I really, really hope this is good news. I miss the actual "News for nerds" ethos that brought me here, and I've waded through a lot of sponsored "posts" and clickbait to sift out the kernels of actual news that remain.
New/. overlords? Get this site back to "News for nerds" and news that matters, and you'll keep me here.
I don't believe it. Is Slashdot going to stop those ridiculous paid links to forbes.com? What about the relentless left-wing social justice stories that blame nerds for everything wrong in the world? What about constant news-today-gone-tomorrow political stories that are general news, at best? I don't see any of those going away under any kind of new management. Irritating as fuck content has been around since the Jon Katz stories wouldn't stop appearing.
What about the relentless left-wing social justice stories that blame nerds for everything wrong in the world?
I would like to point out something. In many SJW situations the perpetrators enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame but later paid dearly.
Examples: -Adria Richards (the PyCon Donglegate photo and tweet): after getting fired from Sendgrid during that incident she didn't find another job. Almost 3 years already.
-Jerelyn Luther (the shrieking bitch who screamed at a Yale teacher because he didn't agree with the "no offensive costume" policy of Yale): she closed all her online accounts, and her own mom removed her nam
Actually, Adria Richards is doing just fine. She regularly speaks at different events and has a consulting business. If you read her blog (http://butyoureagirl.com/) her position is actually quite moderate. It's just that one event that got blown out of all proportion.
Look again. In her speaking engagements there's nothing since 2013, and most of the stuff on her blog and youtube channel is at least a year old. Check her resume; nowadays she's doing stuff like part-time Zendesk training.
The Donglegate destroyed her corporate career and she didn't turn her 15 minutes into a lasting business either.
The last talk posted on they link I gave was in 2015.
Are you talking about the March 2015 video of her talk at the "Lesbian Who Tech 2015 SF Summit" (no kidding)? Because that's the only activity on her blog or Youtube channel in 2015. Before that there's ONE post in 2014, and before that it's all Donglegate and before.
I don't know what you're trying to prove but someone who gave ONE talk in the 3 years since her SJW moment and who does Zendesk training for a living is not someone who leveraged her 15 minutes of fame successfully. How the fuck do you go from
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New /. overlords? Get this site back to "News for nerds" and news that matters, and you'll keep me here.
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What about the relentless left-wing social justice stories that blame nerds for everything wrong in the world?
I would like to point out something. In many SJW situations the perpetrators enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame but later paid dearly.
Examples:
-Adria Richards (the PyCon Donglegate photo and tweet): after getting fired from Sendgrid during that incident she didn't find another job. Almost 3 years already.
-Jerelyn Luther (the shrieking bitch who screamed at a Yale teacher because he didn't agree with the "no offensive costume" policy of Yale): she closed all her online accounts, and her own mom removed her nam
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Actually, Adria Richards is doing just fine. She regularly speaks at different events and has a consulting business. If you read her blog (http://butyoureagirl.com/) her position is actually quite moderate. It's just that one event that got blown out of all proportion.
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Look again. In her speaking engagements there's nothing since 2013, and most of the stuff on her blog and youtube channel is at least a year old. Check her resume; nowadays she's doing stuff like part-time Zendesk training.
The Donglegate destroyed her corporate career and she didn't turn her 15 minutes into a lasting business either.
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The last talk posted on they link I gave was in 2015.
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The last talk posted on they link I gave was in 2015.
Are you talking about the March 2015 video of her talk at the "Lesbian Who Tech 2015 SF Summit" (no kidding)? Because that's the only activity on her blog or Youtube channel in 2015. Before that there's ONE post in 2014, and before that it's all Donglegate and before.
I don't know what you're trying to prove but someone who gave ONE talk in the 3 years since her SJW moment and who does Zendesk training for a living is not someone who leveraged her 15 minutes of fame successfully. How the fuck do you go from