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Proper capitalization goes a long way in making a text readable. I had the impression that this presentation was written by a 10 year old script kiddie. Also: p

Proper capitalization goes a long way in making a text readable. I had the impression that this presentation was written by a 10 year old script kiddie. Also: punctuation, consistent font sizing. Add a few colors to highlight the code blocks. Headings. Graphical bullet points. Those would make the presentation mch more trustworthy. If you are going to talk shit about somebody or something (without substantiating the points nonetheless) then at least do it with style.

dalke 11y ago
As vezzy-fnord points out in this thread, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176412 , the author did not post the slides, nor had final say on the presentation format. Instead, quoting vezzy-fnord: > They were in MagicPoint format, so I had to convert them to PDF with a dubious third-party Python script, slightly modifying the MGP manifest in the process. That's probably why the formatting is so iffy. You'll also note that the author "reluctantly" gave permission. For all we know, it was precisely because the author knew that people would criticize the paper over superficial format conversion issues than actual substance.
- asveikau 11y ago
  I actually looked at the git repo and found the comments are written in a similar style. All lower case and with a slightly rambling feel. https://uglyman.kremlin.cc/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=systembsd.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/interfaces/hostnamed/hostnamed.c;hb=HEAD https://uglyman.kremlin.cc/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=systembsd.git... I find it a little hard to understand too. I am going to chalk this up to me starting to be an old man and complaining about not understanding the youths.
  - dalke 11y ago
    I enjoyed the research you did for the followup. I must be another one of those old folks. :) For what it's worth, I was a horrible writer when I was an undergraduate, and this was a GSOC project, so I'm willing to cut some slack. Might be because I'm a slacker.

dalke 11y ago

As vezzy-fnord points out in this thread, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10176412 , the author did not post the slides, nor had final say on the presentation format. Instead, quoting vezzy-fnord: > They were in MagicPoint format, so I had to convert them to PDF with a dubious third-party Python script, slightly modifying the MGP manifest in the process. That's probably why the formatting is so iffy. You'll also note that the author "reluctantly" gave permission. For all we know, it was precisely because the author knew that people would criticize the paper over superficial format conversion issues than actual substance.

asveikau 11y ago
I actually looked at the git repo and found the comments are written in a similar style. All lower case and with a slightly rambling feel. https://uglyman.kremlin.cc/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=systembsd.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/interfaces/hostnamed/hostnamed.c;hb=HEAD https://uglyman.kremlin.cc/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=systembsd.git... I find it a little hard to understand too. I am going to chalk this up to me starting to be an old man and complaining about not understanding the youths.
- dalke 11y ago
  I enjoyed the research you did for the followup. I must be another one of those old folks. :) For what it's worth, I was a horrible writer when I was an undergraduate, and this was a GSOC project, so I'm willing to cut some slack. Might be because I'm a slacker.