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Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by chris_wot »

idibidiart wrote: post #19

"Christian" ... Since when has it become fashionable to define oneself by religion? I mean especially in professional circles like software development. I don't expect to see "Jew" or "Moozlim" (sic) or "Amoral Atheist" used to define people. Lots of respect for his work but I it does turn me off because of what it might imply As far as personal biases.

Since the beginnings of religion?

And I'm curious, where does it "define" him? he posted a Hillsong song.

No respect for your comment I'm afraid, as it shows your own personal biases very clearly.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by chris_wot »

disordinary wrote: post #40
chris_wot wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not entirely sure what you think isn't offensive about your comment. 1. You are responding to the comment "Since when has it become fashionable to define oneself by religion?" (aside: the answer is since forever) in the affirmative 2. You find it "interesting" that "clearly rational and intelligent people have faith", by which you say that most people who have faith (and by association, Christians) are irrational…

Thanks. I forget how seriously people take religion (despite all the evidence out there). I just wanted to share my observations but not push an agenda. Obviously topics are sensitive which makes rational discussions impossible.

I have no problem with you sharing an observation. I do have an issue with you denigrating people who have faith.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by [deleted] »

rlx02 wrote: post #27
idibidiart wrote: post #19

"Christian" ... Since when has it become fashionable to define oneself by religion? I mean especially in professional circles like software development. I don't expect to see "Jew" or "Moozlim" (sic) or "Amoral Atheist" used to define people. Lots of respect for his work but I it does turn me off because of what it might imply As far as personal biases.

Then you see it's Hillsong, and it all begins to make sense. If you don't know what Hillsong is... well.. Wikipedia. :)

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Re: Leaving Mozilla

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[deleted] wrote: post #44
rlx02 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then you see it's Hillsong, and it all begins to make sense. If you don't know what Hillsong is... well.. Wikipedia. :)

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Re: Leaving Mozilla

#46

Post by reledi »

I'm not familiar with Robert or his work, but I quite liked this post. The brevity and honesty was refreshing. I couldn't help but feel excited at the end!

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#47

Post by martindale »

neves wrote: post #4

I've never heard about rr http://rr-project.org/ ), his tool to record program execution and debug it afterwards. The alleged 1.2x slowdown in execution is negligible. The ability to reverse in time is almost a nirvana. I'm sad I didn't have it when I used to program C++. Hope he succeeds in his new endeavor. We'd all win big. Does anyone knows of similar tools for Python and in-browser Javascript?

I'm building something like this for in-browser Javascript, but in a larger context. We're not ready for public consumption yet, but: https://fabric.fm

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by dang »

idibidiart wrote: post #19

"Christian" ... Since when has it become fashionable to define oneself by religion? I mean especially in professional circles like software development. I don't expect to see "Jew" or "Moozlim" (sic) or "Amoral Atheist" used to define people. Lots of respect for his work but I it does turn me off because of what it might imply As far as personal biases.

Religious flamewars, which you predictably set off with this, are their own circle of off-topic hell on Hacker News. Please don't.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by disordinary »

chris_wot wrote: post #42
disordinary wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I forget how seriously people take religion (despite all the evidence out there). I just wanted to share my observations but not push an agenda. Obviously topics are sensitive which makes rational discussions impossible.

I have no problem with you sharing an observation. I do have an issue with you denigrating people who have faith.

Yep, I should stop sharing opinions on things that I simply fail to understand on any level.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by chris_wot »

disordinary wrote: post #49
chris_wot wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no problem with you sharing an observation. I do have an issue with you denigrating people who have faith.

Yep, I should stop sharing opinions on things that I simply fail to understand on any level.

I'm a bit touchy about this subject as I'm a Christian myself, so sorry if my response was a bit heated.
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