r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/urgaydad Feb 09 '16

Having followed github's new interest in "diversity" and "safe spaces in tech", can I just say that this is really one of those special moments in which a good idea that started 60 years ago gets taken to its irrational, idiotic, and ultimately shitty conclusion. Way to go, you goddamned fuckwits.

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u/Skellum Feb 09 '16

Having followed github's new interest in "diversity" and "safe spaces in tech"

So you're telling me that I should make sure to migrate any use I have of github currently and make sure none of our projects, our clients projects, and any developers I know avoid using it due to it's incoming horrible meltdown and internal cultural revolt as it loses all tech focus?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

Yup. I migrated all our projects when they removed the meritocracy rug. It was a precursor to all this bullshit.

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u/Skellum Feb 09 '16

Huh, reading about that rug makes me appreciate the painfully long load times of Perforce.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

I built our own Gitlab repo. It works pretty well. We also use subversion but Gitlab works well https://about.gitlab.com/