tefbtw if you're planning on protesting a talk, the easiest way is to pull the fire alarm
and if you're at fosdem, you can say "i just saw a vape cloud i guess" if anyone asks why
the thing about pulling the fire alarm to stop a talk, you don't even have to be in the same room, just in the same building, or somewhere on the same fire circuits, it's pretty impossible to stop
that, and with large enough buildings, they can't turn the alarms off without having someone from the fire service check
the more you know huh
it's funny to note that the systemd guy doesn't protested at fosdem because despite the invective, he isn't as despised as jack dorsey
someone has explained "pulling the fire alarm causes problems" and "the event organizers can suffer consequence for it" in what i can only describe as an incredible achievement in understanding a post
the thing about nerds at fosdem,
socioeconomically speaking, it's full of people who had access to computers at an early age, and people who earn well over the median
so, well, there aren't many people who've ever had to fight or protest, which is why you'll always hear "have we tried not causing problems" as a preferred option
it's the same sort of brainrot logic of "blocking a road could block an ambulance" where a theoretical consequence blocks any action with a result
author_is_ShrikeTronđź” đź’‰x7@tef I think that is a non-DEI opinion.
There are plenty of nerds who are not white-males and still had to fight their way in when it comes to actual nerd jobs.
Maybe the early ones got in because of early recognition, but the rest of us still have to earn it the old-fashioned way.
Vs a lot of discrimination/bias for not being ivy league, not being one of the "boys", not being a typical looking "nerd", not being able to process questions in 10 seconds, etc.