Tell HN: SQLite changes are not innocent

Re:Tell HN: SQLite changes are not innocent by raspie on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:19AM (#18319382)

Can you please explain which of these actually constrain your freedom of expression, with examples?

Do you send kiss emojis to your open source contributors? Call them little b*tches or refer to transgender people by a pronoun you know they are uncomfortable with?

Some corners of tech culture are really toxic, so I understand the need for CoCs. Now, what exactly is the problem with the lines you quoted?

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Re:Tell HN: SQLite changes are not innocent by s9w on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:23AM (#18319391)

I'm not sure but I might have sent a (male) coworker an emoji before that could be interpreted as "simulated physical contact". And who knows what made up pronouns some coworkers secretly want to be used.

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Re:Tell HN: SQLite changes are not innocent by raquo on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:30AM (#18319408)

You quoted it yourself:

> This includes deliberately referring to someone by a gender that they do not identify with

Key word is deliberately. Secrets not covered.

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Re:Tell HN: SQLite changes are not innocent by s9w on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:32AM (#18319411)

Fair enough. I would absolutely avoid someone at work who would force me to use a fantasy pronoun. Luckily these things are not yet common in Germany

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