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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 po
by 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 agoI 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 agoI 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.