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Zig breaking change – Initial Writergate

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228 points Retro_Dev | 4 comments | 04 Jul 25 04:11 UTC | HN request time: 1.243s | source
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ksynwa ◴[04 Jul 25 05:57 UTC] No.44461535[source]▶
Is Writergate a technical term or a reference to Watergate?
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hsn915[dead post] ◴[04 Jul 25 06:10 UTC] No.44461590[source]▶
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hellerve ◴[04 Jul 25 07:12 UTC] No.44461923[source]▶
As a data point: I can honestly say I’ve never heard of Gamergate before this comment, and I am a 31-year-old white male. I did read a book on Watergate when I was in my teens, though.
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1. moomin ◴[04 Jul 25 07:36 UTC] No.44462096[source]▶
GamerGate is well worth understanding. While some of the details are unique to the situation, it’s provided a template for right-wing radicalisation that’s been employed multiple times since. There’s also an entertaining “where are they now” aspect where some people have been almost forgotten and some are in the White House. KotakoInAction is still going and has (inevitably) morphed into a bunch of people complaining about the Lūgenpresse.
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2. stanac ◴[04 Jul 25 09:14 UTC] No.44462738[source]▶
This comment smells like LLM output, you have said a lot, but I didn't understand anything.
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3. moomin ◴[04 Jul 25 15:16 UTC] No.44465280[source]▶
Let’s just say that I think it’s an important event and understanding how a guy harassing his ex-girlfriend became a formative moment in alt-right history is fascinating, but I really don’t want to get drawn into arguments with anyone who’s still drinking that particular kool-aid.
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4. kzrdude ◴[05 Jul 25 17:51 UTC] No.44474348{3}[source]▶
I thought the series made by some journalist was very interesting, I don't remember her name, and I don't remember so much of gamergate. But I'm definitely not a core part of either group there..