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robbyoconnor | 4 years ago | on: Goodbye Freenode

They basically just nuked the whole thing. I had my nick for over 17 years and was kind of clinging to it...just pathetic.

robbyoconnor | 4 years ago | on: Goodbye Freenode

I am so fucking pissed off. I've had my nick for 17 years -- 17 fucking years on freenode -- all gone because a toddler chose to have a meltdown.

robbyoconnor | 5 years ago | on: I Violated a Code of Conduct

I initially thought "oh, another guy whining" but this seems to not be the case here but rather a case of a really piss-poor code of conduct.

robbyoconnor | 5 years ago | on: I Violated a Code of Conduct

Because this isn't a case of a codes of conduct being universally bad, but rather a case of one instance of it being bad. A GOOD code of conduct will be specific and lay out what is acceptable without vagueness.

robbyoconnor | 5 years ago | on: I Violated a Code of Conduct

Except it wasn't harassment -- guess what? People can say you're wrong. Check your ego at the door if you give a public talk. They shouldn't say "he's a fucking idiot" but saying "I feel that got X,Y, and Z wrong and here's why:" is not a fucking CoC violation. I support codes of conduct and always will but this is where things went topsy-turvy, do not try to roll your own and try to be specific.

robbyoconnor | 5 years ago | on: I Violated a Code of Conduct

I support codes of conduct but this is EXACTLY the thing that opponents point to when they oppose them. I expected this post to be a rant against codes of conduct and instead it wound up leaving me wondering if NumFOCUS and JupyterCon was in the wrong here...this guy offered criticism and that is NOT a fucking violation of ANY CoC -- if you can't handle criticism, don't make public statements. The hilarious is that Joel Grus didn't care -- like what the hell...this is why sometimes I feel like proponents of CoCs are at times their own worst enemy when it comes to attaining wide support for them.

robbyoconnor | 6 years ago | on: What Exactly is Docker?

You do realize that bad habits tend to not die, right? Don't teach bad practices because you're targeting newbies...teach them the best practices from the start.
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