Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-16 Thread dewitt via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 16 May 2016 at 22:23:21 UTC, dewitt wrote: On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 17:02:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: [...] I think the bigger issue is the fact that every photo is now called a selfie. [...] On Monday, 16 May 2016 at 22:23:21 UTC, dewitt wrote: I screwed the subject line

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-16 Thread poliklosio via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 19:19:08 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/13/2016 10:08 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Your name is your brand. Probably the most obvious example of this is Trump. Long before he got into politics, he understood his name was his brand, and never lost an opportunity

[OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-14 Thread jmh530 via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 01:13:34 UTC, Bill Hicks wrote: [...snip] The problem with OT tags is that they require the poster to put them there.

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-14 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 5/13/2016 10:08 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Your name is your brand. Probably the most obvious example of this is Trump. Long before he got into politics, he understood his name was his brand, and never lost an opportunity promote his brand (and profit off of it). In fact, I stopped

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-14 Thread QAston via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 05:08:29 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: I honestly think this concern is overrated, sometimes to the extent it becomes a fallacy. The converse benefits of anonymity are also exaggerated in my opinion. You have nothing to fear because you didn't (and hopefully

[OT] Re: Github names & avatars

2016-05-13 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 5/13/16 11:54 PM, Xinok wrote: On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 18:56:15 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: If some company won't hire you because you contributed code to D, I'd say you dodged a bullet working for such! I've known a couple people who had to apply for over 200-300 positions before they