woahhvicky

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by woahhvicky 9y ago
There should probably be a user space layer that abstracts over direct kernel graphics APIs. There’s no reason GPM vs EGLStreams shouldn’t be an implementation detail. Another note, a window manager author shouldn’t have to deal with these
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
Don’t kid yourself, you’ll eventually grow to hate Wayland as well.
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
It seems like your view of “valuing your own work” is narrower than mine. I never said disregard criticism, I said approval is not necessary to find value.
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
Where did I say bad crypto is fine in production?
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
If you think so then you’ve misinterpreted my comment.
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
I think the point is that you don’t need approval from anyone to find value in your own work. Who cares if crypto “experts” condone the use of your library? All that matters is that it provides you value in your endeavors. “Showing them” is
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
It does because the frame is not inertial. There is a fictitious force “pushing you upward” because the elevator is accelerating downward. The fictitious force pushing you upward perfectly cancels the gravity pulling you downward and you fe
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
How does this compare to firejail?
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
This wasn't snark. It's pointing out a real problem with the premise of this article. It's creating a narrative of adjunct professor exploitation based on anecdotal cases. For all we know, these anecdotes are outliers and th
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by woahhvicky 9y ago
This is implemented in terms of calloc()/free(). Is this a joke? Or some kind of post-modern art? Genuinely curious, the use cases aren't clear.