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GitHub, fuck your name change

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Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by sumedh »

xroche wrote: post #237

> “Meritocracy!”, I hear you cry. “They pick from the most talented students. The ones that worked the hardest to get into the most elite schools. The black students should have just worked harder” Crazy idea: if companies that do virtue signaling on inclusivity were paying their taxes, decent schools could be funded and we would not have so many of those issues. But instead, those companies are actively lobbying to…

> decent schools could be funded

or you could use that money to invade a foreign country and drop more bombs on them.

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by warmwaffles »

xroche wrote: post #237

> “Meritocracy!”, I hear you cry. “They pick from the most talented students. The ones that worked the hardest to get into the most elite schools. The black students should have just worked harder” Crazy idea: if companies that do virtue signaling on inclusivity were paying their taxes, decent schools could be funded and we would not have so many of those issues. But instead, those companies are actively lobbying to…

> companies that do virtue signaling on inclusivity were paying their taxes, decent schools could be funded and we would not have so many of those issues.

So the biggest issue I have with this is that the US government is really good a pissing away money on useless stuff. Take a look at the latest round of "stimulus" and the breakdown of where everything is going.

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by SamBam »

zozbot234 wrote: post #514
pron wrote: post #429

Saying that the left spends too much effort on rhetoric might be valid criticism, but focusing on it as reasons to "walk away from the left" (which not too many black Americans are doing, BTW) is disingenuous. Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights. It's fine not to like ever…

> Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights. And the right pursues many of these things as well, albeit in very different and sometimes polarizing ways. But we should not pretend that leftist policies are not just as polarizing.

What are some examples of the right (and I mean more than a single lonely senator) fighting for higher wages, healthcare, affirmative action, workers' rights, and voting rights?

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by SamBam »

dcolkitt wrote: post #453
pron wrote: post #429

Saying that the left spends too much effort on rhetoric might be valid criticism, but focusing on it as reasons to "walk away from the left" (which not too many black Americans are doing, BTW) is disingenuous. Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights. It's fine not to like ever…

> but focusing on it as reasons to "walk away from the left" (which not too many black Americans are doing, BTW) Wasn’t it black moderates that powered centrist Biden to the nomination? Bernie and Warren’s failure to gain any significant traction with the black electorate sunk their progressive candidacies.

Voting for Biden is now "walking away from the Left?"

The man has been pursuing the most progressive agenda since FDR.

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by tekknik »

pw6hv wrote: post #516
is-ought wrote: post #492

When can I downvote posts?

HN is not about downvoting things one disagrees with but rather posts that do not add anything to the discussion. Same holds for upvoting, many times I upvoted posts I did not agree with but that raised interesting observations on the topic discussed. This is what makes HN great in my opinion.

> HN is not about downvoting things one disagrees with but rather posts that do not add anything to the discussion.

That’s not at all how any site with a downvote button works. They’re used to hide what you don’t want to see or what doesn’t fit your narrative. You’ll see this on HN as well if you stay around long enough.

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by V-2 »

pw6hv wrote: post #516
is-ought wrote: post #492

When can I downvote posts?

HN is not about downvoting things one disagrees with but rather posts that do not add anything to the discussion. Same holds for upvoting, many times I upvoted posts I did not agree with but that raised interesting observations on the topic discussed. This is what makes HN great in my opinion.

That's how it should work, but that's not how it actually works :)

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by notsureaboutpg »

pron wrote: post #429

Saying that the left spends too much effort on rhetoric might be valid criticism, but focusing on it as reasons to "walk away from the left" (which not too many black Americans are doing, BTW) is disingenuous. Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights. It's fine not to like ever…

There was a notable increase in Black / Latino votes for Trump in 2020 vs 2016. He actually lost the most ground among white voters.

Re: GitHub, fuck your name change

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Post by cdelsolar »

conradfr wrote: post #560
jssmith wrote: post #538

I want to share my own reactions to the name change since this is a really interesting topic. For context, I'm an African American, so many of my ancestors were slaves. - The first time it occurred to me that "master" in this context could offend anyone was when GitHub changed the name (and broke my workflow). - My immediate reaction was, "this change is by white people for white people," where "white" means anyone w…

Or I'll reflect about an American company imposing change to the rest of the world about domestic issues.

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