Comment on: The head of the Drupal project threw out a member for consensual BDSM practices in his spare time. The community has signed a letter indicating mass resignations if this isn't reversed
1 14 Apr 2017 18:40 u/tecuani in v/programmingComment on: The head of the Drupal project threw out a member for consensual BDSM practices in his spare time. The community has signed a letter indicating mass resignations if this isn't reversed
Surely unrelated activities should not be a reason to "fire" someone, but I think their letter uses a suboptimal argument.
Being "pro-tolerance, pro-diversity, and pro-inclusion" is not really a compelling argument towards anything at all, it's just more ideological chaff (and also most often the exact reason for firing someone because of activities that are not part of the job, so it would easily be turned around against them).
The real compelling argument is simply that endeavors not related to the project should not influence decisions concerning the job, simple as that. If the job or contribution to the project is done well, it does not matter if you are a serial killer, literally Htiler or a reptilian from outer space.
Comment on: Looking for a free programming book? They're all linked from here.
All of them? That's a bit too much of a bold claim.
But still, thank you for sharing that list.
Comment on: Programmer quits work on project after getting triggered by a variable name (The comments, however . . .)
For exaplanation, an 'i' or 'I' at the start of any naming usually means "interface".
"Interface for give/get head" - Not all that perverted lest you're a freaking pervert yourself.
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