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  1. The change: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015/files > Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that. - bnoordhuis As a not native English speaker, I think the change itself is okay (women will also occasionally use computers),…
    comment by KronisLV · 2025-12-07 · in Using LLMs at Oxide
  2. …due to politics. The advisory board came out of it, and a push for semver, but it started here: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d...
    comment by zdragnar · 2023-01-18 · in Bun v0.5
  3. …with "them" in libuv because he thought it was a valueless change. He was destroyed because of it. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015
    comment by xdennis · 2022-04-19 · in Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words”
  4. …he was unwanted, which was true given his behavior. Was it worth it? I don't know, ask Ben. [0] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d...
    comment by fcarraldo · 2019-11-08 · in Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews
  5. …not be getting fired, banned, excluded, ostracized or otherwise sanctioned over this. For example: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 https://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun What happened in that pull request is…
    comment by matheusmoreira · 2019-11-08 · in Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews
  6. …this is specific to SO. Here[0] is another occurrence of something similar to those interested. [0] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538...
    comment by sgummaluri · 2019-10-07 · in Dear Stack Exchange, Inc.
  7. …sure seems like CoC are often weaponized by people who engage in wrong think. edit: found link -> https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015
    comment by AdamM12 · 2018-05-02 · in I am leaving llvm
  8. …They went after individuals and tried to get them fired. They virtue-signaled even in Github repos. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 Everyone who wasn't inclusive enough got attacked. You career was in jeopardy if you ever dared…
    comment by Frozenlock · 2016-05-29 · in The Liberal Blind Spot
  9. …bullying in this thread for a fairly polite "not interested in this merge" can be the result. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 Yes the problem is a little general than that. "SJW" are not seeing the problem with behaviour they…
    comment by JanneVee · 2015-10-12 · in “bro” has a gender problem
  10. …going to like. Ben rejected a push, and he steadfastly maintains that he did this for good reasons: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... Now instead of communicating with Ben, giving him the benefit of the doubt…
    comment by chris_wot · 2015-02-12 · in How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
  11. …ttps://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun Ben, on the other hand, handled himself quite well. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6845286
    comment by honksillet · 2015-01-14 · in Io.js 1.0.0
  12. …some red-tape as the contributor was new, he has to sign some documents and be on the CLA. Source: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015
    comment by hartator · 2014-12-05 · in Node.js, a popular tool for building modern internet services, has split in two
  13. …[2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137392506516022&w=2 [3] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538...
    comment by throwaway43232 · 2014-11-27 · in Why I'm Renaming a Gem
  14. He went into more depth later: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... Among other things that might change your impression of Ben: 1) The work that the PR required from him was much more than clicking the merge…
    comment by shawndrost · 2014-11-26 · in Moving the joyent/libuv repository to libuv/libuv
  15. Ben Noordhuis reverted a commit that had removed gendered language from libuv documentation: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40e Joyent received a lot of flak because people believe that Ben was a Joyent employee (he actually…
    comment by argentpyro · 2014-11-26 · in Moving the joyent/libuv repository to libuv/libuv
  16. It's especially weird, considering that I see Sphinx-based docs: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/tree/master/docs/src Seems like they could at least post them in whatever state they are in. Couldn't be any worse than a directory index with…
    comment by gtaylor · 2014-11-21 · in Libuv 1.0.0 released
  17. Not quite. It looks like urbit has imported the histories of multiple other projects. LibUV: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/graphs/contributors Re2: https://code.google.com/p/re2/source/list
    comment by Scaevolus · 2014-11-09 · in Urbit: a personal cloud computer
  18. …News: https://gigaom.com/2013/12/02/slap-fight-in-node-js-land/ The drama pull request in question: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d... Alex authored the commit that 804d40e reverted, and when the drama was…
    comment by forgottenpass · 2014-10-30 · in I Hope Twitter Goes Away
  19. …real technical limitations preventing a JVM based Node-esque platform, just no one's taken it on. https://github.com/joyent/libuv
    comment by city41 · 2014-10-23 · in Node.js Advisory Board
  20. …others proof read, or yet better find an editor. - Try to be gender agnostic. Why? cautionary tale: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015
    comment by kevin_bauer · 2014-10-06 · in Ask HN: How do I write good documentation?
  21. …to docs as per maintainer guidelines, he explains the thoughts behind his actions in his response: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... As an active contributor he has to deal with hundreds of commits / pull…
    comment by mythz · 2014-06-11 · in Broadening Node.js Contributions
  22. …character pull-request that took down libuv's largest and one of node's largest ever contributors: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 Bryan's public Crucifixion of Ben: http://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun Ben…
    comment by mythz · 2014-06-11 · in Broadening Node.js Contributions
  23. …threads this feature intends to stop by referencing it in an issue on one of my repositories: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-45544... Obviously this is a tad more complicated than before (and makes it much harder to…
    comment by RKoutnik · 2014-06-09 · in Locking GitHub Conversations
  24. …genuinely interested. Anyway, I think I found it: http://www.joyent.com/blog/the-power-of-a-pronoun https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7073044
    comment by rgbrenner · 2014-05-24 · in Poll: Where do you host your production environments?
  25. …[1] https://github.com/kazuho/picoev [2] http://libivykis.sourceforge.net/man3/ivykis.3.html [3] https://github.com/joyent/libuv [4] http://libevent.org/ [5] http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html
    comment by oso2k · 2014-05-08 · in Show HN: A minimalist event-driven (epoll) framework
  26. …[1], for instance, were very quiet and dismissive about that other, and bigger, issue. [2] [1] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 [2] https://twitter.com/zedshaw/status/390012555688546304
    comment by railsdude · 2014-01-25 · in Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only
  27. Why not let him speak for himself? https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... "Hi all, let me try to clear up a few things. Why I rejected the pull request. Us maintainers tend to reject tiny doc changes because…
    comment by markc · 2014-01-17 · in Node.js and the Road Ahead
  28. …contributor. Funny, because what he said was: "Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that." https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538...
    comment by untog · 2014-01-17 · in Node.js and the Road Ahead
  29. Have you actually read his response? https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... I don't think it was a dodgy call. I think people went unforgivably ape-shit, gained effectively nothing, and made someone else feel bad…
    comment by VikingCoder · 2014-01-15 · in The Next Phase of Node.js
  30. What about the bnoordhuis story? It seems not to be active again for his lib: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/graphs/contributors For people who don't know, bnoordhuis exiled himself 2 months ago after the bashing the node.js community…
    comment by hartator · 2014-01-15 · in The Next Phase of Node.js
  31. …that, it's pretty obvious he's the only adult involved in that whole fiasco. Seriously, W.T.F. [0] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568...
    comment by erichocean · 2014-01-12 · in Female Founders
  32. with class or out of fear because of the insane bullying that went on in https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 ?
    comment by phpnode · 2014-01-11 · in Removed gendered pronouns; replace with neutral, singular "they"
  33. Read https://twitter.com/jacobian for the latest stuff against PG. (Hes creator of django) Also, https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 (Created by a core contributor to django)
    comment by sontek · 2013-12-31 · in Django only has 1 woman contributor
  34. He did explain himself a day later: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568...
    comment by rohamg · 2013-12-07 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  35. …been accepted, maybe it would be fair to expect an explanation, but not for a trivial first PR. [0] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/issues [1] https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pulls
    comment by malandrew · 2013-12-05 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  36. To answer your question: Yes. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/commit/804d40ee14dc0f82c482d... (please scroll). However, that's not a necessary criteria. Substitute "he" for some other term, say "white person", and I doubt you'll see the…
    comment by ravisarma · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  37. Jesus. Take a look at this "patch": https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015/files Ousted the guy because he referred to "user" as a "he" in the comments? Are you fucking kidding me? I'm all for gender equality, but the amount of drama…
    comment by znowi · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  38. …was rejected broke the build for two reasons: 1) The project in question has a CLA requirement. https://github.com/joyent/libuv/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#... 2) The project in question has a commit message policy that is CI-enforced.…
    comment by shawndrost · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  39. He gave a perfectly reasonable explanation why he did what he did: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568...
    comment by res0nat0r · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  40. …contributions that they submit to the project. Relevant links: [1] Original pull request: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015 [2] Bryan's "I am going to fire Ben, even though he isn't my employee. Fired. Did I say fired yet?" blog…
    comment by parennoob · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  41. …language in some part of the code gender-neutral. Here's Ben's last response to the whole ordeal: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... A lot of people speculated that this is part of a dance Joyent is doing to…
    comment by selmnoo · 2013-12-04 · in Ben Noordhuis's Departure
  42. actually, that's not what happened at all. Read the response of the guy who rejected it here: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538... Hi all, let me try to clear up a few things. Why I rejected the pull request. Us…
    comment by bbitmaster · 2013-12-03 · in The Power of a Pronoun
  43. He was asked, sort of: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29539... But the thread was immediately derailed in the next comment by some asshole saying he was glad the change didn’t go through, setting off the whole…
    comment by gruntmaster9000 · 2013-12-01 · in The Open Source Bikeshed
  44. Wow - just read a more recent comment from Ben here: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... The sad part of it all this: "I'm probably going to step back from libuv and node.js core development. I do it more out a…
    comment by static_typed · 2013-12-01 · in The Open Source Bikeshed
  45. …full information, and doing it publicly. It seems even worse when you read the response from Ben: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... NB: I don't know much/anything about Joyent/Ben so my perspective is just…
    comment by k-mcgrady · 2013-12-01 · in The Open Source Bikeshed
  46. This is Ben's latest position from 5hrs ago: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568... Until that moment, I don't think he was even asked what his position was and why he acted the way he did.
    comment by lukaseder · 2013-12-01 · in The Open Source Bikeshed
  47. Have you read Ben's reply? https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568...
    comment by lukaseder · 2013-12-01 · in The Open Source Bikeshed
  48. …has publicly said on the matter thus far: "Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that." - https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538... "@isaacs may have his commit bit but that does not mean he is at liberty to…
    comment by JohnTHaller · 2013-12-01 · in The Power of a Pronoun
  49. …has publicly said on the matter thus far: "Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that." - https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29538... "@isaacs may have his commit bit but that does not mean he is at liberty to…
    comment by JohnTHaller · 2013-12-01 · in Collaboration not Derision in the Node Community
  50. Well, there you go: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/pull/1015#issuecomment-29568...
    comment by piscisaureus · 2013-12-01 · in Collaboration not Derision in the Node Community