I am not saying that the project has no merit

What I am saying is that the project was doomed from the very beginning

The developers of the project may have good intentions unfortunately their approach was totally misguided

If I were the one who wants to do something like that I would just do it, first , making sure that the thing works as advertised, and only then, I show the thing to the world - with source code, and everything

As one who has spent decades in The Valley I do understand one thing - the blame game can only go so far

And as one who has spent as much time on technology I realize that when a project has become so klunky, so unusable, and so evil, it is best to scrap that thing and start anew

Politics works very similar to programming - what you put into it is what you will get out from - and politics in places such as The United States of America has become so toxic that no amount of 'tweaking' or 'debugging' gonna make any difference

I find it interesting that so many from the politically-correctness camp have so much difficulties differentiating allegations from facts

Is it a 'bird of a feather' thing?

I've been in the States for several decades and I've come across plenty of people to be able to see a pattern, or two

I'll start with the Chinese - as I am a Chinese

There are two main types of Chinese in America - one tries very hard to pretend that they are Whites, while another know that no matter how they try they will still be called 'chinks'

Pao belongs to the former, and she sure tries very hard to be amongst the in crowd

I've paid close attention to what Pao has been doing over these few years - and I've noticed that the more she tried the worse she has become

Her first try to become a leader of the 'in crowd', in the corporate world was getting no where, quick - and when the whole thing bombed she wasted no time filing frivirous lawsuits againsther former employer

Her involvement with the extreme leftist circle got her the job at Reddit (as aptly described in one of the above comments as 'an interim') but she fucked that up too

The problem with Pao is that she has mixed with the wrong crowd, and her ambition is way too high for her own ability

Mayer, on the other hand, didn't have to go through what Pao has gone through. Mayer wasn't infected with the 'inferior complex' that many Chinese American are suffering from

As a Chinese in America I can tell you that those who look down on themselves (as Chinese) often live a really misery life. Everyday they had to struggle through the feeling of self-pity, self-hate, and self-denial

For Pao, all I say is that I pity her --- she should try slowing down, and start reflecting on what she has done

I have been in this field for ages. I've dabbled in software as well as in hardware

This sentence says it all

In our field, 'traditionally very stable' is another of saying that the thing is stale

Look at Intel, for crying out loud. Has there been anything really interesting / exciting coming out from Intel for the past decades??

The Capitol Hill!!

But wait ... they are all sick to the core to begin with !!

But we need to give credit for companies that open source their products, even if those products are no longer bringing in $$$ for them

There have been times I wrote to software companies asking them to open source their truly obsolete products, such as compilers that run on OS/2, just so that younger generations, at least those who are curious enough to look at the source, could learn a thing or two how a compiler works

They refused

Of course they have all their rights to refuse to open up the source codes of their long obsolete software - and what I am saying is that no matter what, we still need to give due credit to the companies which open sourced their products, no matter for what reason they do so