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Re: Gem.coop

#41

Post by kortilla »

pil0u wrote: post #37
hiimkeks wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If who you vote for will put me into a torture camp (or otherwise devalues my life or personhood), then I can't work with you, so no it is not irrelevant. (neither the "me" nor the "you" here refer to you or me personally ofc.)

Agreed. Your example could sound like exaggerated, but silence is a form of opinion, of vote, of approval. Even in a professional context, because work is part of the society we live in. This whole "DHH situation" with Rails has put my mind in weird position. I admire the Rails creator, the business man, the speaker. I admire what he builds, how passionate he is about his work and open-source software. But I very str…

> but silence is a form of opinion, of vote, of approval.

No it’s not. Indifference is not approval.

Open source is global and someone in a university in Argentina contributing some features does not “approve” of anything because she didn’t participate in some bickering about US identity politics.

Re: Gem.coop

#43

Post by mzajc »

kortilla wrote: post #40
hiimkeks wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If who you vote for will put me into a torture camp (or otherwise devalues my life or personhood), then I can't work with you, so no it is not irrelevant. (neither the "me" nor the "you" here refer to you or me personally ofc.)

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> If you actually cared about people devaluing your life you should also be outraged at any Mormons/Muslims/etc in power.

Not everyone is a fundamentalist.

Re: Gem.coop

#44

Post by phoronixrly »

simianparrot wrote: post #35
phoronixrly wrote: post #4

I hope they tackle the actual main issue with Rubygems -- lack of any sort of code signing... (I know the functionality exists, but it's not required to publish in Rubygems, and off by default on gem install. In other words it's as if it doesn't exist) The fash problem in the Rails ecosystem is next on the list, and I hope there is community consensus to fork this as well.

What does “fash problem” mean?

If you know you know.

Re: Gem.coop

#46

Post by sunshine-o »

IshKebab wrote: post #10
JimDabell wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It was sparked after Ruby Central chose to platform an extremist figure prominently for their last RailsConf This is so incredibly one-sided that it misleads more than it informs. The person they are talking about is DHH. Inviting the creator of Rails to speak at RailsConf – a conference for Rails – is not the outlandish behaviour this comment makes it sound like.

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Interesting, I only knew who he was through his "Leaving the cloud" serie of posts.

I am just trying to draw a parallel between the two to try to understand its broader ideology. So some might say both big cities like London and hyperscaler like AWS are:

- very expensive and have become unaffordable for many actors

- limit your freedom to scale and accommodate a very broad range of guests

- under massive surveillance and control

where the comparison stops is:

- AWS offers pretty good security but London is not (and hasn't for a long time)

- It is pretty easy to get kicked out of AWS if you do not follow the rule or pay

Re: Gem.coop

#47

Post by IshKebab »

phoronixrly wrote: post #23
IshKebab wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> he has written some other really vile things about transgender people. Do you have a link? I suspect these "really vile things" will turn out to be not so vile (like JKR), just things you don't agree with. > I'd like to leave my identity home and discuss software engineering and interesting technical ideas. DHH has made that impossible. Really? Did he talk about politics at this Ruby conference? Seems like it is yo…

https://tomstu.art/the-dhh-problem

Couldn't find anything there, can you be more specific?

Re: Gem.coop

#48

Post by ramon156 »

simianparrot wrote: post #35
phoronixrly wrote: post #4

I hope they tackle the actual main issue with Rubygems -- lack of any sort of code signing... (I know the functionality exists, but it's not required to publish in Rubygems, and off by default on gem install. In other words it's as if it doesn't exist) The fash problem in the Rails ecosystem is next on the list, and I hope there is community consensus to fork this as well.

What does “fash problem” mean?

There's some weird opinions coming from mostly DHH. My personal take is that they're blatantly racist, but everyone can have their own

Here's some fun facts:

- DHH enforced a "No Politics at Work" policy.

- DHH wrote a post expressing that he wouldn't want to live in London anymore because it's "no longer full of native Brits", and expressed support for a Tommy Robinson march he called "heartwarming". Tommy Robinson is described as "an anti-Islam campaigner and one of the UK's most prominent far-right activists.". The march DHH praised featured speakers calling for ethnic cleansing via "remigration" and banning all non-Christian religions.

- DHH also promoted "demographic replacement" conspiracy theories and used language connecting immigration to crime, particularly regarding "Pakistani rape gangs" and street theft.

- DHH has been publicly critical of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. This one isn't backed by facts, so take it with a grain of salt.

Re: Gem.coop

#50

Post by yxhuvud »

kortilla wrote: post #41
pil0u wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Your example could sound like exaggerated, but silence is a form of opinion, of vote, of approval. Even in a professional context, because work is part of the society we live in. This whole "DHH situation" with Rails has put my mind in weird position. I admire the Rails creator, the business man, the speaker. I admire what he builds, how passionate he is about his work and open-source software. But I very str…

> but silence is a form of opinion, of vote, of approval. No it’s not. Indifference is not approval. Open source is global and someone in a university in Argentina contributing some features does not “approve” of anything because she didn’t participate in some bickering about US identity politics.

This is a lot more than just US identity politics, as shown by the fully idiotic take on London he did.
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