What's going on here?
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart What on earth?
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@mttaggart OMFG
@cR0w I confirmed myself. Not one of the quotes is real.
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@mttaggart It's just too on the nose.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
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@mttaggart and here I was, just recently reflecting that I should probably be reading Ars more based on some other coverage. Come on!!
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@mttaggart It's just too on the nose.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
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@mttaggart It's like they all *want* to be made fun of.
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@mttaggart jfc. As an Ars subscriber, I am furious
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@mttaggart jfc. As an Ars subscriber, I am furious
@jalefkowit @mttaggart I'm really saddened that Benj's work seems to have fallen off. I trusted his writing, once.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
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@mttaggart Why is it that I *immediately* figured that the byline would be Benj Edwards?
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
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@mttaggart lol @ the one downvote
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@jalefkowit @mttaggart I'm really saddened that Benj's work seems to have fallen off. I trusted his writing, once.
@SnoopJ @jalefkowit @mttaggart I am tempted to go on a tagging spree but out of respect for your mentions I will refrain. but what the hell, someone needs to be held to account for this
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@SnoopJ @jalefkowit @mttaggart I am tempted to go on a tagging spree but out of respect for your mentions I will refrain. but what the hell, someone needs to be held to account for this
@SnoopJ @jalefkowit @mttaggart in this day and age I do not want to go around saying reporters should be fired, I get that it’s hard out there, but this needs to be a MAJOR scandal for ars and for Benj and Kyle personally
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@SnoopJ @jalefkowit @mttaggart in this day and age I do not want to go around saying reporters should be fired, I get that it’s hard out there, but this needs to be a MAJOR scandal for ars and for Benj and Kyle personally
@glyph @jalefkowit @mttaggart at the very least, it is egregious malpractice.
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@glyph @jalefkowit @mttaggart at the very least, it is egregious malpractice.
@SnoopJ @glyph @jalefkowit I can not imagine an explanation of how this occurred that isn't damning.
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@SnoopJ @glyph @jalefkowit I can not imagine an explanation of how this occurred that isn't damning.
@mttaggart @glyph @jalefkowit laying my personal wager on "someone used the nonsense machine" but agreed, I cannot think of any explanation for this that would be remotely acceptable.
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@mttaggart @glyph @jalefkowit laying my personal wager on "someone used the nonsense machine" but agreed, I cannot think of any explanation for this that would be remotely acceptable.
@mttaggart @glyph @jalefkowit correction: I *can* think of one, and it's "they accidentally quoted from the hit-piece blog articles instead"
But they didn't do that, those don't contain the quotes either.
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@glyph @jalefkowit @mttaggart at the very least, it is egregious malpractice.
@SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @glyph@mastodon.social @jalefkowit@vmst.io @mttaggart@infosec.exchange I am disappointed, although not surprised, that my read on Benj's work at Ars turned out to the accurate one in recent years. Bleh.
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
@mttaggart@infosec.exchange link is dead
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@SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @glyph@mastodon.social @jalefkowit@vmst.io @mttaggart@infosec.exchange I am disappointed, although not surprised, that my read on Benj's work at Ars turned out to the accurate one in recent years. Bleh.
@aud very rude of him to fall off so strongly immediately after I defended his work to you
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