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Re:David Tolnay on the "RustConf Keynote Fiasco" by amluto on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:04PM (#37383799)
That part is not obvious to me as an outsider. And framing something that shouldn’t have been done as a power play, when it could as easily have been simple ineptitude or some other issue, seems like it weakens the argument and escalates the situation.

Plenty of people who haven’t really thought about how conferences should work end up on committees running conferences, kind of like how plenty of developers end up as high level reviewers or managers regardless of their qualifications.

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Re:David Tolnay on the "RustConf Keynote Fiasco" by frostburg on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:44PM (#37384197)
It's theoretically possibile that it's ineptitude, but only barely; if "I don't think that this feature is ready yet, so I will anonimously lobby behind the scenes to avoid it being talked about in public" is the strongest exculpatory explanation that someone can find for their actions...

Also, being inept and clinging to one's position isn't a good look either.

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