Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen mikini@identi.ca
Father, thinker, minimalist, global soul, word mingler, free culture and FOSS proponent, paraglider, marathoner, software developer.
Defective by Design at 2016-07-06T20:21:33Z
Statement condemning @W3C's choice to grant #EME Candidate status. We still intend to win this. https://u.fsf.org/1u-Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen likes this.
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Question Copyright at 2015-11-25T18:45:41Z
WOW. Amazing, eloquent 18-minute TEDx talk by @ninapaley about copyright abolition: http://questioncopyright.org/copyright_is_brain_damage. Share widely!Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen, AJ Jordan, Jakukyo Friel, Aaron Wolf likes this.
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FreedomBox Halloween Hackathon
Debian Project at 2015-10-29T11:39:57Z
The FreedomBox Foundation is hosting a Halloween Hackathon on Saturday October 31 in New York City.
New and existing contributors will be getting together to work on FreedomBox, the Debian privacy-respecting self-hosting software suite and wireless router.Mikkel Kirkgaard Nielsen, Krugor, João Patrício, Marcelo Nicolas Manso likes this.
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Lars Wirzenius at 2015-10-06T11:43:42Z
Unacceptable excuses for bad behaviour in free software development:- Linus and other kernel developers do it.
- You have self-diagnosed as having Asperger's.
- You value code quality over other people's feelings.
- You get angry a lot.
- You think other people are just wrong about everything.
- You thought of a funny insult.
- You're uneasy having people in the project who're unlike you.
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Show all 5 repliesNumber 3 ("code quality is more important than people's feelings") is often used to justify things like the Linux kernel development atmosphere.Lars Wirzenius at 2015-10-06T15:50:03Z
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They believe bad behaviour is what gets them ahead because that's what got them where they are so far. We are somehow meant to feel sorry for them because they come from broken family backgrounds even though they are spoiled rotten.jrobertson at 2015-10-06T17:16:08Z
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> because that's what got them where they are so far.
They could have gotten where they are so far in spite of (rather than because of) the behaviors. There's always the chance that several people saying "I'm not going to take this anymore" around the same time will shift momentum away from a previously-successful project or organization.lnxwalt@microca.st at 2015-10-07T01:53:35Z
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@lnxwalt That's true, the person with the bad behaviour has typically proved they can make the grade, give the company what they want, work hard, demonstrate their talents. At this point they use their value as a kind of credit system to get away with behaviour that others don't seem to get away with.jrobertson at 2015-10-07T05:53:13Z
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Support defenders of Free Software
Debian Project at 2015-11-24T14:37:51Z
Help defend Debian and Free Software, become a Software Freedom Conservancy supporter today! https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/nov/23/2015fundraiser/
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