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linux kernel configuration is a roguelike:

ascii graphics
turn-based
steep learning curve
permadeath

I *also* think that maintainers, in general, don't get enough thanks for the work they do, in general. It's tough, usually underfunded, and unappreciated work. And decisions need to be made.

But the better projects encourage their users to learn to be participants, empowered.

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What’s in a name? That which we call SaaS
By any other name would smell as shit

Couldn’t match type r0' with p’
because type variable `p’ would escape its scope
This (rigid, skolem) type variable is bound
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Decentralization isn't everything. It's not the goal in itself. There is a long tail of product design decisions that make or break a platform (which is why I find it kind of silly that Bluesky spent 2 years arguing over protocol design, though that's a different story). But that point is that decentralization is the foundation for a viable platform. Without it you're doomed to repeat the path of hundreds of social media apps of the past... Just a different paint on the same exact structure.

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How the fuck it it is even technically possible for a bunch of unelected guys to strip bodily autonomy from 100+ millions?

Нашёл лексер комментарии, а они ему как раз

Oh my, why most CLI apps in C++ suck so hard at parsing arguments? They don’t can’t call getopt() or what?

I see lots of crappy ad-hoc parsing that’s as capricious as 2yo in a mall. High-level object oriented metaprogramming my ass..

doing it right

Moreover, the DHT underlay mechanism is general and allows for additional underlay plugins to be defined. This will make it easy to run R5N over other P2P networks (like I2P) in the future.

  • I’m a Correctness Dragon and this is my Hoare of triples.

On the current timeline, every day is Petrov Day.

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