the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists.
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@davidgerard gnu keeps doing this thing where the name is really bad and then you dig in and realize it’s much much worse
@zzt @davidgerard "But we just pull our release names from random newspaper headlines…you see how our hands are tied here"
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@davidgerard @claudegohier could have been "Cold weather coming tomorrow" or "Sports victory excites populace"
@evan @davidgerard @claudegohier
Yeah, but it f'n wasn't. You have to wonder about decisions some people make.
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the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists. it's a straight up Nazi dog whistle. well done GNU
Ole Tange, the guy who named the latest version of GNU Parallels "Nazi Dogwhistle Calling Non-Whites Rapists" just happens to have worked on a tool for determining ancestry from DNA
i'm sure it's fine
https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/30/20/2962/2422219
EDIT: apparently it is fine - a geneticist friend tells me that ancestry dna software like wot our friend worked on is absolutely mainstream and not a tell of anything malign
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the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists. it's a straight up Nazi dog whistle. well done GNU
@davidgerard "you see, they pick from news headlines, and it's the *only* news these days, it's not like there's a quadriennial major sporting event going on right now, or way ahead of schedule increases in solar power in multiple countries, they had no choice, I promise"
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@usernameswift @ajn142 @davidgerard Is there a human being in the loop? I don’t know which is worse, to be honest.
@aral @usernameswift @ajn142 yeah, he works on tools to determine ancestry from DNA https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116875247155386900
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@aral @usernameswift @ajn142 yeah, he works on tools to determine ancestry from DNA https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116875247155386900
@davidgerard @aral @usernameswift @ajn142 he also apparently may be some kind of advisor in a danish public professional IT advisory group: https://bsky.app/profile/prosaole.bsky.social (as found by @fasterandworse )
username under that profile has parallel-posting: https://old.reddit.com/user/prosaole/
skeeter profile pic and google scholar image match pretty closely, although aging appears to be at different epochs
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@zzt return to good wholesome names like GNU Lemonparty
@davidgerard
Gnu only advances the slickest environmentsFor more information, search for "goatse"
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Ole Tange, the guy who named the latest version of GNU Parallels "Nazi Dogwhistle Calling Non-Whites Rapists" just happens to have worked on a tool for determining ancestry from DNA
i'm sure it's fine
https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/30/20/2962/2422219
EDIT: apparently it is fine - a geneticist friend tells me that ancestry dna software like wot our friend worked on is absolutely mainstream and not a tell of anything malign
@davidgerard Oh this is getting worse by the hour isn't it?
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@davidgerard Oh this is getting worse by the hour isn't it?
@kawa Tange also signed the RMS Did Nothing Wrong letter
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@kawa Tange also signed the RMS Did Nothing Wrong letter
@davidgerard Y'know what? I don't know what that is and at this point I don't want to know. For real.
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Ole Tange, the guy who named the latest version of GNU Parallels "Nazi Dogwhistle Calling Non-Whites Rapists" just happens to have worked on a tool for determining ancestry from DNA
i'm sure it's fine
https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/30/20/2962/2422219
EDIT: apparently it is fine - a geneticist friend tells me that ancestry dna software like wot our friend worked on is absolutely mainstream and not a tell of anything malign
@davidgerard Bloody hell… At which point do we collectively just yeet everything that’s GNU into deep space?
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@davidgerard Bloody hell… At which point do we collectively just yeet everything that’s GNU into deep space?
@schrotthaufen when they let RMS back in
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@schrotthaufen when they let RMS back in
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the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists. it's a straight up Nazi dog whistle. well done GNU
@davidgerard It's not actually a UK Government report.
It's an independent thing primarily done / pushed by one very right wing UK MP.
Said MPs policies are rather concerning.
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the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists. it's a straight up Nazi dog whistle. well done GNU
@davidgerard Hey, so. What the fuck!
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the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists. it's a straight up Nazi dog whistle. well done GNU
@davidgerard It's also telling that the download location named in the release announcement is not the GNU website, but a libertarian blockchain.
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@davidgerard It's not actually a UK Government report.
It's an independent thing primarily done / pushed by one very right wing UK MP.
Said MPs policies are rather concerning.
@Ryanteck corrected
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@davidgerard It's also telling that the download location named in the release announcement is not the GNU website, but a libertarian blockchain.
@scy a nazi video site
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@scy a nazi video site
@davidgerard That's the non-euphemistic way of saying it, yeah
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@davidgerard Hey, so. What the fuck!
@davidgerard There are approximately infinity other things to name a release.
