i really fucking hate dependency management downloading packages from a centralized user submitted repository really grinds my fucking gears

this is like the one go flaw that makes me not use the language for absolutely everything

It's not centralized actually but they use caching servers iirc so it mostly is. Maybe there's a way to turn it off

@nyanide

> Maybe there's a way to turn it off

GOPROXY='direct'

@p interesante

@nyanide These are helpful: `go help environment`, `go env`, `echo FUCK YOU. Strongly worded letter to follow | sendmail rsc@golang.org`

@p @nyanide if only rsc was still involved. things will likely get full corporate bullshit now that he and the other old time go people aren't involved anymore.

@bonifartius @p no rsc is still involved he was the opne that proposed to remove powerpc support

@nyanide @p oh, i thought he was doing something else now

@nyanide @p ah, he stepped down as tech lead.

regarding powerpc, it's still listed on the build dashboard, just not as first class port https://build.golang.org/

@bonifartius @nyanide @p To be fair, removing ppc64 support isn't a good idea. Despite how niche it is, it's still used a lot in the enterprise world. I personally know people that need that support.

@bonifartius @RedTechEngineer @phnt @nyanide You gotta get into $20 ARM/RISC-V devices, that's where the shit is.

@p @bonifartius @RedTechEngineer @phnt @nyanide What are some good $20 RISC-V hardware to check out. I bought a Milk-V Duo for luls but that's about it.

@raphiel_shiraha_ainsworth @bonifartius @RedTechEngineer @phnt @nyanide There's always something around; I think a Milk-V would be cool, they seem to be the main ones doing interesting stuff at the moment. I have a RISC-V DevTerm, which I mainly got as a curiosity but it's a really fun system. I don't know of a really impressive $current_year one, I've been thinking of getting one of the Lychee cluster boards, but those are a little more than $20.

@p @RedTechEngineer @phnt @nyanide @raphiel_shiraha_ainsworth what i'd really like was something inexpensive with good storage options, like two sata ports for a raid or something. i don't really like to burn through sd cards all the time that would really help with hosting stuff at home.

still would leave the problem that my connection has shit upload bandwith. maybe i could get a business account from the cable provider or starlink or whatever to fix that, but it's another topic.

@bonifartius @p @RedTechEngineer @nyanide @raphiel_shiraha_ainsworth

>i don't really like to burn through sd cards all the time

Linux has some answers to that problem with filesystems like F2FS and JFFS2. They aren't that user-friendly as the normal ones, but it's still better than nothing and with some config changes that reduce write cycles, you can get a system that does barely any writes when idle (systemd can log to a ring buffer; same can be achieved with a more normal syslog setup and some ingenuity with logrotate and tmpfs). Some manufacturers even make uSD cards specifically made for these SBCs that have higher write endurance and more importantly aren't as slow.