Zamiel_Snawley

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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
There is still major centralization. Essentially, the relays crawl the network and provide an aggregated data stream, their firehose. Independent relays can exist, which is better than the fully centralized options. There is no financial in
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
“On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science”[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Tea...
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
That’s kind of my dream for programming actually. A belt-mounted split keyboard on my thighs, and limitless screen space in a serene setting provided by VR. Won’t need a standing desk at all!
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Edit: I now realize that it is actually relativty, without the second ‘I’ The relativity.com domain could not have been cheap, even if leased. I’m surprised they are making a new brand, “Unai”/unison.co, instead of continuing with Rela
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Saturation arithmetic doesn’t get enough love, either. I’ve heard Zig has convenient facilities for it.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Exacerbated witch hunting, for one[1]. Enabled the Protestant reformation which led to the 30 years war, among others[2]. [1] https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept09/2009/10/31/unintended-con... [2] https:&#
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I don't think public funding necessarily means that the output should be publicly available. The benefits and risks should be evaluated, as they were in this case. The results of public funding of weapons programmes and surveillance
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
The only reason they can get away with enshitifying is because they are a monopoly.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Even with just regular git on the command line, there is an option for word-wise diffing, and hacky ways to get character-wise diffing.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
The degradation of road surfaces is caused almost entirely by automobiles. Think of how often dedicated walking and cycling routes need to be repaved—almost never. Car owners only pay about half of the cost of road maintenance in the US[1].
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I think this is a great distinction that deserves elaboration for those less familiar with the topic. Can you explain a bit further?
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I want to highlight the fact that the quote from Vitalik’s article is the first sentence of the second paragraph. Credit is prominently given, not buried in any way.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I concur, not sure how annual testing would dilute the significance unless the fact it was a test wasn’t disclosed at all.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Similar to your earlier experience, I have only ever gotten alerts that were proximate to my present location, though I do live in a state smaller than Texas. I probably get about one amber alert per quarter, and severe weather alerts a few
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
That’s a challenging hypothetical. I think it would feel hollowed out, disingenuous. It feels too close to being a rat with a dopamine button, meaningless hedonism. I haven’t thought it through particularly thoroughly though, I’d been inter
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
No. Put me on the record as saying his actions are just. I’m not reframing or deflecting anything, I agree with Matt’s actions. The public perception seems to be against him, and managing public perception is important.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Agreed, WP Engine shouldn’t have left their customers wellbeing up to the whims of an organization they were antagonizing. WP Engine was banking on the free stuff from Wordpress.org, and they got burned because they bit the hand that was fe
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
That is exactly why he cut them off. They aren’t contractually obligated to pay. The only “contract” is the implied social contract of building your company on open source. If they want to play hardball about what’s required instead of acti
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I’m saying that his 8% demand sounds like the last line in a long conversation with an interlocutor acting in bad faith, trying to slow walk the inevitable demise of the relationship. If WP Engine had acted in good faith, Matt wouldn’t have
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
WP Engine, a for profit company, should be providing what their customers need, not relying on free services from a foundation for required functionality. Especially if they have a fraught relationship with the provider of those free servic
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I agree that there is a right way to make this case, but we don’t know if it was already made behind closed doors. The ultimatum Matt made in the texts highlighted by WP Engine appears short, but it seems unlikely this was the first time Ma
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I think it probably would have been quieter, but people would be accusing him of not being transparent instead. I think it’s kind of nuts to not give Matt the benefit of the doubt while more information comes out. He is the party with a pas
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
If he didn’t have a financial stake in his former company, WP Engine, he would have put it at the top of his list of disclaimers. His company was acquired by WP Engine, it would be crazy if he didn’t get stock as part of that deal. The omis
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I think those final 8% demands we’ve heard about have been after months of stalled conversations with WP Engine. Given the lack of reliable information right now, I’m going to believe the individual that has a decades-long track record indi
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I will concede that my remark about a “smear campaign” is worthless or detrimental to the discussion. 1. The author claims dozens of other companies behave similarly and claims that Matt has not taken any action against them. However, the a
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
If it were you and you did have a financial stake, would you make a post like this? I doubt it, and it would be wrong to do so. If he didn’t have a financial stake, he would have listed it in his myriad reasons to trust him.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
1. Provide proof of your claim that they don’t contribute, or a request for them to do so. I suspect Matt and his companies have contributed to many of their dependencies. 2. All those products have no marginal cost for users, WordPress.org
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I also noticed in his list of disclaimers he did not say whether he has a financial stake in either party. I assume he does own stock in his old employer, WP Engine, given that his company was acquired.
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
Giving Matt the benefit of the doubt, the answer to “Why now?” is that enough is enough. Why does Matt deserve the benefit of the doubt? Because his companies have been contributing to WordPress while WP Engine has not. Matt claims he has b
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by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
This reads like part of the smear campaign predicted by Matt in his interview with Michael Paulson. Also note that the author doesn’t disclaim any financial stake in the company he used to work for, WP Engine, after his company was acquired

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