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Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by cema »

think33 wrote: post #67
milesf wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll also speak candidly about this issue, knowing that what I'm going to share will offend some people. If you find religious stuff offensive, please just move on and disregard this comment. This isn't for you. While it's important for communities to be accepting, I also think it's up to individuals to grow a tougher skin. Chuck Swindoll does the best job I've heard to describe this http://www.insightforliving.ca/br…

Having a thick skin isn't sufficient. Simply patiently explaining your position to people who are being hostile (eg: my previous experience on HN) doesn't do anything more than make them form up into mobs and start pursuing you and harassing you. (Seriously, everything from blatant name calling, to finding personal revelations in past comments and then posting them publicly to be mocked... ok I'm a minority, I should…

  This site has a narrow minded and intolerant culture.
Perhaps... I am not sure I agree, but I did not have your experience. I did, however, notice that people sometimes react more to the style and less to the substance of what has been said. Which is remarkable considering how much effort is usually spent on focusing on the substance. I suppose we are all human.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by igravious »

enoptix wrote: post #15
gabrielgironda wrote: post #9

Here are all the PCL files rendered to PNG: http://www.gironda.org/pcl/DESOLEE.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/SOLICIT.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/TRUMPETS.png

the second image uses the word "exile" several times. Exile is typically associated with being cast out from one's group. The _why saga was before my time as a Rubyist but I always thought he vanished, i.e. left on his own accord. Was there an "exile" event that I am not aware of? Or does anyone know what he's talking about?

self-imposed exile

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by jff »

noonespecial wrote: post #77
bitops wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't think of any specific "exile event", but it did seem some time before he left that there was a trend in the Ruby/Rails community that made him feel unwelcome. That trend was "replace why's libraries and make noise about how his library wasn't any good". Hpricot in particular was under heavy assault. I'll be the first to say that maybe it wasn't always the most performant solution, but for a long time it was t…

I always thought that sucked. Its easy to take something that exists and make it better. Its damn hard to decide that something should exist in the first place and give it a try. Like X only betterer is the ghetto of the technically talented but uncreative.

"But Mr. Ford, we already have a method for building horseless carriages, why would you develop a new one?"

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by illuminate »

milesf wrote: post #65
milesf wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What I like are safe zones, such as smaller communities within a larger. The club I run does that ( http://www.fvrb.org ). We really strive to not only be accepting, but encourage others to take risks and be willing to fail or look foolish. If someone threatens that safe zone at our club, I remove them. We simply do not tolerate people who are disrespectful to others. That doesn't mean we agree on everything (in fact…

I'll also speak candidly about this issue, knowing that what I'm going to share will offend some people. If you find religious stuff offensive, please just move on and disregard this comment. This isn't for you. While it's important for communities to be accepting, I also think it's up to individuals to grow a tougher skin. Chuck Swindoll does the best job I've heard to describe this http://www.insightforliving.ca/br…

"I also think it's up to individuals to grow a tougher skin"

What makes this line of thinking so utterly useless is that you can't force someone to "toughen up" versus bullies/assholes if they lack the capacity at a particular point in time. The attitude only empowers the bullies and assholes.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by stormbrew »

gcr wrote: post #97

How do we know this is really _why? I think someone could have registered the domain after it expired.

    Domain Name: WHYTHELUCKYSTIFF.NET
	Created on..............: 03-JAN-2002
	Expires on..............: 03-JAN-2014
	Record last updated on..: 13-DEC-2012
	Status..................: ACTIVE
Nope.

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by milesf »

alpb wrote: post #68

Why does nobody think that the guy posted this here (@feedward) is _why himself?

Didn't consider that :) Maybe _why is feedward. The account has no other submissions and no comments. It was created on September 22, 2012. Does that date stick out as being significant?

Re: _why's site is updated

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Post by feedward »

milesf wrote: post #138
alpb wrote: post #68

Why does nobody think that the guy posted this here (@feedward) is _why himself?

Didn't consider that :) Maybe _why is feedward. The account has no other submissions and no comments. It was created on September 22, 2012. Does that date stick out as being significant?

Honestly, I'm not _why.
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