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This item has a fairly even periodicity of previous submissions here at HN. I'm not quibbling about resubmissions, just wondering what is the motivation re: thi

This item has a fairly even periodicity of previous submissions here at HN. I'm not quibbling about resubmissions, just wondering what is the motivation re: this particular piece? EDIT: Replies and not downvotes would be appreciated.

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dcminter 3y ago
Does it need one? There's a longish list of perennials. Mostly what they have in common is that they're interesting to first-timers and pithy enough to be worth a re-read for the rest of us. Someone comes across it for the first time, or are reminded of it, and bob's your uncle it pops up again as a submission.
- dang 3y ago
  Yup that's right - reposts are fine after a year or so (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html), and it's good for newer cohorts of users to get access to the perennials: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20perennials&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  - cf100clunk 3y ago
    As I say, not quibbling about resubmissions, just wondering what is the motivation regarding this particular piece and not generically.
UncleSlacky 3y ago
Possibly because of this mention in the comments of a recent El Reg article about Wayland: https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/29/rhel_10_dropping_x11/#c_4767056 https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/29/rhel_10_...
- lproven 3y ago
  That's one of my articles, so I'd be very flattered if it were so! (Thanks to @DonHopkins for pointing this out to me.) I'd love to see the UGH text put on a Wiki and collaboratively updated to reflect the 202x realities.
ReleaseCandidat 3y ago
It's like the frequently questioned answers of C++: always a good read. https://yosefk.com/c++fqa/ https://yosefk.com/c++fqa/
rdhatt 3y ago
A lot of people here put Unix on a pedestal, so finding a published book that so explicitly hates Unix is quite novel. Furthermore, the criticism doesn't come from the typical demographic, Microsoft Windows users.
- mcguire 3y ago
  It's novel and amusing, much like 4chan is novel and amusing.

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dcminter 3y ago

Does it need one? There's a longish list of perennials. Mostly what they have in common is that they're interesting to first-timers and pithy enough to be worth a re-read for the rest of us. Someone comes across it for the first time, or are reminded of it, and bob's your uncle it pops up again as a submission.

dang 3y ago
Yup that's right - reposts are fine after a year or so (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html), and it's good for newer cohorts of users to get access to the perennials: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20perennials&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- cf100clunk 3y ago
  As I say, not quibbling about resubmissions, just wondering what is the motivation regarding this particular piece and not generically.

UncleSlacky 3y ago

Possibly because of this mention in the comments of a recent El Reg article about Wayland: https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/29/rhel_10_dropping_x11/#c_4767056 https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/11/29/rhel_10_...

lproven 3y ago
That's one of my articles, so I'd be very flattered if it were so! (Thanks to @DonHopkins for pointing this out to me.) I'd love to see the UGH text put on a Wiki and collaboratively updated to reflect the 202x realities.

ReleaseCandidat 3y ago

It's like the frequently questioned answers of C++: always a good read. https://yosefk.com/c++fqa/ https://yosefk.com/c++fqa/

rdhatt 3y ago

A lot of people here put Unix on a pedestal, so finding a published book that so explicitly hates Unix is quite novel. Furthermore, the criticism doesn't come from the typical demographic, Microsoft Windows users.

mcguire 3y ago
It's novel and amusing, much like 4chan is novel and amusing.