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Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by MisterTea »

toxik wrote: post #89
secondcoming wrote: post #74

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He's no angel himself: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/apology-for-sexist-jokes/ 'Jokes' from the reddit thread: - If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours forever. If it doesn't, you hunt that bitch down and kill her. - I'm not saying I hate her. I just hope she gets fingered by wolverine - If you ever wanna know what a woman's mind feels like? Imagine a browser with 2857 tabs open, al…

Oh, we’re policing humor now? Can you please send me a copy of the guidelines for internet jokes, thanks

Those comments aren't humorous to me as they're all cheap shots on the same level as racist jokes. People who use that so called humour are either A, trying too hard to be edgy or B, a complete dick.

If you're going for offensive humour then there better be a clever punchline instead of blatant, tired sexism. Instead we get the equivalent of "black people steal" "mexicans are lazy" and so on.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by nacs »

jmnicolas wrote: post #138
matt_LLVW wrote: post #135

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the rest would be happy to throw immigrants out because "dey took er jobs"

FWIW it's this kind of dismissive attitude that brought Trump to power.

I'm so glad that after 4 years of seeing this copy-paste, I can finally say this:

It's this kind of (anti-immigrant/xenophobic) attitude that got Trump voted out and Biden as our next President.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by stonecharioteer »

pbowyer wrote: post #32
stonecharioteer wrote: post #23

I remember notepad++ from way back in the day. Haven't used it since my shift to Linux in 2006, but it used to be the only editor worth talking about for Windows. I was blown when I discovered column mode. I think I learnt to think about editing as an operation through it. It's carried forward to my vim usage now as well. I've seen Devs not make maximum use of these features and while I do respect their choices, I ha…

I've never learned them because I've never been shown. I've ended up in column mode accidentally and not figured out why it's useful. Any tutorials/videos you recommend to juniors?

Thanks for asking. Despite the memes about vim and emacs, I'd recommend learning Vim. Not because it's better but because Vim, or Vi, is everywhere. And the way you move in vim can be enabled on the terminal.

type vimtutor into your terminal in any Linux box and you should get an interactive editor to teach you how to use vim. Do that. And please learn touch typing. I typed with 3 fingers for 15 years before teaching myself how to TouchType. It's been a gift. I can type in the dark without Backlit keys. I can also use split ergonomic keyboards with ease.

keybr.com for learning.

Also, look up vimcasts for vim.

Two books I recommend is No Starch Press's The Linux Command Line and How Linux Works. Both are always appearing on Humble Bundle and they're worth the entire bundle.

Another thing I recommend is if you use VSCode, learn how to use the command bar. You get thst with control alt p or F1. Editors like this enable you to do everything through the command bar. It's insane.

Additionally, learn stuff like how ctrl r can be used in your terminal to find older commands. Learn how to use your bashrc to set variables. How to debug PATH, and how to add to it.

Learn how installing Python through conda is better and easier to maintain on your dev box, and how installing stuff by sudo apt install is actually troublesome. I install everything by downloading and adding to path. It's the best way to roll.

Also, one last thing. Remap your caps lock to escape. Learn to use your shift keys. Spare your pinky.

Hit me up on twitter if you need help. I use the same ID.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by rrrrrrrrrrrryan »

lucideer wrote: post #129
EwanToo wrote: post #123

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Standing against discrimination, whether it's taking the form of racism, sexism, homophobia, or something else, isn't a political act. It's a human rights act.

I'm not sure what people think the word "politics" is. Human rights is politics... Like... I agree with the sentiment of your comment, 100%. Standing against discrimination is something everyone should (and should feel the right to) do. But.. it is a political act. Which is good. I understand the context and reasons behind "politics" becoming a taboo word (there is, by definition, "bad"[0] politics). But that doesn't…

Standing up for human rights is absolutely a political act, but it shouldn't be a politically controversial act. I think that's why people have always been more willing to make political statements in favor of human rights in contexts where making other political statements would usually be considered distasteful.

Basic human rights for everyone should be the common ground that everyone agrees upon. Everything else we can debate in the appropriate contexts.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by antihero »

khawkins wrote: post #95
javindo wrote: post #73

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Why is it any more of an issue in software engineering than, say, a singer or actor publicly supporting a cause?

Those are even worse. Why can't we let political discourse stay in political spaces? That used to be the norm and everyone was far less stressed out and amicable for it. Now every space has become a battleground for sociopolitical discourse and we're drawing lines everywhere.

Because the the whole planet is a "political space". Politics is everywhere.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by antihero »

koheripbal wrote: post #55
burgerquizz wrote: post #21

Notepad++ is written by an immigrant (non-french native) . In https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/a-propos-du-tweet-contre-... , the photo says: "Please uninstall Notepad++ if you voted for the National Front" (he was assuming the xenophobic party) Each release has a message on what he believes in: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news

I'm not French, but even if I were and were a NF voter, I doubt I would care about his political tweets let alone uninstall the software as a result. ...as someone not involved in that political fight, I slightly worry that this will serve as a distraction for him in future project development, maybe lead to a broken release or a dev path and force me to look for a new tool - zeal often crowds out focus. ...but hey,…

I personally feel that various aspects of politics are more important than a fucking resume.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by NiceWayToDoIT »

moritonal wrote: post #24
NiceWayToDoIT wrote: post #6

I have been using n++ more than 10 years, and just now I've noticed that each release has some social or political message.

Do you not remmember when it automatically typed "Je suis charlie"? That was an interesting version, because afterwards the dev was hacked by people who disagreed with his message. He then had to face the fact people who endorsed what he saw as terrorism used his open-source product. "I will always find a way to distribute Notepad++ “Je suis Charlie” edition - that’s my freedom of expression which I claim as my right…

That is the weird part, my brain has filter out everything after number. So, now I am somewhat amazed.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by antihero »

jonp888 wrote: post #124
koheripbal wrote: post #55

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I'm not French, but even if I were and were a NF voter, I doubt I would care about his political tweets let alone uninstall the software as a result. ...as someone not involved in that political fight, I slightly worry that this will serve as a distraction for him in future project development, maybe lead to a broken release or a dev path and force me to look for a new tool - zeal often crowds out focus. ...but hey,…

I work for a company with a six figure employee count. Notepad++ is available in out internal app store... but with the poltical message in the About dialog removed.

That feels so violating. Who are a company to reap the rewards of someone's work whilst denying them their platform? Disgraceful.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by krapp »

antihero wrote: post #149
jonp888 wrote: post #124

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I work for a company with a six figure employee count. Notepad++ is available in out internal app store... but with the poltical message in the About dialog removed.

That feels so violating. Who are a company to reap the rewards of someone's work whilst denying them their platform? Disgraceful.

Disgraceful? Notepad++ is free software. The free software movement considers the right of all users to modify and redistribute software for any purpose, without obligation or restriction (other than respecting those rights for other users,) to be an unqualified moral good.
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