Comment on Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If a bubble contains the majority is it still a bubble?

  Programmers are more likely to be LGBTQ then in the average population, it’s just one of those industries that tends to attract. So yeah, I think they probably do care about this, otherism is something that they have experienced with.

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  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Probably depends on where you check the data but some surveys show that while 10% of general population identify as LGBTQ (news.gallup.com/…/percentage-americans-lgbt.aspx) only 5% of programmers do (independent.co.uk/…/ons-data-gay-lesbian-bisexual…). So it’s a very weak argument.

    The fact that you think 5% of population somehow shapes how “majority” thinks shows how deep in the bubble are you. Most programmers just code for work, they don’t care who contributed to the libraries they use.

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    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The fact that you think 5% of the world population is the same as 5% of all programmers shows that you are rather clueless

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      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I didn’t say anything like that. Why do you have to invent things I said instead of addressing facts I presented?

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