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“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”

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2024 points randlet | 5 comments | 12 Jul 18 15:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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bla2 ◴[12 Jul 18 16:02 UTC] No.17515883[source]▶
> I don't ever want to have to fight so hard for a PEP and find that so many people despise my decisions.

Leading a large open source project must be terrible in this age of constant outrage :-(

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1. technologia ◴[12 Jul 18 16:30 UTC] No.17516193[source]▶
On a related note, we've always had the constant outrage, its the internet that allowed it to become more apparent.
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2. nemild ◴[12 Jul 18 16:34 UTC] No.17516245[source]▶
In 2018, we can finally use our advances in data science and social network design to precisely target outrage and make it maximally engaging.
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3. technologia ◴[12 Jul 18 16:39 UTC] No.17516297[source]▶
Not to dismiss your point, but outrage on the internet is like a car wreck, its terrible that it happened but everyone on the road still wants to check it out and put their 2 cents in.
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4. robbrit ◴[12 Jul 18 17:05 UTC] No.17516553{3}[source]▶
Seems like this thread is a few steps away from outrage about outrage :)
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5. technologia ◴[12 Jul 18 18:23 UTC] No.17517259{4}[source]▶
lol, if my migraine was still raging on then it probably would have been because of me :P