News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Sex and Gor and open source by mcphage on Sunday March 26, 2017 @06:52PM (#13963829)
Right, disinvited from strangeloop. When he was invited to speak at LambdaConf, pressure was brought to bear to get him disinvited. When that didn't work, people instead brought pressure against LambdaConf's sponsors, speakers, and attendees, in an effort to get LambdaConf cancelled.
Re:Sex and Gor and open source by tptacek on Monday March 27, 2017 @12:46PM (#13969307)
That's a lurid way to describe people boycotting (pretty successfully) a conference.
Re:Sex and Gor and open source by mcphage on Monday March 27, 2017 @11:25PM (#13973798)
Which claim are you objecting to? That people attempted to get him disinvited? That people pushed LambdaConf's sponsors to pull out? That people pushed LambdaConf's speakers to pull out? That people encouraged LambdaConf's attendees to switch to MoonConf? Calling that "attempting to get LambdaConf cancelled" doesn't seem particularly lurid, especially not compared to things like "You chose to die on this hill."
Re:Sex and Gor and open source by tptacek on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:17AM (#13977288)
Again, all you're doing is rattling off a description of a boycott.
Re:Sex and Gor and open source by mcphage on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @05:40PM (#13980970)
Right, which is why I'm confused that you objected to it.