Mercurial's original developer is trans

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[–]trident765 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here are a couple that transitioned before it was trendy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway

I wonder if maybe programmers for whatever reason have an unhealthy obsession with being in control. This would be why they subscribe to ideologies that are controlling, such as liberalism. And why they feel a need to be able to control what gender they are. And why it is that when they appointed a programmer to be the department head at my last workplace, he turned out to be a micromanaging asshole.

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Makes sense. I guess that also explains why they like Git, because Git gives them pointless control and lets them reject reality by changing their source history. Much like changing one's sex.