Is this a joke? Everyone on the Fediverse has been talking about the outrageous name of the latest GNU Parallel release, and that it is hosted on a Nazi-run blockchain.
Here it is for the downvoters: GNU as a warm inclusive community.
GNU Parallel release named "rape gang inquiry" after a project by a farn-right UK politician. That's not a "random headline", that's a dog whistle.
Edit: To add to my reaction, it's really shameful how difficult it is to rally behind anything these days in the IT world. Every time a business is mentioned, it seems everyone and their mother is some kind of fascist ass hole or a greedy corporate billionaire looking for any means to make an extra buck, including breaking the law and getting people assassinated.
And the vast majority of the time, it's a man. I honestly have a difficult time to find any man to look up to as a good example these days. There are very few.
On the other hand, women and LGBTQ people have been really inspiring. I've found personal heroes among them.
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F04118F@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 33d
Is this a joke? Everyone on the Fediverse has been talking about the outrageous name of the latest GNU Parallel release, and that it is hosted on a Nazi-run blockchain.
Here it is for the downvoters: GNU as a warm inclusive community.
GNU Parallel release named "rape gang inquiry" after a project by a farn-right UK politician. That's not a "random headline", that's a dog whistle.
Second sentence of the release page: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2026-06/msg00000.html
lbry is a blockchain founded by Jeremy Kauffman, who:
And more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kauffman
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 33d
Source? I haven't heard anything about this.
Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org · 3 pts · 32d
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git
current release is "rape gang inquiry".
i don't know how or why releases get named by the project and have no idea about the blog chain stuff.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 32d
I agree that the release name is highly disappointing to say the least.
But I don't get the thing about the nazi block chain. I really don't understand what you're talking about. Sorry in advance for my ignorance.
F04118F@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 31d
Second sentence of the release page: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2026-06/msg00000.html
lbry is a blockchain founded by Jeremy Kauffman, who:
And more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kauffman
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 31d
Jesus fucking Christ. OK!
Edit: To add to my reaction, it's really shameful how difficult it is to rally behind anything these days in the IT world. Every time a business is mentioned, it seems everyone and their mother is some kind of fascist ass hole or a greedy corporate billionaire looking for any means to make an extra buck, including breaking the law and getting people assassinated.
And the vast majority of the time, it's a man. I honestly have a difficult time to find any man to look up to as a good example these days. There are very few.
On the other hand, women and LGBTQ people have been really inspiring. I've found personal heroes among them.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 31d
Did they finally fix the issues found in the EpstienFiles release or Hantavirus mostly fix those? /s
Honestly I kind of get the dark humor, its fucking insane how those things kind of loom in the modern world.