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Douglas Crockford's Removal from the Nodevember Conference

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

ghost writes:

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: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:45PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:45PM (#398378) Journal

    cishet man = cis(gendered) heterosexual man

    cisgendered = identifies as the gender that the person was assigned at birth
    heterosexual = attracted to women
    man = !!$(*(*$!**Y$*Y*LOST CARRIER

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday September 07 2016, @12:00AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday September 07 2016, @12:00AM (#398391) Journal

    Wow, I even fucked up my definition by misrepresenting "heterosexual".

    NoooOooo!

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