I still follow Dimitry on twitter for his technical talent, as I've done some palmOS software reversing as well, but man every other post is something along the lines of "we should let X group fend for themselves in a rattlesnake pit because they don't produce value".

All to say it's a major bummer his cool work is tainted by his dehumanizing words and I wonder if he understands how he comes off to people.

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EvanAnderson an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Dmitry was interviewed on the Unnamed Reverse Engineering podcast[0] a few years ago. I didn't feel like he came off at all like that in that interview, at least.

I don't interact w/ Twitter so I can't speak to anything he's written there.

[0] https://unnamedre.com/episode/2

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harrouet 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Any part you are referring to? I can't find any personal attack.

I actually like his writing style. I think he just speaks his mind in full honesty and you should not interpret it as aggressivity.

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jmcgough 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Took two minutes of reading his Twitter to find him comparing black people to chimpanzees.

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wholinator2 13 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I had a stroll though his Twitter. It's just a grab bag of strawmen being summarily beaten mostly by the fact that no one is replying to challenge him.

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latexr an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I can't find any personal attack.

Your parent comment gave a paraphrased example of discrimination against a group, not a person.

> you should not interpret it as aggressivity

Your parent comment didn’t describe it as aggressive, they described it as dehumanising. There is a colossal difference between the two. Patton Oswalt demonstrates:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKo1_RP_0c

Note: I don’t have a Twitter account nor have I ever encountered Dimitry’s writing, so I’m not commenting either way, but if you want to refute/contradict/disagree what your parent comment said, it’s important to respond to the point they made, not different ones.

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joe_mamba 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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	▲	superxpro12 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Thats.... not right? She's becoming more and more anti-trans every day. Harmless is a mischaracterization of her stances.
	▲	latexr an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’m not actively following the saga, but that seems like a gross mischaracterisation in all directions. I haven’t seen anyone seriously call her a Nazi¹ and her comments aren’t harmless either. ¹ Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it has happened. But then again that’s not saying much on the internet. Doing a cursory search, I found a post² on her own website where she complains someone said she has “uphold [Nazi] ideology around gender”. “Nazi” is between brackets, presumably meaning it’s a substitute for another word, and even then that’s not calling her one. ² https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowlin...

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sjjsjsvdd an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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xyzzy_plugh 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This puts it rather lightly. I stopped following him when he started posting incredibly racist memes.

	▲	MSFT_Edging 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yeah I was trying to keep it civil for HN. The whimsy of the PalmOS work really clashes with the incessant racism and hate.
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newsclues 41 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s dehumanizing to productive people that unproductive people are celebrated.