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Well the repo description is "World's most dumbest Load Balancer", which might count for something

AdieuToLogic 7y ago
> Well the repo description is "World's most dumbest Load Balancer", which might count for something Amongst the synonyms for "dumb"[0] is "simple" and is used commonly as such. A definition of "simple" is[1]: easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools. The GitHub repo[2] has as its project URI the leaf segment "simplelb"[2]. The first non-title line of the GitHub repo[2] reads thusly: Simple LB is the simplest Load Balancer ever created. Nowhere in the README.md are the words "educational", "production", "research", or "fun." All of this is to say, what "might count for something" may not be what the author intends. 0 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb 1 - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/simple https://www.dictionary.com/browse/simple 2 - https://github.com/kasvith/simplelb/ https://github.com/kasvith/simplelb/
- DuskStar 7y ago
  If you race through chains of synonyms, changing between definitions along the way, you can get almost anywhere. Why does this matter? And here's the full list of synonyms listed there: > airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
  - AdieuToLogic 7y ago
    > If you race through chains of synonyms, changing between definitions along the way, you can get almost anywhere. Why does this matter? I am not racing through chains of synonyms. What I was trying to elucidate was that the use of "dumbest", when the repo is ".../simplelb", and the very first line of the README says the project "is the simplest Load Balancer ever created" might, just might, lead people to think that "dumbest" is being used in this context as a synonym for "simplest". Which might, just might, cause people to consider it for uses this project is not intended to satisfy.
    - cglace 7y ago
      I would really love to meet the person that knows the English language well enough to understand that dumb can sometimes mean simple but also would interpret that sentence to mean “world simplest Load balancer”. Very strange axe you have to grind for a very unlikely hypothetical. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it is probable.
      - hamburglar 7y ago
        "Very strange axe to grind" is right. The repo has 25 commits from start to finish. Who is in danger of thinking this is production ready?
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  Some bizarre hair-splitting here. Besides, even if a beginner somehow wanders into the project, mis-IDs the project, and uses on their beginner server, then it sounds like a good learning experience for them even though the README didn't give them permission to learn by neglecting to include the word "educational", god forbid. Is this the catastrophic scenario you have in mind?
  - AdieuToLogic 7y ago
    > Some bizarre hair-splitting here. I was trying to be explicit as to my reasoning. If that came across as "hair-splitting" then I suppose I failed to adequately do so. The whole point I was trying to make is that people find code in all sorts of ways. And my opinion is that if a public repo, such as GitHub, has a project which could easily be both desired (due to need) and misused (due to intent), then it might be a good idea to put a simple declaration in the project's README. Given all the blow-back this concept has incurred, I would think the concept is either wholly immaterial or now proven as needed.
    - grepthisab 7y ago
      Relevant username? This seems to be a strange hill to die on. For all intents and purposes there is a declaration in the readme. And anyone who knows enough to want to operate with this will see that it's fairly basic. Others will likely just reach for a more generic or battle tested solution. In any case, people should be able to do what they want with their repos and code, assuming legality of course.
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> Well the repo description is "World's most dumbest Load Balancer", which might count for something Amongst the synonyms for "dumb"[0] is "simple" and is used commonly as such. A definition of "simple" is[1]: easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools. The GitHub repo[2] has as its project URI the leaf segment "simplelb"[2]. The first non-title line of the GitHub repo[2] reads thusly: Simple LB is the simplest Load Balancer ever created. Nowhere in the README.md are the words "educational", "production", "research", or "fun." All of this is to say, what "might count for something" may not be what the author intends. 0 - https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb 1 - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/simple https://www.dictionary.com/browse/simple 2 - https://github.com/kasvith/simplelb/ https://github.com/kasvith/simplelb/

DuskStar 7y ago
If you race through chains of synonyms, changing between definitions along the way, you can get almost anywhere. Why does this matter? And here's the full list of synonyms listed there: > airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
- AdieuToLogic 7y ago
  > If you race through chains of synonyms, changing between definitions along the way, you can get almost anywhere. Why does this matter? I am not racing through chains of synonyms. What I was trying to elucidate was that the use of "dumbest", when the repo is ".../simplelb", and the very first line of the README says the project "is the simplest Load Balancer ever created" might, just might, lead people to think that "dumbest" is being used in this context as a synonym for "simplest". Which might, just might, cause people to consider it for uses this project is not intended to satisfy.
  - cglace 7y ago
    I would really love to meet the person that knows the English language well enough to understand that dumb can sometimes mean simple but also would interpret that sentence to mean “world simplest Load balancer”. Very strange axe you have to grind for a very unlikely hypothetical. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it is probable.
    - hamburglar 7y ago
      "Very strange axe to grind" is right. The repo has 25 commits from start to finish. Who is in danger of thinking this is production ready?
hombre_fatal 7y ago
Some bizarre hair-splitting here. Besides, even if a beginner somehow wanders into the project, mis-IDs the project, and uses on their beginner server, then it sounds like a good learning experience for them even though the README didn't give them permission to learn by neglecting to include the word "educational", god forbid. Is this the catastrophic scenario you have in mind?
- AdieuToLogic 7y ago
  > Some bizarre hair-splitting here. I was trying to be explicit as to my reasoning. If that came across as "hair-splitting" then I suppose I failed to adequately do so. The whole point I was trying to make is that people find code in all sorts of ways. And my opinion is that if a public repo, such as GitHub, has a project which could easily be both desired (due to need) and misused (due to intent), then it might be a good idea to put a simple declaration in the project's README. Given all the blow-back this concept has incurred, I would think the concept is either wholly immaterial or now proven as needed.
  - grepthisab 7y ago
    Relevant username? This seems to be a strange hill to die on. For all intents and purposes there is a declaration in the readme. And anyone who knows enough to want to operate with this will see that it's fairly basic. Others will likely just reach for a more generic or battle tested solution. In any case, people should be able to do what they want with their repos and code, assuming legality of course.
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