At some point he explained that this isn't racist because he could imagine an alternative universe where black people weren't dumb and violent, and in that universe he'd have 0 problems with black people.
Eric S. Raymond has imaginary quantum black friends.
One of the most hilariously absurd things I've ever read.
Probably tread a little lightly when we're talking about "what happened" with Raymond, since my understanding is that he's dealing with some pretty significant health problems. I won't sugarcoat my opinions of his work, but neither would I wish those kinds of problems on anyone, nor would I want to be seen as taking shots at their inability or reluctance to respond while dealing with them.
It has been a while but I feel like the political and racial content is pretty in line with stuff that used to go on his blog; that just didn't use to be his main focus.
He's still active on e.g. his GitLab: https://gitlab.com/esr
I guess he just got bored of writing blog posts.
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At some point he explained that this isn't racist because he could imagine an alternative universe where black people weren't dumb and violent, and in that universe he'd have 0 problems with black people.
Eric S. Raymond has imaginary quantum black friends.
One of the most hilariously absurd things I've ever read.
Probably tread a little lightly when we're talking about "what happened" with Raymond, since my understanding is that he's dealing with some pretty significant health problems. I won't sugarcoat my opinions of his work, but neither would I wish those kinds of problems on anyone, nor would I want to be seen as taking shots at their inability or reluctance to respond while dealing with them.
I was actually wondering recently why we haven't heard from him in years.
Do you have any news source you learned this from? Or was it through people who know him?
It has been a while but I feel like the political and racial content is pretty in line with stuff that used to go on his blog; that just didn't use to be his main focus.
Jay "Tron Guy" Maynard and Eric S Raymond have been friends in real life for a long time. Not just "a fan".
This seems like an even and accurate description of his current activities I wonder why it's light grey for me.