Oddbean

Shame he's such a bigot. It's a good model. #cybersecgirl nostr:nevent1qqsvmh3mgn6590vzu6xy399v9gpzmc8gce2rjtdpykkvn044ym6eewspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyqsmgxgs9k50czafqjz2ajf5ha2m0270whhdkwgjf6xhtey37sd9uqcyqqqqqqg097x9y

Well, I don't see any hatred in this. His opinion may not be strictly accurate in all cases, but that doesn't make it bigotry. That term in general is often abused. If this is the worst of the alleged bigotry, I'd say the term is being abused.

Sexist bigots often use stereotypes and make generalizations about the abilities, roles, or characteristics of different genders. The term implies the person has an intolerant, close-minded, and prejudiced attitude towards gender equality and the rights of women and other gender minorities. Sexist bigots may discriminate against or show disrespect towards individuals based solely on their gender identity or expression.

Mike Dilger has 99 annoying qualities; that ain't one of them. If he is as uninformed about trans people's lives as he sounds, then I'm guessing he didn't live ten years in a big city's arts & red light district like I did. And if you're catastrophing and letting that take affect your mood, you probably didn't grow up in a dumb AF small town like I did. Life is too short to re-enact junior high. Let's write good code, post informative articles, and spread good vibes.

If I only used things made by people I liked, I'd be banging rocks together and wearing possum skins. Mike's take was a very uninformed one. Fact. But this cancel culture BS needs to stay on Xitter. If you like his work, use it. Its what FOSS is all about.

lol, anyone who bandies around the expression bigot is one and not only is she a bigot she'll probably reply to this message with some threat and accusation about me following her around like i pick my mere 38 follows just to see her if you lack nuance and can't recognise the finer points of it - such as the inherent biological biases of gender - then it is you who lacks understanding not the one who points out the difference is visible in social media focusing on the person instead of engaging with the conversation is bigotry the subject of outbox model versus broadcast propagation is one that needs to be resolved because, as i see it, this lack of clear distinctions - DISCRIMINATION - is the problem public = broadcast private = outbox *braces for the inevitable butthurt reply*

Nah, she muted both of us long ago. She has shown nuance and high intelligence in other posts, but something about Mike's specific post triggered her hard and she doesnt seem to want to take ownership and move on. Oh well. At least we prevented this thread from becoming a pile-on on one of Nostr's best developers.

well, just to explain how i came to perceive her as i do, it has to do with following bad security advice from companies selling inadequate products i've been following Schneier et al since around 2003 or so and was involved in early discussions around Tor and it makes me so annoyed when people parrot nonsense that is contrary to the facts of the subject of cybersecurity, and doubly, to the point i have to deploy smackdown, when they claim to be an expert on the subject i don't spend my time writing about it all the time, because mostly i'm actually applying what i know to my programming work

I've been following Schneier only half as long as yourself, but even he has some dumb takes every so often. People seem to need to be reminded to think about what they're reading, and disagree if necessary. Glad you're not among them!

also, yeah, schneier's been pretty bad for about 5 years now... same political bullshit that i saw happen to boingboing.net and all its authors suddenly being very keen on writing against non-left wing politics, look also at what happened to Nassim Taleb, same fucking bullshit makes me really wonder, how one would go about inducing these previously mostly reasonable people to start acting as hand wavers for your agenda?

indeed, and i should point out, i'm not picking on her because of what her chromasomes are, plenty of XXs on here have got some fire from me as well, you can even see a couple of them still mute me if i were to go easy on someone because of such a thing that would make me a bigot going easy on a beginner is different... easy way to avoid sounding like an idiot is to admit you are a beginner, or that you are just thinking out loud or talking through your hat, probably nothing grinds my gears more than people pretending to be experts and saying utterly dumbshit

There are plenty of people I follow that I don’t agree with or even have strongly opposing views with on #Nostr. But I’m trying to contribute and help #grownostr. If I limit it to those I closely align with on all or even most things it severely limits possibilities and progress. Case in point - I’ve enjoyed a lot of your posts and info yet I disagree with your take. But I’m not going to now stop checking out your #privacy and #tech info. People are multifaceted and usually changing. #Bitcoin is for anyone and I hope Nostr will be too.

I am not agreeing or disagreeing with your claim that he is sexist, but plenty of people that have perspectives I vehemently disagree with also have have great ideas. Good to see that you don't let "ad hominem" rule your judgement. That is a rare ability.

shame to bring politics into engineering also nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqn4csvgddd8djhrdv63etv7nea2ehp06aj8hdyw6l4q94yhq2htdqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsg27pnt2g7sa2wtqktde4kdmqxzt476jlv3zd9p744rzusyct07gsp8w8h2