Which is arguably exactly why Linus should communicate more thoughtfully. While it might be okay for him and the culture around him, this style might NOT work for others. As such, it's better to default to a more constructive approach.
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What do I really care what strangers on the internet think of me? I'm just being honest.
editing to add I did it for the money. FB was offering more than I was making, and I got tempted. I'll never make a decision driven solely by money again. So, maybe some good came out of it.
One time, leaving main campus by Uber, my driver, a young 20-something girl was talking about how she wanted to get a job moderating at Facebook. She thought it would be a great place to work. I told, "please don't. There is so much toxic stuff that gets past automated moderation, that I can't imagine anyone having to live with that."
I don't know if she ever got that job, and I left years ago, but I think about her every now and again, hoping she didn't take the job.
Frankly, I truly appreciated working with people who thought carefully and tried to make sure the right ideas were in. I appreciated Russ being a BDFL, Ian, Rob, and Rob. I'm glad I did it, and it made me a much better engineer.
Public service is just that – service.
The author explains that they had not initially submitted a talk for RustConf 2023 and had to register their talk after the deadline because they had not planned to give a talk until 2024. They were nominated by Rust Project Leadership to give a keynote about a Rust-related topic based on their previous work on compile-time reflection. The author emphasizes that their talk was meant to explore possible future directions and that the ideas presented were their own, not representing any official endorsement.
The author expresses confusion and disappointment at the sudden decision to downgrade their talk and the lack of direct communication from Rust Project Leadership. They feel that the decision reflects non-transparent decision-making and unprofessional behavior. They decide not to play along with the situation and choose not to give the talk in its downgraded form or negotiate for a keynote slot, expressing their disagreement with the behavior exhibited.
The blog post concludes with the author stating their choice not to participate in the conference and to refrain from playing along with the situation.
(For the record, for me, it'll be like 10th time I've bought it, so it's working for MSFT. [The first time I bought it was 5$ to Notch's PP account.])
I never bothered to open it up and see what was inside it. Cool post.
The game gets even more compact in that not all source and destination squares are possible at every move, etc. But, you're dead on in your estimate.
I thought you meant TI. Their compiler would compile in the date of compilation as a string by default (it wasn't deadcode eliminated in the linker because it was sucked in their panic libraries, if memory serves).
In any case, yeah, ADI.
While I was hyperbolic in my pronunciation, I wasn't wrong in my data. It's been more than 5 years since those conversations. Glad someone got it done. Took 'em far too long.
Buying a pinball machine is expensive. Prices on used machines range from free to thousands (and ten thousand+ for really in demand ones). After you buy the machine, assuming it works, there's maintenance that occurs on the machine as a direct function of how often the machine is played. Maintaining that machine can be on you for parts and labor, or someone who comes to your home for 100$/hour (or so) +parts. There's no escaping the labor. You have to do it, or the pinball machine stops working. The maintenance ranges from simple cleaning this and that, all the way to removing components from boards, and rewiring destroyed traces.
I love this about the hobby, and it's probably my favorite part. I like maintaining the machines probably more than I like playing them.