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coldsnap427

2,830 karma · joined August 11, 2016

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coldsnap427··on Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?
You literally dumped a list of YouTube channels without any semblance of what they are. Who has the time to go through that wall of text?
coldsnap427··on GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
Agreed. It's just white people trying to feel good about themselves. I know many POCs and black people who have bigger concerns -- not getting killed by police, equal pay, etc. -- than the name of a damn git branch.
coldsnap427··on GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
> This is what I'm talking about, is there anyone who is actually feeling isolated and uncomfortable, or are there just a load of white people who have focused on literally the most unimportant aspect of being a black person in the tech community?

I'm a POC in the tech community and couldn't care less about "master" being problematic. The tweets you quoted likely came from a white person who thinks a little to highly of themselves and want to go after low-hanging fruit.

Want to make a difference for POCs and Black people? Vote the racists and profit-driven politicians out of office this November and replace them with people who are more qualified to lead and actually care about the public.

coldsnap427··on The Simple Genius of Checklists
> I'm probably the smartest guy in Romania

[citation needed]

coldsnap427··on SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Google won't help
This is a good reminder to never entrust Google with sensitive financial records and documents. Sure, the cloud service is a convenience, but, if a hacker accesses your account, it doesn't take much to download copies of those documents and use them against you.
coldsnap427··on SQLite Code of Conduct
A lot of sensitive people work in the field now, and they need a set of rules so other people won't be mean to them.