they please. You're free to not attend." For the millionth time, this isn't about what people are legally allowed to do. This is about what it's right to do.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
"it seriously fucked up for not vetting Mr. Crockford before inviting him" What exactly does Mr. Crockford need to be "vetted" for, with whom, and how exactly did those people gain the authority to decide who gets to spe
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
By "people" you mean a couple of mentally unstable people who haven't contributed a tiny fraction to the development of the language that Crockford has. But hey, they're the ones who always seem to get their way these da
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Please don't post racist material on HN.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Please don't use racist language on HN.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Man, those comments are poison. Amazing how many people flooded in to that article just to act righteously offended and signal how virtuous they are.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Bringing those particular people into a discussion -- especially with a tone of "see? see? I was right! X is God/X is the devil!" that almost dares people to take issue with it -- leads to nothing but endless, unproductive fi
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Please don't post flamebait like this on HN.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
>Oh, and you wonder why I say, “he”? I never have this problem with female programmers. gedrap, please don't post sexist material on HN.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Please don't use racist language on HN.
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
That's true, since the use of this cropped image was completely non-squicky to start with. You can hardly get less squicky than zero!
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"In both cases, Times Square and Lincoln Center, the communities that were utilizing the space prior to redevelopment / improvement were simply displaced." In the case of Times Square, the "communities" that were &q
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by mzw_mzw 10y ago
Please don't use sexist language on HN.