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by sildur 6y ago
I have yet to see a black person who hates black people. Or a misogynist woman, for that matter.
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by sildur 6y ago
Here in Spain we try not to swear in front of kids (because we know they will copy it), and we find jarring to hear a kid swear. More or less jarring depending on the word. I remember my surprise the first time I heard a grandma swear (I wa
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by sildur 6y ago
The irony of an organization bullying a non-neurotypical person by calling him "ableist"...
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by sildur 6y ago
> I pick on him exactly because he picks on those weaker than him That does not make you better. If any, it makes you worse. He may be doing that unintentionally. You bullied him on purpose.
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by sildur 6y ago
This autistic had successfully led the free software movement for more than three decades. So maybe he's more fit for the position than a PR spewing drone.
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by sildur 6y ago
> calling him out on various things and turning him into a joke where even the people who invited him couldn't help giggling Yeah, bullying someone is a really smart way to show you are more mature. Of course...
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by sildur 6y ago
> and he should have never been there considering his lack of manners and social skills Yeah, let's ostracize people with poor social skills, that surely is going to make the world more inclusive and fair... The things one has to re
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by sildur 6y ago
It's a very American thing to marginalize the unfit, and the different.
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by sildur 6y ago
> Safe participation and representation are necessary ingredients, along with inclusivity. Richard Stallman’s conduct and the actions of the FSF board of directors have been harmful to all of them. "Safe participation and representa
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by sildur 6y ago
I had some correspondence with rms while he was being hunted, and all he asked is to help the FSF by becoming a member. He was still defending the same organization that was removing him. So if we want to show support now is the time to bec
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by sildur 6y ago
No magic is needed. In a world where everything is free software, almost no spyware would happen. And the "almost" is because nobody can watch everything every time. But the most used software will be thoroughly reviewed.
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by sildur 6y ago
Ah, another example of the Betteridge's law of headlines[1]. The answer, as usual, is "no". [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...
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by sildur 6y ago
> Hint for parents: if your kid never wants to play with classmates and prefers to read, it is not a little geek, it is getting harassed at school. This is the first time I see the connection presented that way... But I'm not sure i
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by sildur 6y ago
Of course they don't. The people who bullied me didn't argument that either, but the end result was the same. We are attacked because we are weird. Which is sad. Software development was a safe haven for all the weird people who w
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by sildur 6y ago
They can all still grow up, I hope. But the probabilities are slim. Still, it would probably be a bad idea to ostracize all of them just because they say weird things.
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by sildur 6y ago
As I said in another post, hopefully this will help clean the free software movement from all those people who think no non-neurotypical person should be in a position of power. Whose number may seem unusually high, but it isn't if we
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by sildur 6y ago
Well, hopefully this will help clean the free software movement from all those people who think no non-neurotypical person should be in a position of power. Whose number may seem unusually high, but it isn't if we consider recent histo
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by sildur 6y ago
The law doesn't say that the cookie banner has to cover the entire page. It doesn't say either that the button to reject the cookies must be hidden at the end of the form.
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by sildur 6y ago
It makes me happy to see privoxy back again. Time to set it up back! :)
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by sildur 6y ago
You can also use fallocate -d if you are in Linux.
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by sildur 6y ago
Or use Qubes OS.
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by sildur 6y ago
The hatred is because it costs 16 dollars to take over a number: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g8wb/hacker-got-my-texts-1...
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by sildur 6y ago
> I haven’t heard anyone singing it’s praises yet about how happy they are to use it. I'm no expert on either X11 or Wayland. But I can tell you that happy people are usually silent while unhappy people are noisy.
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by sildur 6y ago
I'm human, and I need social stimulation. What I really dislike is forced social stimulation. I would go to an office, yes. But monthly, not daily.
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by sildur 6y ago
I think it was Firefox who killed IE. IE was declining in usage way before Chrome appeared. What Google killed was Firefox.
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by sildur 6y ago
As I said, they can, but you have to allow them to. We had a child series here in Europe portraying racism and fascism, and we were able to understand what happened in it. And we are regular people.
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by sildur 6y ago
I read Tintin at age 8. Old ones included. I knew they were racist, but I also knew they were products of their time. I think American kids are also able to draw the same conclusions. If they are allowed to, that is.
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by sildur 6y ago
Virtual book burnings, virtual public shamings... We are stepping closer and closer to virtual middle ages...
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by sildur 6y ago
Or GAFA (glasses in Spanish) :)
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by sildur 6y ago
As a Firefox user, I can't wait to have Firefox copy Google and put back the RSS icons arguing "usability studies under NDA". Right now, the best way to improve Firefox is by asking Chrome to make changes and then waiting for

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