Sudo rant

[rbranco]

The political spoof is funny, material. I'd watch to see if XLibre plays well with sudo. If it does, great, the world of Open Source will have another option for managing the graphics stack. I'd say that the important stuff is making sure that the damn software works, and works correctly. Then I wouldn't give a rat's ass about the political patterns poisoning the project. Because at some point, we gotta decide if the project is interesting for having high quality code or highly distasteful humor. Maybe shut up and type up the damn code and address bugs?

It's funny until it's not... I find it disturbing that people in tech are calling each other names and this kind of stuff might get people killed.

We must depolarize tech. Depolarization is different from depolitization. Everyone can have their politics but they should be irrelevant.

On both sides we see influencers profiting from this polarization and this has to stop.

 

[cy@]

It's funny until it's not... I find it disturbing that people in tech are calling each other names and this kind of stuff might get people killed.

We must depolarize tech. Depolarization is different from depolitization. Everyone can have their politics but they should be irrelevant.

On both sides we see influencers profiting from this polarization and this has to stop.

How true. Everything is polarized. Everything is political.

I want to use and hack FreeBSD without politics but politics always seems to enter it.

My wife and I have a community garden plot. All we want to do is plant and grow vegetables without politics. But politics enters even there. And, we're told by one person there that everything is political and that's why she pushes her agenda.

Like really?! Some of us have had enough! We just want to enjoy the very little peace we could possibly have rather than be bombarded with scatology each waking minute.

It's so sad and unfortunate that people feel the need to push their agenda when some of us simply want to hack code, grow vegetables or do other calming things without the heaviness or encumbrance of politics each waking moment. But here we are.

BTW, this is not the first place I've seen politics ruin things here at FreeBSD. It certainly won't be the last.

 

[rbranco]

And, we're told by one person there that everything is political

I also hear this platitude everytime from tech geeks, who then proceed to take the Paradox of Tolerance out of context.

Karl Popper was despised by old-school leftists for dismissing Marxism, psychoanalysis & postmodernism as unfalsifiable non-sense. He'd likely dismiss intersectionality & the so-called critical theories too... If everything is political, nothing is.

I refuse to take sides. I don't need to. Both sides suck.

 

[cy@]

I also hear this platitude everytime from tech geeks, who then proceed to take the Paradox of Tolerance out of context.

This was not voiced by a tech geek. This was voiced by a person employed by the community association. She is our interface between our community garden group (which my wife is on the board) and city hall. It's not just geeks but people of all stripes.

Karl Popper was despised by old-school leftists for dismissing Marxism, psychoanalysis & postmodernism as unfalsifiable non-sense. He'd likely dismiss intersectionality & the so-called critical theories too... If everything is political, nothing is.

I refuse to take sides. I don't need to. Both sides suck.

You have the right-wing in the US. The left-wing here. They're both making a mess of things. Then again, things were in a mess before. Just now it's an intolerable mess exacerbated by agendas, none of which address the serious problems at hand and only serve to make things worse.