It's good he publicised this but the length of the post and how hard he tried to get a response leads me to think he cares. He should not care about petty, deranged people.
How does using a Twitter blocklist achieve 1)?
I know this conference is probably not using this particular blocklist, but why should a conference 1) use a blocklist and 2) block people just for being of particular political view?
At some point you offended the wrong person, they added you to one of those shared blocklists, and that's all, you're banned forever. Who's to blame? I'd say you, for caring. This is the way politics works now, and some…
How is this comparable when most of those aren’t open source
That argument falls apart when you consider indentation. Python code gets ugly fast when you’re just a few levels in.
So the same that happens in the West?
It's good he publicised this but the length of the post and how hard he tried to get a response leads me to think he cares. He should not care about petty, deranged people.
How does using a Twitter blocklist achieve 1)?
I know this conference is probably not using this particular blocklist, but why should a conference 1) use a blocklist and 2) block people just for being of particular political view?
At some point you offended the wrong person, they added you to one of those shared blocklists, and that's all, you're banned forever. Who's to blame? I'd say you, for caring. This is the way politics works now, and some…
How is this comparable when most of those aren’t open source
That argument falls apart when you consider indentation. Python code gets ugly fast when you’re just a few levels in.
So the same that happens in the West?