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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

    Marxist/Leninist hardliners is funny to me because FOSS kind of set me on the path to become a socialist. (Although I'm a libertarian not a ML)

    [–] [email protected] 146 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I don't know where "πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ" is, but all the girls from there are hot.

    [–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    The guys from that place are pretty af too!

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

    And don't get me started on the its, theys, and etcetera. The weird ones are so cool~

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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 123 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Linux users: people think about us

    People: I wonder what's for dinner

    [–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Conclusion: Windows, Mac and BSD users are cannibals

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    [–] [email protected] 107 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I'll never forget dialling into a work meeting with the corporate infosec team who we needed some guidance from.

    Their rep shows up and it's a fem-presenting person with pink cat-ear headphones.

    I'm like oh fuck they sent the big guns, this is exactly who we needed to talk to. And I was right, we got exactly what we needed.

    [–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

    Was she wearing cargo pants? Did she have a subway map poster on her wall?

    https://xkcd.com/806/

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    The old adage "The worst-dressed nerd in the meeting is the most important one" could use some updating for the modern era to include trans folks with really good fits...

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    [–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (14 children)

    I would argue that's the cool part. You also have the average hyper racist neo-reactionary Suckless fossid user who thinks daring to write in anything other than C is "gay" or smth.

    [–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I had a discussion with someone who was of the belief that anyone that doesn't build their own packages and reads the documentation is a lazy retard that doesn't know what they're installing on their computer.

    That was a fun conversation

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    I assume they were a Gentoo user?

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

    Oi bruv don't shoot strays at us

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Gentoo have both sides, the cool community and the suckless community xD You can check it in the telegram groups about gentoo

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    [–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Software from the 80's? Get that new fangled garbage outta here. If it doesn't predate the first Alien movie it's probably full of bugs.

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    [–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago
    [–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I am contributing to the "trans girls everywhere for some reason"

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

    Furry sysadmin here, also trans but not a girl =D

    [–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Every sentence also ends in a :3

    :3

    [–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

    I think the abundance of trans women (β‰ˆ women who were raised as boys) is proof the social conditioning the only factor in why there aren't more women in STEM fields. Women love this shit just as much as men, but they're actively steered away from it.

    (Yes, women face other challenges beyond lack of exposure, but I think all of them can be traced back to social factors as well, such as how men are conditioned to treat women.)

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Your conclusion is probably correct, but I don't think your proof works. I'm going to play devil's advocate now: The thing to consider here is that these women were not just raised as boys, they were also born as boys. They may be on HRT now, but what if there are differences between how the male and female brains work that come from the Y chromosome? Or your hormonal balance in your formative years? I would hope not because that gives sexists way too much ammo, but we do not know for sure.

    There's other potential reasons for all the trans women in software engineering too. Children who don't feel comfortable in their own identities are probably way less social - I don't have enough trans friends to confirm this is true, but I feel like it might be. Not being particularly popular in school drives you to gaming as a hobby because you don't need friends for that, and at least in the 90s and 00s that would usually mean tinkering with your PC (because Windows never fucking worked properly, did it now). This would also explain all the furries IMO.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

    but what if there are differences between how the male brain and female brains work that come from the Y chromosome?

    This assumes that trans women are born with a male brain. The consensus of the scientific community says that this is false - being born with a female brain in a male body is how someone is born trans which further supports the argument you are responding to.

    I’m paraphrasing here but essentially the SRY gene (that stimulates production of androgens in a fetus) is released at a different time than the formation of the brain. So it is possible, but rare for someone to be born with a brain that doesn’t match their body and poof that’s where trans people come from.

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    Source

    Article which cites source

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    [–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Not pictured: elitist chuds that are really angry about the trans and furry community, and think Linux and other open source communities were ruined by code of conducts.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

    They are unwelcome, and we troll and downvote them every time

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    This is mostly true, especially in communities like this. I do know a couple of guys who are the complete opposite politically - ultra conservative Christians. But when they need forum support and encounter this part of the community it just makes them stronger in their opinion that the world needs Jesus.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    As a dark-hooded sweater guy, I'm feeling personally insulted.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Yeah but are you also wearing stockings?

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    Does Linux cause some amount of autism or is it the other way around? Nah, nevermind. It works and most other things in my life don't.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    It's weird to think that Linux causes Autism, rather than to believe that Autism caused Linux.

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    [–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

    I love the fact that "Ninja Cat" was used as a mascot for Windows 10 Insiders back in the day. Makes the meme even better to me.

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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    [–] whoisearth 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    It's missing Libertarian idiots

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    [–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

    Furry sysadmin and trans girl reporting here lol

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    on this subject.. I've been using linux for like..7ish years now?

    when do I get my choker and stockings? Do I have to fill out a form or..?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    You have to telnet in and add your name to the list

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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

    mint: lisa frank edition (and i'm here for it)

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Buckle up, samurai.

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