That's a bizarre thing to accuse someone of doing.

Avicebron 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's not really... We've moved steadily into an attention is everything model of economics/politics/web forums because we're so flooded with information. Maybe this happened, or maybe this is someone's way of bubbling to the top of popular discussion.

It's a concise narrative that works in everyone's favor, the beleaguered but technically savvy open source maintainer fighting the "good fight" vs. the outstandingly independent and competent "rogue AI."

My money is that both parties want it to be true. Whether it is or not isn't the point.

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polotics 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The risk/reward equation on the attention a matplotlib maintainer gets... makes me think the likelihood of a fake is zero percent.

	▲	cube00 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		He's more then a "matplotlib maintainer", he's also a full time founder of a one-year old start up "to give spacecraft operators the tools they need to ensure their satellites can survive long-term in a turbulent space weather environment."

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delaminator an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

https://www.fakehatecrimes.org/