I would say, finally, in an era of bitter political struggle even in the free software world, finally we see a good humoured hacker joke again
Cute how the only term he has for the “left” is “extreme left”.
Did Lunduke now entirely jump on that bandwagon? Seems he now does 3 videos a week “calling out” wokeness and “extreme” leftists and it’s become quite monothematic.
Yeah, he got a bit nuts over time… but i still watch him for his shit stirring and his ranting - but sometimes, even now, he still unearths really interesting bits like that one.
If a yt channel is unpredictable enough that you can’t turn it on at work where folks can hear it, it’s crossed beyond “rant” and into “inappropriate” territory. I would personally question what I’m getting from this guy, but I’m not here to make your choices for you.
Indeed, the story is funny and weird. Though he used to share lots of interesting and funny perspectives. And these days the Youtube comments underneath are way more funny and on point than all his content.
Idk, I can’t find that supposed Bluesky and Mastodon discussions, I think he made that up. And he fails to mention the email address is just a text field, people can put anything in there. And while highlighting it, he also completely fails to spot the timezone which is right next to it. And that’s set to UTC-4 so America east coast. And as a blogger/influencer he could at least have sent a mail and see if it bounces before reporting on it… And then he invents what the reviewer’s thought process was according to him, while the real next joke is their nationality, but he doesn’t spot that either. So I don’t know what to make of this. Sure he has a community and reach, and brings attention to niche things. But his own take on it tends to be wrong(?) and not in an inspiring way… In the old days he used to play devil’s advocate and I think that was extremely on point. But you can’t really fabricate “facts” and argue against that, because it turns it from a sarcastic, Socratic dialogue into just framing, spiked with misinformation and the next 15 minutes are just rambling and bullshit… And I think that’s a bit sad because we know he’s able to do more than that. And there’s no shortage of people rambling and talking bullshit, so there is no need for him to jump on it as well. It turns him from the troll he used to be into just your average anti-woke nut without any originality, just a Linux theme slapped on top…
What did Ladybird do?
Well, as far as i have observed this (from safe distance, far, far away…) Andreas Kling rejected a proposal from a new contributor to change documentation to use gender neutral terms… and as usual with those things, people tend to get mad.
Edit: A simple to the people downvoting: Why?
Kling has promoted the nonsense white replacement conspiracy theory, whined about “leftist activists”.
The answer is because just a tiny bit of looking at kling - just like with DHH - will reveal so much more far-right attitude and behavior beyond kling rejecting an offer to fix the poorly written documentation.
Kling has promoted the nonsense white replacement conspiracy theory
This is news to me. I’ll look into them saying that and change how I talk about this event. Because before knowing this I would’ve described it similarly as the other person. But yeah, any grace I was willing to extend goes away if they’re parroting white replacement.
I am not involved in the Ladybird project, do not really follow the development or the community thereof in any close fashion, so i do not want to take any sides here. What i can say for sure after spending ~ 30 years online is, that the net often amplifies drama beyond any rational measure… so, until i find the time and energy to look into that (unlikely) i will stay with a neutral “oookay…”
As someone who has been online since the late 80’s (BBS) and early 90’s (internet), I’m well aware of how things can be amplified.
However, this does not require in-depth review. These are things you can discover with a cursory search that would have taken less time than writing that comment, FYI. I don’t think anyone is sitting here suggesting Kling has grand plans for a gassing center, just that he promotes far right conspiracy theories and other hard-right ideology. This is a simple, easily verifiable statement.
i will stay with a neutral “oookay….”
Just so you know, this can come across condescending. I’m not going to say that was your intention, but that is absolutely how it would be read.
Just so you know, this can come across condescending. I’m not going to say that was your intention, but that is absolutely how it would be read.
Just to clarify: It is not meant that way, it is meant as an “Okay, i understand what you say but i will take anything i read online with a truckload of salt - no offense”
No worries, like I was saying its just how it reads, I’m not offended in the slightest
Bruh
