catehstn’s avatarcatehstn’s Twitter Archive—№ 33,631

  1. Predictably, the latest form lambda conf is intellectually bankrupt drivel. I found it nauseating. ericajoy/719668774337531905
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      It equates people being unwilling to fly from Japan to Colorado with people being unwilling to be at the same event as a racist.
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        One thing that I worry about a lot as someone with some amount of visibility is "do I give someone credibility by being present?"
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          It's why I am so uptight about codes of conduct etc. Anyway here, once again, women and PoC being okay with the racist troll means it is ok.
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            Fuck. That. It's not okay. Also "inclusivity" is a show-don't-tell thing. Who are they "inclusive" of? I think we know.
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              Likewise you can't claim that a space is "not political" because there are people for whom showing up is a political act.
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                Interestingly, this applies to underrepresented people in tech and also white supremacists.
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                  It's why in these situations, you have to pick a side. By being "neutral" they picked the white supremacist side.
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                    But I read that, think they still want to say they "neutral" because they can't choose between the identity of "good guy" and "science guy".
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                      Bro - you are neither. Read a fucking book and get a fucking clue.
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                        White man succeeds - "I am brilliant and hard working." White man fucks up horribly, Internet shitshow - "Not my fault. And also science."
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                          The pseudo intellectual gymnastics have been forcibly reminding me of the time I dreamt I was a recursive function, woke up and vomited.
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                            I used to do functional programming but then that happened and also the community is a trash fire so you know. Glad I got out of that one.