Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by pc86 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:56PM
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So whether you agree with the policy aims or not, wouldn't that mean this is actually productive work while trawling through git histories changing "master" to "main" is just a nonproductive waste of time.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by miltonlost on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:58PM
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"Whether or not you agree with the policy aims, wouldn't this mean that the death camps are actually doing productive work?"
You can't ignore the policy aims when determining what is "productive" as productivity is directly to the end result. It's WORSE that this is productive vs non-productive.
You're "Tired of nazi comparisons" when... Musk did two Nazi Salutes! He brought the comparison on by doing a Nazi salute! Twice! You're the one who refuses to see a salute for what it is.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by pc86 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:02PM
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Are you trying to hit a record for flagged comments in a single thread or something?
If I keep having to roll my eyes over all these idiotic Nazi comments because people are tired of far-left culture war issues I'm going to have to go to the doctor for RSI.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by tbossanova on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:18PM
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Curious as to how the Nazi salute thing is seen by you? Just a little forgivable misstep?
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by miltonlost on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:20PM
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Probably looks like a good opportunity for a high five!!!
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by tmnvdb on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:24PM
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Yes the case against death camps is not that they are a waste of time symbolic measure with no real world effects.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by bjourne on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:44PM
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Did you tax money fund any master->main branch renamings?
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by dark_glass on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:26PM
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This could be seen as technical debt, inherited by the current administration. These changes should have never taken place.
Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal...
by zeroonetwothree on Saturday February 08, 2025 @10:16AM
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I imagine some government agencies do use git so the answer is likely yes.
In this case, the engineers are changing the functionality of the product, not just changing code identifiers.