Carlo ZottmannMar 7

Spicy (?) take:

"It's #Rust, of course" is the software dev edition of "I'm #vegan, of course"

(Nothing wrong with either, just the (usual) smugness can be annoying AF.)

EDIT: Added the 2nd "of course"

Show threadbrainwashed by lentilsMar 8

@czottmann
»i'm vegan« is much closer to »i use free software« because both movements involve consumer boycots (of animal abuse* and proprietary malware, respectively).

#rust would perhaps be something like pea protein: lots of existing things are being remade using this new libre / #vegan product.

whole food vegans and rust haters take issue with otherwise vegan food / free software because it's seen as too processed, not raw enough.

#AIslop is dairy milk powder. crammed into otherwise nice products. looking at you: firefox and the pepper-flavour crisps from the netto shop.

*) animal abuse being an infinitely greater evil than proprietary software

Show threadsocMar 9
@pelle @czottmann Considering how excited Rust users are to replace copyleft software with MIT-licensed rewrites, they are not the good guys in this story.
Show threadbrainwashed by lentils

@soc exactly. pea protein can be used in meat products, and rust can be used for proprietary software.

that's why those who wish to fight for freedom in cyberspace need stronger methods, like #copyleft.

similarly those who wish to fight against animal abuse need stronger methods, like #liberationpledge.

Mar 9 at 4:57pmWeb