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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)
Bezosā open interference in the Washington Postās editorial section has pushed Walter Bright into a very funny series of public admissions that he did not have to make. See the orange site here for his ongoing libertarian meltdown.
His comment history is a weird mix of programming language discussion, terrible takes, simping for Musk, simping for Musk even harder (just in case you didnāt realize how much he liked Musk the first time).
Holy hell.
itās just really surprising to see the political takes of a 13 year old come out of the 65 year old who created the least successful C variant
Youāre right there, buddy!
A libertarian who glamorizes the state as set up by old people in the past. The libertarian to reactionary funnel.
E:
HN: Since you believe in checks and balances, do you believe Trump should be disqualified for running for office, for using violence, intimidation and lies to attempt to change the results of the last election? As a principled libertarian Iām sure the peaceful transfer of power is at the height of your concerns.
WalterBright: I think Iāll spare everyone from yet another Trump vs Harris debate.
Weichei!
This is quite cowardly of him to write. He knows it speaks specifically to the question of newspapers giving endorsements. Him answering it truthfully would either undermine the statement that kicked off these comments or reveal that he doesnāt give a fuck about the Constitution.
Yes, which is why i called him a softboiled egg in German. Which means something like coward (at least that is what I always learned, google translate gives āwimpā). Unless you directly translate it to Dutch then it turns into the Dutch f-slur for gay people. Because we suck.
This was a random insults in various languages derail.
Ah, yes, the classic āIām not like the other girlsā of politics.
Not really that surprising. Computer programmers are textbook petite bourgeoisie.
Edit I donāt keep track of C and C-likes, but apparently D has been forked, and it seems that Walter Bright is a bit of a dick as a maintainer too
https://dpldocs.info/this-week-in-d/Blog.Posted_2024_01_01.html
Not a huge schock. But this imho also shows a bit of a problem with these kinds of projects and their ownership. Shit will go bad when the owners grow old and refuse to give up ownership. Walter is 65, you dont expect people to keep up with the cutting edge and wider needs of programmers
Iām glad to hear someoneās invested enough to fork it. I like D (hehe) and it would be a shame for it to just languish in Bright daylight.
I really hope Harris wins by a landslide just so all these weird nerds eat shit. If even just one goes "wow I really let myself get swept up into believing trump/musk was great by my echo chamber it would be worth it. But i doubt we will get such self awareness. The various betting prediction markets also then have been wrong (or manipulated) would also be fun.
Walter Bright soon reading his second ever newspaper: āWow, this is a lot like Washington Post!ā
"I am neither left nor right wing, I am [simply as far right economically as one can be].
neither left nor right (feudalist)