▲ 827 ▼ Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech. (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world 215 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 116 points 3 years ago (1 child) Aaron was reddit, and since his passing its shit now. RIP Mr Swartz, you are sorely missed. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) I need a history lesson. Who is Aaron, what's his deal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago Honored to teach you about Aaron Swartz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz He was the best of us and the jack boots murdered him. Free flow of ideas and knowledge, we cant have that. And reddit went to shit after... Again he was a poet warrior, I wish he was still here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maslo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Watch the documentary The Internet's Own Boy. It's very much worth the watch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) One of the cofounders of Reddit. Killed himself. Here's his wiki. Aaron Swartz permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Querk@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) What an appropriate homage - linking to one of markdown's originator's Wikipedia page using markdown. "In 2002 Aaron Swartz created atx and referred to it as "the true structured text format". Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004, with Swartz acting as beta tester ... Markdown: Swartz was a major contributor to John Gruber's Markdown,[249][250] a lightweight markup language for generating HTML, and author of its html2text translator. The syntax for Markdown was influenced by Swartz's earlier atx language (2002)" from wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh wow holy shit that link thing worked permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brackets for the words you want. Immediately followed by parentheses. I'm sure this confuses some British folk but that's a problem for another day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 years ago He invented RSS. He co-founded Reddit. However, JSTOR and MIT had him charged with felony computer crimes for downloading too many JSTOR articles he had a subscription for. Instead of serving time he killed himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children) I need a history lesson. Who is Aaron, what's his deal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago Honored to teach you about Aaron Swartz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz He was the best of us and the jack boots murdered him. Free flow of ideas and knowledge, we cant have that. And reddit went to shit after... Again he was a poet warrior, I wish he was still here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maslo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Watch the documentary The Internet's Own Boy. It's very much worth the watch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) One of the cofounders of Reddit. Killed himself. Here's his wiki. Aaron Swartz permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Querk@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) What an appropriate homage - linking to one of markdown's originator's Wikipedia page using markdown. "In 2002 Aaron Swartz created atx and referred to it as "the true structured text format". Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004, with Swartz acting as beta tester ... Markdown: Swartz was a major contributor to John Gruber's Markdown,[249][250] a lightweight markup language for generating HTML, and author of its html2text translator. The syntax for Markdown was influenced by Swartz's earlier atx language (2002)" from wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh wow holy shit that link thing worked permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brackets for the words you want. Immediately followed by parentheses. I'm sure this confuses some British folk but that's a problem for another day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 years ago He invented RSS. He co-founded Reddit. However, JSTOR and MIT had him charged with felony computer crimes for downloading too many JSTOR articles he had a subscription for. Instead of serving time he killed himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago Honored to teach you about Aaron Swartz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz He was the best of us and the jack boots murdered him. Free flow of ideas and knowledge, we cant have that. And reddit went to shit after... Again he was a poet warrior, I wish he was still here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maslo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Watch the documentary The Internet's Own Boy. It's very much worth the watch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) One of the cofounders of Reddit. Killed himself. Here's his wiki. Aaron Swartz permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Querk@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) What an appropriate homage - linking to one of markdown's originator's Wikipedia page using markdown. "In 2002 Aaron Swartz created atx and referred to it as "the true structured text format". Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004, with Swartz acting as beta tester ... Markdown: Swartz was a major contributor to John Gruber's Markdown,[249][250] a lightweight markup language for generating HTML, and author of its html2text translator. The syntax for Markdown was influenced by Swartz's earlier atx language (2002)" from wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh wow holy shit that link thing worked permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brackets for the words you want. Immediately followed by parentheses. I'm sure this confuses some British folk but that's a problem for another day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Querk@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) What an appropriate homage - linking to one of markdown's originator's Wikipedia page using markdown. "In 2002 Aaron Swartz created atx and referred to it as "the true structured text format". Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004, with Swartz acting as beta tester ... Markdown: Swartz was a major contributor to John Gruber's Markdown,[249][250] a lightweight markup language for generating HTML, and author of its html2text translator. The syntax for Markdown was influenced by Swartz's earlier atx language (2002)" from wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh wow holy shit that link thing worked permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brackets for the words you want. Immediately followed by parentheses. I'm sure this confuses some British folk but that's a problem for another day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Brackets for the words you want. Immediately followed by parentheses. I'm sure this confuses some British folk but that's a problem for another day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) From a technical standpoint it irritates me that it's not the URL in brackets and the words in parenthesis. But I also got used to it over 10 years ago so it is what it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago I'm curious why it is technically wrong. My only knowledge of programming is Matlab and a Coursera course on Intro to Python, so I have no idea why it would matter one way or the other. What is the technical standpoint you are referencing? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 years ago He invented RSS. He co-founded Reddit. However, JSTOR and MIT had him charged with felony computer crimes for downloading too many JSTOR articles he had a subscription for. Instead of serving time he killed himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz permalink fedilink source parent
