CRConrad

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by CRConrad 2y ago
Thanks! But yeah, I still don't think it's all that inaccurate: He may not have wanted it to fail, and still not think it's a technical failure... But socially? Still seems possible he'd be starting to think that whi
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Wasn't it more like "Their boss was asked for it to be included and grudginlgly, provisionally, accepted"? With all the drama, I wouldn't be the least surprised if he soon withdraws that provisional acceptance.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> Putting some non-trivial reusable business logic between the UI and the DB was non-trivial. It took me a good long while to figure it out too, but once you got the hang of it, it wasn't really all that complex. AFAICR, the trick w
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> the company that enabled him [Anders Hejlsberg] to make all the good things in the future. Too bad, then, that he / they didn't.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
That doesn't change the fact that the actual title of TFA is what the GP says it is, not the current headline here.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Still, neither duopoly nor even monopoly really amount to "tyranny". When was the last time some duopolist threw you into a GULAG, or their death squads slaughtered people willy-nilly in the streets? Stop misusing words like that.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> every CRUD application gets more and more convoluted over time and isn't "just CRUD" very soon after it's created. I'm guessing tht's in large part because stuff just keeps getting added, with no refactori
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by CRConrad 2y ago
N.B: This is the same Springer group that owns a (very) large share of the world’s scientific journals, including quite a few of the most prestigious ones.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> I’d love to see some data supporting this argument because I’ve heard it over and over from people all over the political spectrum the past few years but it just doesn’t line up with any data. Wasn't one of the main points — perha
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by CRConrad 2y ago
From that link: > Since mould contains a U, like United Kingdom, you can easily keep these words straight in your mental vocabulary. Yeah, great trick, and it works for all other 'o' / 'ou' words too! Except...
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Aha, I see. Thanks!
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> IMHO the one and only thing that made Linux successful as a project is Linus' strong leadership Naah, I don't think that's the only thing that did it. It was that, and the fact that people dared rely on it -- dared t
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> The rust for linux project exists because Linus approved it. It's that simple. Linus thinks it a good idea to at least try Rust in the kernel. Pepople can change their minds; after a while, they may come to think that what they on
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> He is very explicit in his reasoning: two+ languages bad, single language good. There's clearly little that will change this, other than working around him I see you're not even considering the possibility that he might be ri
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> The patch as it stands lives outside of any sub-systems within Christoph's purview Wait what? Thought I saw somwehere that he's the DMA maintainer, and wasn't this a DMA patch? > he is simply being obstructionist out
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> > a few R4L folks are playing the dramatic victim card. > Not just 'a few R4L folks', these are basically the spearhead of the effort. A "spearhead" is by definition a few people. > As an aside, would it
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> It's infinitely rotatable unless the software tells the motor to push back. Aha? OK, I read that wrong then.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
2. The smart knob is a physical control. So 1 + 2 = 3. HTH!
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> Aging eyesight is a thing that affects everyone! If you're lucky.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
It's not infinitely rotatable, though, like some knobs are; TFA mentioned a 270° rotation range. So a pointer “beak” (or some other haptically recognisable asymmetry) should be easy to add.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
That was among the first generations of iDrive. I was (and to some extent still am) skeptical, particularly given how overwhelmingly negative the reception was at the time. But, FWIW, the motoring press was later – as BMW apparently improve
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Sure. Just like duopoly isn't a synonym for freedom. So, just because you'd apparently prefer that it be, that doesn't make it true.
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by CRConrad 2y ago
To quote myself[1]: I don't get why those Rustafaris do this in the first place. Like, if you want to contribute to a piece of software written in C, then write your contributions in C. If, on the other hand, you want a Linux kernel in
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> Will you show empathy to the R4L folks constantly having sand poured into their fuel tank by kernel maintainers? But the thing is, the kernel isn't "the R4L folks"' "fuel tank", is it? Doesn't the v
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Hm, good thing I'm not a Linux maintainer. 'Coz that first C in my username... (My given name is the only thing about me that has anything to do with "Christ".)
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> Jim Zemlin, who is the executive director of the Linux Foundation and has nothing to do with Linux. That sounds... Not good. Seems like like this is exactly what's wrong with... Well, not just this, but much of the "FOSS&quot
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> So if that’s all it takes? Then why are so many businesses failures? I bet if you got in a room with 30 people and they all told you their story without mentioning the outcome and you could judge the characteristics you mentioned and t
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by CRConrad 2y ago
> Successful business takes hard work, the right work, done well, reaching a market that needs it and can afford it. And luck. Or, to put it another way -- which kind of is luck: What "the right work" is, and whether you re
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Re: On community influencing (was Re: [PATCH V8 2/2] rust: add dma [Clipped](lore.kernel.org)
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by CRConrad 2y ago
Not sure about the context of this particular spat, but talking about them all in the aggregate, I am sure I don't get why those Rustafaris do this in the first place. Like, if you want to contribute to a piece of software written in

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