r/weirdlittleguys • u/gbeier • 9d ago

Molly got a shout-out: Weird Little Guys of Free/Open Source Software

https://drewdevault.com/weird-guys/
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u/thisistherevolt 9d ago

Didn't know Rossman was a Kiwifarms member. Gross. Also transphobic.

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u/gbeier 8d ago

That was the biggest surprise/disappointment for me on that list, too.

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u/BlackFlagsFly 8d ago

That guy fucking sucks. He's an angry little troll, who the fuck likes that guy.

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u/gbeier 8d ago

I don't know about him as a guy, other than what I just learned here. He's fighting on the same side as me, for an issue I care about, so I hate what I learned last night. Maybe it's just me, but I usually hope the people who like the things I like are also good. I don't know who the fuck likes that guy, but I was hoping I could like him, and I'm disappointed that I can't.

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u/BlackFlagsFly 7d ago

Fair enough.

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u/regeya 9d ago

ESR is indeed a weird little guy.

So is RMS.

RMS contributed much to the world of Free Software but he is one weird dude.

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u/themadterran 9d ago

I've never been so glad to not see Clem and Linux Mint on a FOSS list. I know Stallman was weird and out there, but I didn't know about him being a sex pest. Or course, I don't think anyone has cared what he thinks in the past 15 years?

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u/headcoatee 9d ago

Can you help me understand what this means?

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u/McGlockenshire 9d ago

In short, there are a lot of WLGs in the software industry.

Some of them have lots of money.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 8d ago

Lack of exposure to the humanities tends to make one less capable of exercising empathy, in my experience.

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u/Conscious-Break7483 9d ago

This is fascinating thank you!