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Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by mijoharas »

dncornholio wrote: post #9

So making a switch like this can never happen perfectly. You will always have people hurt. The changes do make RubyGems more secure, right? Feelings are hurt, but no software is in danger.

I think that's debatable.

All the maintainers quit, including the single security engineer. The code is now unmaintained. There's a good argue that security has been reduced.

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by whstl »

AOE9 wrote: post #10

So how is DHH a fascist? Or is this just the in vogue ad hominem attack right now?

I think the point is that was in vogue 5-10 years ago but now people are treating it as background noise due to overuse.

Which sucks because there is real fascism in some parts of society. But DHH? I have no idea.

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by simianparrot »

And this type of person seems to be exactly why Ruby Central did what it did: To save the projects from being misused as protest tools by histrionic people that make sweeping derogatory remarks about other people whose benign opinions they dislike.

I am not affiliated with either “side” so I allow myself this small outburst of my own because I see no receipts and the tone of this blog post set the stage for it.

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Post by Keyframe »

Maro wrote: post #7

The only direct quote from DHH in the article seems to be this, which is quoted as being offensive (?): > “First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states How is this offensive? Seems like a not…

Author comes off as a bit of a Karen himself. This whole post is a waste of everybody's time.

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Post by Alifatisk »

Maro wrote: post #7

The only direct quote from DHH in the article seems to be this, which is quoted as being offensive (?): > “First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states How is this offensive? Seems like a not…

Yeah I was a bit surprised by that part

> I regret to say I am unable to support an organization which seems unable to publicly disavow a man [...] who is now apparently cheering on death via starvation in third world countries.

I do not understand how such conclusion could be drawn, I even started asking myself how any of this was related to the current issue with RubyCentral and RubyGems?

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by mijoharas »

AOE9 wrote: post #10

So how is DHH a fascist? Or is this just the in vogue ad hominem attack right now?

Yeah, I don't really think it's addressed much in this article, but it's fairly clear from his posts. There is a thread here discussing it[0].

Essentially, he is posting articles[1] saying he wants fewer non-white people in London.[2].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45303111

[1] https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45303305

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by whstl »

wg0 wrote: post #8

> Shan Cureton and Ruby Central, as of June 10, knew DHH was already weaponizing his return to RailsConf to attack his enemies, because I was the one who shared this information with them. What's that about? Who are DHH enemies here?

Mike Perham has been quite vocal on microblogs, and he pulled 250k/year funding from RubyCentral, which is why Shopify is the main sponsor now. AFAIK, he pulled his funding for reasons related to DHH.

https://mastodon.xyz/@mperham

Re: Ruby Central Is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I've Got Receipts

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Post by pantulis »

edent wrote: post #20
AOE9 wrote: post #10

So how is DHH a fascist? Or is this just the in vogue ad hominem attack right now?

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Agreed, but being a conservative or right wing person does not equal being a fascist. We should be reserving those words to the people that really deserve them, otherwise the word loses the meaning.
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