Non-binary PC is just a quantum computer innit?
No, ternary exists. We could have built computers with triodes.
I feel that you’re stringing us along with that theory.
There’s also analog computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer
Alas, they got largely displaced by digital computers…
Maybe it’s meant to run on the old Soviet Setun platform.
Okay, I know that this is supposed to be a riff, but that non-binary line is fucking hilarious.
You could write the whole browser in some kind of interpreted script?
So they just laid off a bunch of developers from lack of funding but they have budget for this? When the fucking logo didn’t have a gender to begin with because it’s a fucking logo? Did their AI tell them this was a good idea.
Look at all those distractions about nothing and lies. Everyone knows the real reason any mascot is ever made sexless or gender neutral is to save on materials, so merchandising is cheaper.
Has anyone even thought about the gender of the original?
Everyone knows the original was a hetro white male.
Why would you even bother?
Firefox is now exclusive to ternary computers.
No, Mozilla has seen the future of computing. (CS/CE/IT, don’t watch if you don’t want to be frustrated.)
What if… hear me out… what if we remove the focus on gender altogether? What if we stop engendering things that don’t have genders? Like logos… and behavioral attributes…
Any and all other identities as well. It’s a never ending ad nauseam non evidence based, non measurable and inconclusive debate.
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It’s a mascot, not a logo. So it having a gender isn’t strange.
Also, since its pronouns are (quoting the announcement blog post) “he/him, they/them, she/her, and it” that is very open and not rather post-gender, in my opinion. The focus in the announcement is not on thee mascot’s gender in fact.
Since Mozilla actually didn’t and the post is based on a lie, I’ll say congratulations, your reaction is almost certainly what they were hoping for
You don’t think people childishly over-anthropomorphize a lot these days? Cause I do, and that’s what my comment was about.
I mean, if you can provide data which shows that anthropomorphisation - specifically the unwarranted attribution of gender to things which are genderless - is on the rise and can demonstrate, or even articulate what the real-world harm of this is, then maybe I will agree that ranting about it in response to a tweet from an anti-woke twitter user lying about it in order to stir up tired “culture war” arguments isn’t silly
Perhaps we should also rant about the erosion of male-dominated spaces into spaces which are “lame and gay”, given that there are now women who play Warhammer?
Why would I have an issue with women playing warhammer?
I’m explicitly saying that I think assigning things like warhammer (a genderless concept) as being for either men or women is stupid.
The issue I have is everything being put into one of two categories that are essentially irrelevant.
Gender is far less relevant than people make it; its emphasis is a long standing sociological trend that I hope can die as people feel more accepted and secure.
Again, the question is can you demonstrate that this is actually something that is increasing?
The relevance of the second tweet is that it’s from the same person. They’re trying to get an angry reaction from people to help fuel culture war bullshit. And you provided exactly the reaction they were after
There ** was** no “focus on gender”. They just pretended there was so that people like you would amplify the signal. You fell for it without first stopping to check whether or not it was true
mascots gender says
It’s a fucking red panda.
Do they not have genders?
That’s actually a pretty complex question. Are they even capable of conceptualizing their own internal model of themselves as it compares to their species’ gender norms?
Since they’re not social species, I’d be very surprised if they could.
Kit looks more she/her than the OG icon.
Hmm… …the silliness continues.
Kit looks more she/her than the OG icon.
NBs don’t have to be androgynous.
Interpreter based firefox script?
Distraction from being a shit corporation.
It’s not just a binary. It’s a BLOB!
Isn’t the old mascot/logo completely non-gendered already?
There was nothing like that with the old fox-that-is-on-fire, so I guess mozilla is making a statement by pointing it out.
Except there’s basically nowhere that Mozilla actually does. The post is misinformation
I kinda wish that they had pointed it out, but they didn’t.
Except it’s not pointing it out, OP is
I have a friend IRL called Kit, who also happens to use they/them pronouns.
