I was disappointed it took me so long to find it. Kind of solidifies the idea that today's ./ posters are a very different group of people.

Pretty sure that's pedantic (or improper) editing; when quoting speech, you would put the comma inside the quotation marks. The original source makes it more clear - only Kernighan's had a literal comma.

Oldschool HDMI was 4.2 Gbit. The newer 2.0 spec is 18 GBit, which are almost certainly the most common now.

But you are correct (in spirit - we're talking Gbit, not GB) that the next gen, 2.1, claims to be 48Gbit, but a) they're not in wide enough use to test this argument (I don't know that any consumer gear has 2.1 yet), and b) you'd need to actually use that bandwidth (e.g. 4K/120, 8K), which again is not going to be common for some time.

It does look like HDMI 2.1 cables are thick enough to have decent shielding.

First, it is incorrect to state that "I" am doing anything. The Linux Community themselves made these guidelines, I had nothing to do with it.

With that in mind, it would seem the LC disagrees with your assessment.

Do you know what a Community is? It's a cohesive organization made up of humans. It's not some monolithic robot where humanity goes out the window.

"He burns crosses on the weekends, but he commits clean code" is not exactly a defense I would want to hear in my own organization, especially if I were someone of color. You don't see how that makes for a toxic environment for others?

> if it is open then law enforcement would have no problems prosecuting such behavior.

What world do you live in? We can't get people to agree that sexual harassment is even a thing, or should be legally actionable; you really think "law enforcement" is going to "prosecute" that? For the record, law enforcement still asks questions on what victims did to deserve it.

As for your attempt to "flip the example", you will have tofurther define "sponsor" and "pro-life initiative"; one's an ambiguous term, the other often (not always, but often) masquerades as misogyny, thus more details. Donating money to a political figure because they identify as "pro-life" is one thing; providing funding for an effort to ban body autonomy or organizations that help women in many ways simply because that includes abortion is another.

But your question was whether any of this should give the LC standing to revoke access -- probably not, in a vacuum. But then again, holding the abstract belief that women should be forced to unwillingly carry a child (especially regardless of circumstances) is abusive, but certainly less so than what I described above, so I don't think you really made an equal argument.

Wow, that's quite the stretch. I have been witness to environments where someone's race/gender/orientation have been either the sole basis for, or an amplifier to, someone's horrible behavior towards another. I don't see it much "the other way around" in professional contexts.

I'm not bemoaning anything, for the record. However, I do think we should be encouraging and supporting those from other cultures and backgrounds to take part in our technical future. But not everyone is a robot and can just "shrug off" abusive behavior, especially when they're just starting out; I just don't see how it's a negative to be understanding of another.

So if I were a known and public Linux maintainer, go to a tech conference, and start openly sexually harassing women attendees, or berating minorities who are showing interest in technology... you're saying the Linux Community should have no ability to distance themselves from that contributor in the form of revoking write access?

Are you sure that's what you want?

Because there may be times where they may be socially associated with an organization, but not acting on "official" behalf of them. As a contrived example, if they're attending an industry conference where they're not an "appointed representative", people may still identify them as a "Linux maintainer".

I don't disagree that it's ambiguous, but with people attempting to be hyper-literal in order to defend their terrible behavior as unactionable, I don't see any way it couldn't be. They have to leave themselves room to allow a case-by-case basis in egregious circumstances.

I've been trying to remember the name of Medievia for ages! They had a pretty cool weather system.

I actually donated once to get some perks. Their site claims they don't delete players, but it thinks my username is new... it's been 15+ years since I last logged in, so I suppose I can't be too mad.

And more saliently, where are these entities now?

> Yes, and?
You said "..then [why] not just use a Mac Pro? It's also fairly portable". I was simply addressing the shortsightedness of your statement.

Speaking of short-sighted, just because you don't have a problem with 16GB doesn't mean someone's claims are 'dubious'. I know how to use Activity Monitor. I am frequently in Swap when I have the programs open that I mentioned in my previous message. If you're not familiar with them, that's just fine, but don't insinuate that I don't know what I'm talking about just because you haven't had personal experience.

A Mac Pro is not 'portable' if you still have to lug a screen around. I like to move from the desk to the living room, patio, or completely different area altogether. Sometimes I like to do work while laying in bed. There are plenty of use-cases that people will reasonably pay to have access to.

I enjoy keeping my computer up and running for long periods of time, but I have to reboot my MBP a few times a month (because I'm stubborn and won't do it once a week) when I dig so far into swap that simply restarting VM/PhpStorm/Skype/Outlook doesn't clear it. I absolutely need 32GB in order to be properly productive.

According to HiYa's Privacy Page, they do indeed pilfer your contact list.

Just because that's the only thing you would use it for doesn't mean that's what they're actually used for.

But 3/10 for the trolling effort. You can do better.