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It's a technically oriented, open source, Linux conference and he's talking about basically his home stereo. Well ok, I guess he can do whatever he wants. Ther

It's a technically oriented, open source, Linux conference and he's talking about basically his home stereo. Well ok, I guess he can do whatever he wants. There's expectations from the context though. That speech was the first time I understood how people can become too famous for their own good. I saw him the day before (and I've got the photos to prove it) and he made a bunch of factual mistakes. Nobody cared enough to push back. I only did a little when he claimed raspberry pi prices have been stable and plentiful throughout the pandemic. But even I quickly gave up and I'm usually an asshole about things being right. (2019: 1gb pi4 was $35.00 and now it's $132.95 for the record. Buying 1000 cheap computers to sit on them 4 years and then just resell would have made you about $100,000) He can basically say whatever and do whatever and people just politely murmur in approval because he's computer royalty. There's no real feedback loop or anything to keep him in check. It'd be like if Beyonce held a concert and then instead of singing, talked about composting and gardening. I mean sure, whatever. High status gives people a pass

justin66 4y ago
I think we can all agree that a man who is unaware of the troubles you have experienced obtaining Raspberry Pis at list price is nobody's hero.
- kristopolous 4y ago
  Do you want more? He didn't know pac's relation to he-aac, or digital FM was renamed hd radio (which uses mdct, based on he-aac, based on pac). I was volunteering for the debian booth and thought Debian and raspberry pi os had no relation. None of these things matter because you're just being an asshole.
  - filmgirlcw 4y ago
    I think being obsessive that someone didn’t know digital fm was renamed he radio or that Raspberry Pi OS was based on Debian (maybe if the name was still Raspbian it would be more obvious) makes you more of an asshole than the guy you’re responding to.
    - kristopolous 4y ago
      The point is prestige overrides all other faculties. As a addendum, if it's hnuser:kristopolous pointing this out, then since there is no clout and prestige attached to my name I get attacked. I claimed this social phenomena existed and then it happened like a scripted play in these replies.
  - lproven 4y ago
    > digital FM was renamed hd radio I had to Google this. Seems it is some US-only thing I've never heard of. The rest of the world calls digital radio "DAB" and occaisionally "DAB+". I've bought 2 DAB radios so far this year, since moving back to a country where I speak the native language.
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filmgirlcw 4y ago
The man is 80 years old. High status doesn’t give people a pass, respecting what people have contributed and not having the need to “well, actually” every little thing does. I met him Saturday too and I was struck by how lovely and down to earth he seemed. Who cares if he isn’t intimately familiar with RPi4 prices and availability? The cyclical and location-based nature in how these things work makes it impossible for anyone not absurdly obsessed to keep track. (I bought 8GB units in 2020, 2021, and 2022 at list price. If I wasn’t trying to get some CM4 units, I wouldn’t even be aware there is an ongoing shortage and I consider myself to be incredibly plugged in) I found his talk about his home stereo to be far more interesting than a talk about the inner-workings of UNIX that’s he’s undoubtedly given a thousand times before. To each their own.
- kristopolous 4y ago
  > Who cares if he isn’t intimately familiar with RPi4 prices and availability? He says he has about 100 of them and made a number of specific claims on it - that he's some huge supporter of it. I chose that example because it was conclusively wrong. Regardless, that's not the point. The point is everyone will rise to his defense based on his status regardless of his content. Not like that has been clearly demonstrated in my replies or anything ...

justin66 4y ago

I think we can all agree that a man who is unaware of the troubles you have experienced obtaining Raspberry Pis at list price is nobody's hero.

kristopolous 4y ago
Do you want more? He didn't know pac's relation to he-aac, or digital FM was renamed hd radio (which uses mdct, based on he-aac, based on pac). I was volunteering for the debian booth and thought Debian and raspberry pi os had no relation. None of these things matter because you're just being an asshole.
- filmgirlcw 4y ago
  I think being obsessive that someone didn’t know digital fm was renamed he radio or that Raspberry Pi OS was based on Debian (maybe if the name was still Raspbian it would be more obvious) makes you more of an asshole than the guy you’re responding to.
  - kristopolous 4y ago
    The point is prestige overrides all other faculties. As a addendum, if it's hnuser:kristopolous pointing this out, then since there is no clout and prestige attached to my name I get attacked. I claimed this social phenomena existed and then it happened like a scripted play in these replies.
- lproven 4y ago
  > digital FM was renamed hd radio I had to Google this. Seems it is some US-only thing I've never heard of. The rest of the world calls digital radio "DAB" and occaisionally "DAB+". I've bought 2 DAB radios so far this year, since moving back to a country where I speak the native language.

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filmgirlcw 4y ago

The man is 80 years old. High status doesn’t give people a pass, respecting what people have contributed and not having the need to “well, actually” every little thing does. I met him Saturday too and I was struck by how lovely and down to earth he seemed. Who cares if he isn’t intimately familiar with RPi4 prices and availability? The cyclical and location-based nature in how these things work makes it impossible for anyone not absurdly obsessed to keep track. (I bought 8GB units in 2020, 2021, and 2022 at list price. If I wasn’t trying to get some CM4 units, I wouldn’t even be aware there is an ongoing shortage and I consider myself to be incredibly plugged in) I found his talk about his home stereo to be far more interesting than a talk about the inner-workings of UNIX that’s he’s undoubtedly given a thousand times before. To each their own.

kristopolous 4y ago
> Who cares if he isn’t intimately familiar with RPi4 prices and availability? He says he has about 100 of them and made a number of specific claims on it - that he's some huge supporter of it. I chose that example because it was conclusively wrong. Regardless, that's not the point. The point is everyone will rise to his defense based on his status regardless of his content. Not like that has been clearly demonstrated in my replies or anything ...