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Comment by tolerance

8 hours ago

> In the end it's nerds messing with hardware.

Am I being lazy or does this imply that all (or true) nerds are anarchist anti-capitalist feminists.

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t-3  8 hours ago

No. Some $x do $y does not imply that all/most/many/true $x do $y. It implies that some $x do $y.

  • tolerance  8 hours ago

    Right. But "in the end" people who participate in "permacomputing" per the websites stated values represent a subset of nerds. I think the rebuttal we're commenting on oversimplifies this.

  • lynx97  8 hours ago

    Well, yes, but no. Hacker Community projects increasingly force political agendas on participants. It gets harder and harder to just do tech stuff without having to align with some cabal.

    • stackghost  7 hours ago

      Being apolitical just means your politics align with the status quo. Technology is inherently political in nature, because it affects society in material ways.

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