I think Lunduke has been given the benefit of the doubt one too many times. I have to agree with the other comments on this one, a shame piece shouldn't have a place in HN.
Gnome Foundation Hires "Professional Shaman" as New Executive Director
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#22This reads like a hit piece making fun of someone's hobbies/lifestyle (herbal medicine, spirituality, dislike of corporate social media like Linkedin or X), tinged with masked vitriol.
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#24A witch doctor couldn't make printer installation any worse. This is worth a try.
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#25For all those jumping to defend the choice with things along the lines of "that has nothing to do with her job":
> "My name is Holly Million, and I am a professional shaman, an artist, an herbal medicine maker, and a micro-homesteader." > > "Eight years ago, I realized the best word to describe me must be “shaman.” A shaman is a bridge between the material and spiritual worlds, between the seen and unseen worlds. I am now a professional shaman."
This is a description of someone without a scientific mind. You don't need to be a scientist, but if you believe in magic, maybe a technology organisation isn't the best place for you.
Before you bring up that there may well be some Christians or other theists in the mix, and why don't we treat them the same; I extended this judgement to them too.
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#26Obviously the recruiter misread "GNOME Foundation" as "Gnome Foundation" :) (She seems to have been exec director of a bunch of non-profits, which is what you want in an exec director of your non-profit, generally.) > All of which set off my "This doesn't sound like a person with software experience" alarm. This is a pretty weird take; would they be similarly concerned if the foundation's lawyer or the person who man…
>would they be similarly concerned if the foundation's lawyer or the person who manages the office facilities didn't use GTK+ very much?
If they also offered, 'group shamanic energy clearing,' and sold 'spiritual herbs' on venmo? Yes. An organization hiring pseudo-scientists like this obviously gives credence to such people and I find the idea icky.
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#27This just seems like FUD. Either she's suitable for the role or she's not, and the measure of that isn't the presence or absence of shamanism in the resume, but what she's able to do. The proof is in the pudding.
Yeah. Everyone launches some unconventional side hustle at some point. As a shaman, her track record can't be worse than the average psychiatrist (who have yet to cure any single mental illness they themselves identified). Posing as a theocrat to soak up the money of the gullible is nothing new. Plenty of people in this scene are ordained priests in the church of Satan, UU and others; BFD. The woman managing ARKK cla…
>As a shaman, her track record can't be worse than the average psychiatrist
this is absurdly anti-science and pro-pseudo science POV.
'group shamanic energy clearing' and selling 'spiritual medicines' is absurd than a psychiatrist following clearly debated, adjudicated, well-researched cited scientific procedures.
This is not the most horrible of things, but I have a feeling some people would defend GNOME foundation even if they started chucking babies in the air.
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#28Obviously the recruiter misread "GNOME Foundation" as "Gnome Foundation" :) (She seems to have been exec director of a bunch of non-profits, which is what you want in an exec director of your non-profit, generally.) > All of which set off my "This doesn't sound like a person with software experience" alarm. This is a pretty weird take; would they be similarly concerned if the foundation's lawyer or the person who man…
>would they be similarly concerned if the foundation's lawyer or the person who manages the office facilities didn't use GTK+ very much? If they also offered, 'group shamanic energy clearing,' and sold 'spiritual herbs' on venmo? Yes. An organization hiring pseudo-scientists like this obviously gives credence to such people and I find the idea icky.
Eh, it wouldn't bother me that much, or at least no more than any other religion. Actually less than some; this sort of Neo-Pagan stuff is usually pretty benign (where leadership being religious becomes a problem is usually where their religion is heavily into messing with other peoples' lifestyles; that's when you get attempts to exclude birth control from health insurance and similar).
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#29>lunduke
I honestly think at this point HN should auto flag anything from that guy, ever since he stopped with Linux sux series (even then the last one was a weird one), he's gone down a very weird doom and gloom rabbit hole.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah. Everyone launches some unconventional side hustle at some point. As a shaman, her track record can't be worse than the average psychiatrist (who have yet to cure any single mental illness they themselves identified). Posing as a theocrat to soak up the money of the gullible is nothing new. Plenty of people in this scene are ordained priests in the church of Satan, UU and others; BFD. The woman managing ARKK cla…
>As a shaman, her track record can't be worse than the average psychiatrist this is absurdly anti-science and pro-pseudo science POV. 'group shamanic energy clearing' and selling 'spiritual medicines' is absurd than a psychiatrist following clearly debated, adjudicated, well-researched cited scientific procedures. This is not the most horrible of things, but I have a feeling some people would defend GNOME foundation…
To be fair, all science is not equal.
Psychology is basically ground zero for the replication crisis. There's been an insane amount of bunk coming out of that and adjacent fields for decades. When only 20-30% of published findings in a field can be replicated, there's problems.