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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: 1) by purple_cobra on Wednesday September 07 2016, @05:03PM
There's also the word 'bollocksed' (i.e. broken). And you might hear something called "the bollocks", i.e. having a silent dog, which is even more confusing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @07:46PM
Hmm, not being a Brit, I always thought that "bollocks" derived from "bullocks", something that seems to be know in America as "Truck Nutz". Animal husbandry, doncha know! (BTW, the American equivalent to "dog's balls" would be "the cat's pajamas". Is it always the case that American idiom is less crude than British?)