• easily3667
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    4 days ago

    Who is this clown “jwz” and why does his opinion matter?

    • T (they/she)@beehaw.org
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      3 days ago

      He’s someone that was a developer for Netscape and Firefox. I used to follow him but stopped doing so and now I find him quite annoying, haha

      I agree with him in many things but he’s always replying people like he’s better than everyone which makes me think he must be a very shitty boss considering he’s the owner of a club.

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        3 days ago

        “Right about a lot of things but fucking insufferable” is an apt summary of JWZ

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        3 days ago

        “Insufferable ass” doesn’t begin to summarize my experiences with him. But he’s been right about a lot of things.

      • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
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        3 days ago

        Also got the same impression back when I used XScreenSaver from jwz. I looked in to customizing the logo shown on the login dialog and some of the screensavers, only to find a rather preachy write-up on the advantages of XScreenSaver and a very stubborn affirmation that the logo is hard-coded and should not be changed because it is the identity of the program or something.

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          3 days ago

          Oh yeah, the Debian vs. JWZ XScreenSaver spat, that was royally stupid and led me to stop using it altogether