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.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:41PM
Douglas Crockford ( [...] Javascript: The Good Parts)
I had a copy of that, but I, uh...
Ah, you know what, it was a small book. That's the take away from this. Make your own damn punchline. Lazy kids.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday September 07 2016, @03:05PM
I have a copy of that book. It's just a few pages with I'm sorry written in large font on every page.