[HN Gopher] InnovateFPGA: Wrong Strategy Drives One of the Best ...
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       InnovateFPGA: Wrong Strategy Drives One of the Best FPGA Dev
       Contests to Crisis
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2022-06-01 16:41 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | neilv wrote:
       | This bit at the end made me do a double-take, about the
       | impression that was emerging from what I'd read thus far:
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       | > _It can be said that there were no Russian projects this year,
       | but I was very unpleasantly surprised by the negligence of the
       | moderators who allowed several projects from Ukraine to use the
       | contest platform for unworthy political statements and posting
       | spam links to resources unrelated to the contest._
       | 
       | But then I considered that maybe it is best when a writer is
       | candid about things that potentially bias their assessments, or
       | could be perceived to. Maybe better than reading an assessment of
       | X, and it later turns out that the writer had an undisclosed
       | conflict of interest, or entirely separate reason for being upset
       | about X.
       | 
       | (BTW, I don't know the exact nature of the "political statements"
       | from Ukraine, but I suspect I'd find it hard to blame someone
       | whose country is being invaded, for calling out for help however
       | they can. And I could imagine moderators being hesitant to censor
       | some things. I think most all of us want peace and prosperity for
       | everyone, and have especial empathy in some situations.)
        
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