StatusNethttp://rainbowdash.net/api/statusnet/conversation/4518344.atomConversation2024-03-28T16:05:19+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:community.highlandarrow.com,2019-02-07:noticeId=3568931:objectType=comment@bob @kavbojka@mastodon.social @emacsen @handle All of the conferences are funded by the giants to at least some degree. Every Single bananaing One @<a href="https://soc.freedombone.net/users/bob" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅">bob</a> @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/kavbojka" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">kavbojka@mastodon.social</a> @<a href="https://emacsen.net/users/emacsen" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Emacsen">emacsen</a> @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/handle" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="username">handle</a> All of the conferences are funded by the giants to at least some degree.<br /> <br /> Every<br /> <br /> Single<br /> <br /> batcaveing<br /> <br /> One http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-07T23:41:39+00:002019-02-07T23:41:39+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://community.highlandarrow.com/user/1maiyannahmaiyannahmaiyannahMaiyannah Elizabeth Bishop • You dont know me and I don't know you. It's better that way • Email: maiyannah@highlandarrow.com • XMPP: maiyannah@xmpp.highlandarrow.com • Highland Arrow EIC • Highland Blade in Champions Online, Creidne in World of Warcraft, Havamal in Imperian, Evalyne in AetoliaCanadahomepagehttp://www.highlandarrow.comtruehttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://soc.freedombone.net/objects/6ba27a34-0c8f-418e-b428-9a9e6f139ee1@emacsen @kavbojka @handle I'm really an outsider in the sense that I don't attend conferences and so don't have much of a sense of what happens other than the published talks. From my point of view I don't think you can take the money from a megacorp and then expect to have critical discussions about them which are devoid of influence. Even if only subconsciously, people will know that if they criticize too much then the money will vanish and future conferences won't happen.<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://emacsen.net/@emacsen">@<span>emacsen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@kavbojka">@<span>kavbojka</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@handle">@<span>handle</span></a></span> I'm really an outsider in the sense that I don't attend conferences and so don't have much of a sense of what happens other than the published talks. From my point of view I don't think you can take the money from a megacorp and then expect to have critical discussions about them which are devoid of influence. Even if only subconsciously, people will know that if they criticize too much then the money will vanish and future conferences won't happen.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-07T12:01:57+00:002019-02-07T12:01:57+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://soc.freedombone.net/users/bobbobbobbobFree Software hacker and maintainer of the Freedombone project. He/Him. Email/XMPP: bob@freedombone.net XMPP only works with OMEMO. Freedombone *official* account: <a href="https://soc.freedombone.net/freedombone">https://soc.freedombone.net/freedombone</a> Matrix: <span class='h-card'><a data-user='1' class='u-url mention' href='https://soc.freedombone.net/users/bob'>@<span>bob</span></a></span>:matrix.freedombone.net Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/freedombone">https://www.patreon.com/freedombone</a>