Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 17:19:01 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Actually, given the blatant misogyny frequently on display on this forum, ???

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 21:10:09 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Friday, May 13, 2016 19:53:18 bitwise via Digitalmars-d wrote: May be worth mentioning archiving sites like gmane that seem to love making your stupid questions/statements your #1 google search result. Excellent way to make an

Re: Github names & avatars

On 05/13/2016 01:19 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Actually, given the blatant misogyny frequently on display on this forum, Don't claim things that inflammatory when they obviously aren't true.

Re: Github names & avatars

On 17 May 2016 at 23:08, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 5/17/16 12:39 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote: >> >> On 14 May 2016 at 03:18, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d >> wrote: >>> >>> On 5/13/16 1:02 PM, Walter

Re: Github names & avatars

On 5/17/16 12:39 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote: On 14 May 2016 at 03:18, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote: On 5/13/16 1:02 PM, Walter Bright wrote: I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to that if you could have a

Re: Github names & avatars

On 14 May 2016 at 03:18, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 5/13/16 1:02 PM, Walter Bright wrote: >> >> I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add >> to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. > > > Sorry,

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 17:02:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. I think the bigger issue is the fact that every photo is now called a selfie. Personally all the

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 18:31:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: It's quite difficult to find a real-name handle on github when you have three of the most common names in the English language! Use D namespace! d-mike-parker is free.

[OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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: Github names & avatars

On Sunday, 15 May 2016 at 01:13:34 UTC, Bill Hicks wrote: [...] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ECbHJhqn6M

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 21:10:09 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: I definitely think that having a visible presence on sites like stackoverflow and github is good, and if they have your real name (or something close to it) with your real photo, it's a lot easier to show that it's really you.

Re: Github names & avatars

On 5/13/16, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: > I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to > that > if you could have a selfie as your github image. With some web apps like Slack (team chat software) each user can pick whether the

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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: Github names & avatars

On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 15:57:43 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: There's always a risk of someone seeing what you post, not liking it, and reacting badly too it, and if that's your employer, you could be in trouble. But in general, when we're talking about stuff that relates to your

Re: Github names & avatars

On 2016-05-13 19:02, Walter Bright wrote: I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. I think it's confusing with inconsistency. For example, committing with an email address that doesn't match the ones

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 21:01:17 UTC, Meta 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! When I was young, I worried about what other people thought of

Re: Github names & avatars

I stick with my pseudonym. I don't go to great lengths to protect my identity. You could probably figure out my name and address if you really wanted to. The concern isn't so much the government, but other individuals doing harm to you. We live in a world which is very politically correct,

Re: Github names & avatars

On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 08:24:32 UTC, Joakim wrote: taken it to now. It just means, "Stick to the technical topics," particularly in this forum, which is mostly feasible, but people have other interests too and discussions wander to the connected world. Without a clear moderation policy

Re: Github names & avatars

On 13 May 2016 at 19:18, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 5/13/16 1:02 PM, Walter Bright wrote: >> >> I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add >> to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. > > > Sorry,

Re: [OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 22:18:18 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/13/2016 1:54 PM, Xinok wrote: I've known a couple people who had to apply for over 200-300 positions before they finally got a job in their field. Life isn't so convenient that we can pick and choose which job we want.

Re: Github names & avatars

On 05/13/2016 03:18 PM, Walter Bright wrote: Ironically, hiding contributions under a pseudonym may make one a less desirable candidate because nobody will know that you're any good. This. Being a well-known contributor to a prestigious project is a shortcut to better things. Yep. Ali

Re: Github names & avatars

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 08:09:51AM +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 5/14/16 12:01 AM, Meta wrote: > >So many careers have been lost over some flippant tweet or Github > >comment that complete anonymity is the only sane option, whenever > >possible. > > Could you bring

Re: Github names & avatars

On 5/14/16 12:01 AM, Meta wrote: So many careers have been lost over some flippant tweet or Github comment that complete anonymity is the only sane option, whenever possible. Could you bring some evidence or list a few anecdotes over the careers lost over a tweet or github comment? Thx! --

[OT] Re: Github names & avatars

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

Re: Github names & avatars

On 5/13/2016 10:19 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: It is nice to have a consistent pseudonym for matching up forum posts with irc with github etc., but let's not make this a requirement. It's a suggestion, not a requirement. I respect that some people have good reasons for anonymity.

Re: Github names & avatars

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 17:02:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: In today's surveillance state, the government already knows your name and what you look like, so being anonymous on github is a bit pointless, as if anyone cares that you are interested in D. I can understand if you're a celebrity or

Re: Github names & avatars

On 5/13/16 1:02 PM, Walter Bright wrote: I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. Sorry, this isn't going to happen :) @schveiguy is much better than @StevenSchveighoffer. Some of us are not so

Github names & avatars

I'll ask again that the active Github users use their own name, and add to that if you could have a selfie as your github image. It avoids when people who post as "Fred" on the newsgroup submit PRs as "HorseWrangler" and get annoyed when I don't realize they are the same person, and then I