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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its just a huge shame too because Brendan Eich is such a smart guy (creating JavaScript, co-founding Mozilla and Firefox, etc), so sad to see how distorted and awful his views on basic human rights and the world are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brendan Eich is such a smart guy (creating JavaScript)

"Thomas Midgley is such a smart guy (creating CFCs)"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Javascript is a cancer on most of the web. I should not be able to run entire operating systems inside of my browser.