Everyone freaking out about Moldbug's invitation to #strangeloop: Have you ever *met* Moldbug? I have. Let me tell you about Moldbug. (1/N)
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... a quick tour of Hoon, and we spent hours talking about deterministic computation and langsec. It was really quite lovely. Later that ...
... day, in the jeep to the ranch house where everyone was staying, he started up with the casual racism, and everyone ignored him.
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He's a pretty good programmer but will never be anywhere near the troll
@rabite is, and if you're afraid of Moldbug, you're silly. The end. -
@maradydd These squabbles seem for frequently happen between fringe groups. It's as if they're competing for the same space. -
@CaseyJon_es Which is daft, since conferences are space that people create out of their own spare time.
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@maradydd Given concerns ppl have of racism & misogyny in tech I don't think casual racism is something Strangeloop can afford to ignore. -
@maradydd Or am I misunderstanding your point? -
@ramoncreager My point is, if dude wants to talk about programming, by all means, have dude talk about programming. If dude subsequently ... -
@ramoncreager ... gets up on stage and makes with the casual racism, by all means, end the talk early and boot him; the organisers have ... -
@ramoncreager ... that power by virtue of being the organisers. But pre-acting to something that hasn't happened yet is nonsense. - 8 more replies
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@maradydd how nice that for you racism can be "casual." -
@Rzhevsky Have you not heard the term in contrast to, say, systemic racism? This usage: https://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/what-can-you-do/speak/casual-racism … -
@maradydd except by that detention Moldbug is a systemic racist; even if that def wasn't bullshit. Where do these "offhand jokes" come from? -
@Rzhevsky If you're going to dispute terms the side you're arguing from invented, go push somebody else around. -
@maradydd current Aust gov hardly "my side." If you're minimizing "casual racism" in your colleagues, you are committing racism yourself. -
@Rzhevsky I told a story about how an entire retreat of people shunned Moldbug over his behaviour. Dunno what else you want, man. -
@maradydd except for you, who found his racism a little unpleasant, but nothing that you couldn't handle. -
@Rzhevsky That's two deliberate misreadings on your part. You have lost the opportunity for a third. Sod off. - 1 more reply
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@rabite That's about what I figured, since being ignored means having not succeeded at trolling. -
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