Pro Nouns Keygenderator

April 12, 2022 4:54 PM

Do you need a license for those pro nouns, but don't want to pay for one? (author's tweet)
posted by curious nu (20 comments total)

For those who came in late:

Wikipedia: Keygen
posted by zamboni at 5:18 PM on April 12, 2022 [4 favorites]

My first thought was "That music had better sound like a .mod file."

I was not disappointed.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:28 PM on April 12, 2022 [2 favorites]

(And I just checked further down the "author's tweet" link, which makes me even more pleased with this:

For authenticity’s sake, the audio playback on the site is using an actual modfile and modplayer, rather than just streaming an mp3.)
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:30 PM on April 12, 2022 [4 favorites]

Of course, everyone knows Space Debris
posted by aubilenon at 5:34 PM on April 12, 2022 [1 favorite]

And here I would've sworn this'd be a Foone joint. A+
posted by CrystalDave at 6:16 PM on April 12, 2022

This is tremendous. I also thought of Foone. Strong good Foone energy. Now just need someone to gin up an MS-DOS gender defragger.
posted by cortex at 6:29 PM on April 12, 2022

This is tremendous. I also thought of Foone. Strong good Foone energy. Now just need someone to gin up an MS-DOS gender defragger.

I immediately thought "MX-DOS" but I mean, more than just two, so certainly would want an MX Spectrum.
posted by curious nu at 6:33 PM on April 12, 2022 [13 favorites]

In any case you'd probably want to compile from source, rather than depending on binaries.
posted by cortex at 6:36 PM on April 12, 2022 [18 favorites]

In any case you'd probably want to compile from source, rather than depending on binaries.

Enh, that's what they tell you in academia but it's a bit more complicated than that in practice. People think the compilation process is mostly deterministic, but it really isn't, and naively-compiled binaries are generally slower and less responsive in the field. You really need per-platform profile-guided optimization if you want some guarantees of a responsive, highly-performant gender.
posted by mhoye at 7:16 PM on April 12, 2022 [7 favorites]

I feel like I need a nocd crack. It sucks having to always have a physical thing to hand to authenticate.
posted by Dysk at 7:57 PM on April 12, 2022 [3 favorites]

If you really want to explode some brains, invent your own pronouns and make them into an NFT.
posted by mikeand1 at 8:25 PM on April 12, 2022 [2 favorites]

It's okay that people enjoy things I don't understand. But I'm surprised when every indication is that it's right up my alley yet it remains incomprehensible. I am befuddled. Cheers to those who are not befuddled.
posted by eotvos at 10:44 PM on April 12, 2022 [1 favorite]

checking my privilege here for he/him/his, I didn't realise there was a code, or you could switch it. as an ally, TIL to be better.

[bows deeply to Cortex, well done, I almost posted "binaries?!? ofc non-binaries. "]
posted by k3ninho at 11:08 PM on April 12, 2022 [1 favorite]

Mod note: One deleted. Soooo, not everyone may be aware, but there's a kind of nasty history of abusive people mocking the idea of folks sharing their pronouns (how they'd like to be referred to, simple as that) with stuff like "I identify as [some weird thing]" or "my pronouns are [some weird things]" (— in fact there's even a couple lines in the code that hark back to this, but look that up on your own, plz!), and what we do want to do is be able to enjoy this as the fun and playful inclusive effort it's meant to be without accidentally crossing over into ridiculing or insulting people. Just a heads up, because I don't think anyone here wants to do the latter! Thanks!
posted by taz (staff) at 1:40 AM on April 13, 2022 [9 favorites]

I don't use mine often, the shareware nouns are all I need.
posted by otherchaz at 3:16 AM on April 13, 2022 [2 favorites]

Really, we shouldn't need a keygen. Open source ftw - gender wants to be free!
posted by Dysk at 3:28 AM on April 13, 2022 [1 favorite]

Love it. I missed the whole keygen scene, so I was a bit confused. Thanks for the explanatory link, zamboni.

Has anyone made something that validates or otherwise makes use of the generated key? I could see a discord or slack bot doing something with it. And thanks for the pointer to that bit in the code, taz.
posted by rmd1023 at 5:34 AM on April 13, 2022 [1 favorite]

I just wish I could get a Mac version
posted by SansPoint at 7:14 AM on April 13, 2022 [1 favorite]

I had to run Nouns Free Trial for a long time before I could procure a key for Pro, but I'm tired of reminding people with "legitimate" versions to download their bugfixes and updates! I think those of us with pirated copies actually care more for our software?
posted by polytope subirb enby-of-piano-dice at 7:55 AM on April 13, 2022 [2 favorites]

Taz, I'm fully aware of the context; I was actually trying to make fun of NFTs and somehow it escaped me that that was far from the most likely interpretation. I am actually an enby myself, which makes it all the more embarrassing. Thanks for sparing others from having to see it and me further embarrassment. My actual pronouns are ve​/​ver​/​vis​/​vis​/​verself.
posted by thedward at 8:16 AM on April 13, 2022 [3 favorites]