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Paul Straw
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Paul Straw's personal blog at paulstraw.svbtle.com covers programming. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Crockford”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Paul Straw's essays on inclusivity and codes of conduct in tech. Commenters discuss the posts' treatment of the Twitter context behind one controversy and of a code-of-conduct enforcement case.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Paul Straw | I like making things and helping people.
Most-linked posts?
- Crockford3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-09-04
What Hacker News says?
18th line, "there is more context around it on twitter but that’s the basic gist" . So, again, referencing the tweets & subjects preceding their announcement as context aren't unreasonable as Golden says there's more context on Twitter. Emily Rose, notably, unleashed a series of tweets at them until they capitulated. It's still not the official word you're seeking, but to ignore it seems willfully dismissive. Moreov…
Comment linking /crockford
on “Inclusivity Is a Joke”Submitted Crockford as a story · 240 points
HN discussionThis is sort of like almost being hit by a car and thinking, "Well I didn't get hit. I don't need to pay more attention when crossing the street." Also, Rod had to fight tooth and nail to keep his position. Things could have easily gone the other way. But here's an example of a code of conduct/ethics being enforced unfairly. Douglas Crockford was removed as keynote speaker from the Nodevember conference.[1] Apparent…
Comment linking /crockford
on “Code, conflict, and conduct”