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0 pointsmeindnoch2y ago0 comments

Huh? A cursory google search says it's a guy called Hector Marcan. Is this wrong?

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As far as I know, this person, who goes by “Asahi Lina” is not Hector Marcan.

I think the widespread belief is Asahi Lina is an avatar for Hector.

I'm not sure it's a widespread belief, but I did some quick searches and the circumstantial evidence[1][2] seems to lean toward that. Wow, this is pretty strange[3].

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905#35252948

2. Bunches of other threads on HN/Reddit/Twitter.

3. I don't mean this disparagingly.

doctoboggan2y ago

I suspect the person you are replying to is thinking of Alyssa Rosenzwig[0] who appears from the outside to be a major contributor to the work, and who's blog posts on the project were followed by the HN crowd.

[0]: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html

kzrdude2y ago

It's Asahi Lina that's implied in this case, even if Alyssa also has worked on GPU

nickitolas2y ago

Blowing the cover on someone's online persona (And using the wrong pronouns for that persona's work) seems pretty rude to me

meindnochOP2y ago

"Blowing the cover"

Lol. I just stated what's already out there. It's like "blowing the cover" on the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants...

conradludgate2y ago

Asahi Lina is the vtuber, not Hector

meindnochOP2y ago

Huh? I'm not sure I follow you.

As far as I can tell, this "Asahi Lina" is a cartoon figure, that's used for lip-syncing with a voice effect. Are you saying the real person behind the cartoon is also called "Asahi Lina"?

conradludgate2y ago

Asahi Lina is who they identify as. It is likely a pseudonym but I see no source for any other name. So I have no reason to believe it's Hector. I would rather not make assumptions about someone beyond what they present themselves as, so as far as I'm concerned, they are Asahi Lina She/Her

meindnochOP2y ago

Ok, but we can still make an educated guess on who's behind the fictional cartoon character...

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Ygg22y ago

I thought they were one and the same.

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runjake2y ago

As far as I know, this person, who goes by “Asahi Lina” is not Hector Marcan.

mustache_kimono2y ago

I think the widespread belief is Asahi Lina is an avatar for Hector.

runjake2y ago

I'm not sure it's a widespread belief, but I did some quick searches and the circumstantial evidence[1][2] seems to lean toward that. Wow, this is pretty strange[3].

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35251905#35252948

2. Bunches of other threads on HN/Reddit/Twitter.

3. I don't mean this disparagingly.

doctoboggan2y ago

[0]: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-7.html

kzrdude2y ago

It's Asahi Lina that's implied in this case, even if Alyssa also has worked on GPU

nickitolas2y ago

Blowing the cover on someone's online persona (And using the wrong pronouns for that persona's work) seems pretty rude to me

meindnochOP2y ago

"Blowing the cover"

Lol. I just stated what's already out there. It's like "blowing the cover" on the voice actor of Spongebob Squarepants...

conradludgate2y ago

Asahi Lina is the vtuber, not Hector

meindnochOP2y ago

Huh? I'm not sure I follow you.

As far as I can tell, this "Asahi Lina" is a cartoon figure, that's used for lip-syncing with a voice effect. Are you saying the real person behind the cartoon is also called "Asahi Lina"?

conradludgate2y ago

meindnochOP2y ago

Ok, but we can still make an educated guess on who's behind the fictional cartoon character...

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Ygg22y ago

I thought they were one and the same.

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