And yet he’s having an effect. Are either of you pledging $10k to defend hackers in court?

I can hardly believe headlines like these are met with anything but cheers. It’s literally the hacker spirit in the classical sense: a big company is trying to legally threaten a project offline, and people like Louis are helping prevent that.

You could at least throw in a “it’s cool that he’s pledging money” before insulting his channel. And if his channel wasn’t as political as it is, it’s doubtful he could rally the kind of support we’re seeing here.

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stingraycharles 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I can hardly believe headlines like these are met with anything but cheers.

My point is that I have an issue with his tone and rhetoric, not with the thing he’s advocating.

He appeals to a certain audience that likes rage over proper discourse. I am fairly certain the HN etiquette prefers proper discourse over rage.

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Forgeties79 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> My point is that I have an issue with his tone and rhetoric, not with the thing he’s advocating.

Hand wavy excuse by people who simply don’t agree with a cause and/or think it’s not important, but won’t admit it.

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

It seems to me you're style over substance then.

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Aurornis 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The comment at the top of this thread was literally defending Rossmann based on his style (passionate, vulnerable) over his substance (factual accuracy)

	▲	dns_snek an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I suggest reading that comment again because it does nothing of the sort.

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ryandrake 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I, for one, appreciate communication that has a point of view, one that actually champions an ethical opinion and calls out unethical behavior. I don't think doing this necessarily counts as rage. If I wanted to read a "proper" dry, impartial dissertation on some technology, written by Spock, there are plenty of places online to do this.

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

I don’t need to hire hackers to use my 3d printer. It just works.

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Aurornis 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Are either of you pledging $10k to defend hackers in court?

Sure, I’ll pledge $10K to the developer who already declared that he’s not interested in fighting a legal battle for this project. That’s easy.

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junaru 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Sure I'll post a snarky comment without getting familiar with the subject whatsoever.

The bounties are real and awarded [1].

[1] https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties?status=closed

	▲	Aurornis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I searched for Bambu and there were 0 results. Also that site is a disaster of a UI. It reloads on every single character entry while you’re trying to type in the search term. Also please don’t fake-quote other people with things they didn’t say: > > Sure I'll post a snarky comment without getting familiar with the subject whatsoever. It’s even worse when you haven’t become familiar enough with the subject to share a worthwhile link.