ank_the_elder

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1. 91.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   Absolutely. If anything, it should be tight, native code with little bells and whistles and tuned for speed. HTML5, its DOM model and Javascript are hardly fit for embedded / old / constrained environments.
2. 92.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   FreeBSD :)
3. 93.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   Terrorism exist due to hateful positions like yours. I really hope you seek help - you clearly need to resolve some anger issues.
4. 94.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   My thoughts exactly. Especially damning is "Nor would I personally want to talk at my students day in and day out" - I'm unsure as to why this person chose to become a teacher of any sort in the first place.
5. 95.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   The fork happened for human reasons (management-related) rather than technical. See http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html and http://lwn.net/Articles/423703/
6. 96.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   I've used the crux linux distro ( https://crux.nu ) because it has a similar, BSD-like package manager, it's very clean and has a great community.
7. 97.▲
   by ank_the_elder 11y ago

   Hey I wanted to thank you for your comments and links in the Kindle thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9365567 - I used them to successfully improve my device. Replying here cause replying on the other thread is