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Re:Write Simply by dang on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:48AM (#34607296)
I don't know any "big name programmers" but this is definitely a thing socially. Think actors and musicians commenting on social causes and whatnot.
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Re:Write Simply by Slighted on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:08AM (#34607422)
When I was writing my post Jamie Zawinski (The "Mozilla guy") was what I had in mind. A great programmer but very outspoken in his social views to the point that he's entirely disconnected from reality. Lacking perspective. This is a blog post of his that I find to be one of the better examples of what I'm referring to: https://web.archive.org/web/20221211061513/https://www.jwz.o...
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Re:Write Simply by dang on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:38AM (#34607602)
I have to recuse myself in that case because of the hairy balls thing.

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