Reasoning for anti-war manifest

[medikoo]

I'm opening this issue to serve as a single place to serve any (possibly constructive) discussions, towards the anti-Russian invasion on Ukraine manifest that's part of this package.

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As I mentioned in 28de285 whole point of this manifest, is to urge all Russians that see it, to seek reliable sources of information of what's going on, as you won't get it from official media sources in Russia.

It's very important for you and the whole world that you realize what's really going on.

Note that I'm affected by the situation directly, and it's why I've decided to put this manifest in.

Reiterating what I've mentioned before:

So far, my country (Poland) has welcomed 1.5 million people from war-stricken Ukraine. They are ordinary, regular people, like you and me. Now frightened and without a place to live.

My friends regularly take a car, fill it with basic needs, go to the border, leave the products, and take Ukrainians who fleed their homes, offering them a free ride to one of the major cities. Some others take shifts to help manage situations in large public shelters. I personally let two Ukrainian women stay in one of my flats.

Your army is bombing civilian buildings, and hospitals, killing women and children. AFAIK, they see it as the only way to crush the spirit of Ukrainians.

If you can check this thread: https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1502748765169532928

When I'll have time I'll post in this thread some news on war in Ukraine which you have no chance to see in official Russian media.

Note, that I won't answer any not constructive comments.

[asilenkov]

Nah, you are just closing all the issues and creating a new one every time you get a reply you were not expected. Is it panic?
Please stop it, that's not the way github works.

[Duny]

Репозиторием управляет нацист, боящийся правды.

[tarkhil]

Репозиторием управляет нацист, боящийся правды.

No. Just a brainwashed and frightened boy.

[brotheroftux]

Funny you say that the point is "to help you get to reliable sources of information of what's going on, as you won't get it from official media sources in Russia", yet you provide a link for a Tor mirror of BBC, which is of course very well know for their unbiased way of doing journalism. You're targeting Russian developers by the way, majority of whom are aware of VPN's existence, and also are probably reading different Telegram channels making news on the whole debacle.
Also, what's your point in saying "stop Putin"? Do you understand that because of your recklessness GitHub/NPM could get blocked in Russia, since this can be treated as an incitement of a coup?
Just FYI — protesting in this country has already proved to solve nothing.

[tarkhil]

Funny you say that the point is "to help you get to reliable sources of information of what's going on, as you won't get it from official media sources in Russia", yet you provide a link for a Tor mirror of BBC, which is of course very well know for their unbiased way of doing journalism. You're targeting Russian developers by the way, majority of whom are aware of VPN existence, and also are probably reading different Telegram channels making news on the whole debacle. Also, what's your point in saying "stop Putin"? Do you understand that because of your recklessness GitHub/NPM could get blocked in Russia, since this can be treated as an incitement of a coup? Just FYI — protesting in this country has already proved to solve nothing.

Unbiased? OMG no!

Posting "LIVE FROM KHARKOV" and photo from Donetsk is not unbiased, it's outright deliberate lie.

[dmitry-ra]

@medikoo, your unprofessional actions has a single result - in developers communities going a wave about freeze and locks dependencies. And this is because of you.

Translated message from a screenshot: "Colleagues, recommend that customers freeze dependency updates. They send this [link]".

[tarkhil]

@medikoo, your unprofessional actions has a single result - in developers communities going a wave about freeze and locks dependencies. And this is because of you.

He's not the most smart "peace fighter". There are reports on fresh update stealing passwords and SSH keys.

War will end. Reputation will persist. You don't need to fuck a goat in public twice.

[dmitry-ra]

@medikoo, "help you get to reliable sources of information of what's going on, as you won't get it from official media sources in Russia"

1. your postinstall message directed to developers - to people, who works with tech and know about VPN, you realize that?
2. who asked you for help?

@medikoo - this is a two constructive questions.

[Duny]

С такими загонами, как у автора, как бы не пришлось через пару месяцев добавлять в закладку новый часовой пояс "Russia/PPR", где PPR это Poland People's Republic.

Шучу, конечно.

[medikoo]

Do you understand that because of your recklessness GitHub/NPM could get blocked in Russia, since this can be treated as an incitement of a coup?

I think the coup is the only hope for you and for the neighboring countries, and from what I can see, sooner or later you'll have that happening.

Blocking GitHub and npm in Russia may also be good for you, as it may help you realize how enslaved you are by your government. I don't mind that.

your postinstall message directed to developers - to people, who works with tech and know about VPN, you realize that?

@dmitry-ra I realize that. Still, many developers never tried the Tor browser (e.g. I didn't so far, and still don't have a real need for that).

Another reason is, that fact that developers know the tools to get to a reliable source of information doesn't mean they do. I'm pretty sure many (and the number of negative responses here proves that), choose to feel "safe" under what Russian propaganda sells in official channels. In such a case, the message I'm showing is disturbing, definitely not one developer wants to see, and that is its purpose.

You need to wake up and search for the truth. Do you realize that your country is at risk to go bankrupt in the next days?:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/03/10/russia-belarus-mightily-close-default-world-bank-warns/

who asked you for help?

No-one. It's my sole idea. Near every day I'm seeing or hearing of fleeing Ukrainian women and children in my city.
See the message I've put in the top description. I host two Ukrainian women, that left Lviv two weeks ago, in one of my flats.
My daughter's class was just extended with 4 Ukrainian kids, which needed to flee constant bombing alarms and risk of dying in their home country. It's hard to sit still when such things happen