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posted by n1 on Tuesday September 06 2016, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-conference-for-old-men dept.

Douglas Crockford (JSON, JSLint, JSMin, Javascript: The Good Parts) is a founding father of modern Javascript. He is a frequent speaker on the Javascript circuit and, until recently, was the scheduled as the keynote speaker for the Nodevember Conference. For reasons no one can explain, he was removed from the conference schedule to help foster inclusivity. No one (including Crockford) knows why he was banned. Internet commenters have speculated it may have been due to a talk titled "Monads and Gonads" or slut shaming the "promiscuous" web or a his use of the gender (and species) exclusive phrase "hanging out there like a pair of dog balls". Others believe it's because he's a curmudgeon (aka grumpy old white cis heterosexual man). One of the Nodevember organizers (not involved with the decision to ban Crockford) has stepped down.

This is not the first time Crockford has experienced censorship -- he previously ported Maniac Mansion to the NES.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by jmorris on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:12PM

    by jmorris (4844) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:12PM (#398316)

    Isn't it curious how often 'inclusion' means excluding competence?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:17PM (#398320)

    A conference like this isn't about competence. It is a marketing and networking event. Technical conferences don't have sponsors. It shouldn't be much of a surprise that a marketing event wants nothing controversial because that is not good for business. Just look at the economic slapdown [breitbart.com] that Target stores got for being welcoming to trans people.

    • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:14AM

      by TheRaven (270) on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:14AM (#398615) Journal

      Technical conferences don't have sponsors

      What? All half decent technical conferences have sponsors - you can easily persuade a few companies to cover the costs of lunches and dinners if they think that their next round of hiring will go better because all of the competent people in the field associate their brand with something good.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @04:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @04:20PM (#399217)

      While I don't know anything about the conference in the article,

      Technical conferences don't have sponsors.

      is definitely not accurate. I'll just point you towards http://www.ietf.org [ietf.org]

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:33PM

    by Arik (4543) on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:33PM (#398327) Journal
    Here, this will get you nearly caught up.

    http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @02:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @02:06AM (#398461)

    In China, this was called the "Red or Expert" debate. Guess jmorris is on the "Red" side, now that Red is alt-right javascript.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @02:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @02:43AM (#398494)

      alt-right javascript

      *shudders in horror*

      Thanks for the nightmares.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:57AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:57AM (#398623)

        Thanks for the nightmares.

        Don't mention it! No, seriously, don't mention it! (They come at night, mostly.)