puffyvolvo

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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
It does when it's causing excessive load on upstream from users who think what is effectively an outright broken configuration is supported. Preventing footguns and providing users the ability to continue using it if they really reall
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
> You don't get to tell your users how to use your project. Sure I guess but "don't footgun yourself" is pretty different. But I guess some people just like using linux for the novelty of breaking shit and feeling sma
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
While I initially would prefer the idea of more street trees the nagging voice in the back of my head continues to worry about unintended consequences. A big one regarding more trees is more maintenance, you've already pointed out how
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
This was the funniest point in that comment to me. Read the intended way, it's borderline wrong. Read as "remember when people assumed security without knowing" is basically most of computing the further back in time you go.
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
> knowing something about MTUs isn't that why MTU discovery exists? > Write your software to take advantage of the platform it's on, and the stack beneath it sure, but usually those bits are usually abstracted away still. ot
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
most pilots probably don't know how any specific plane's engine works further than what inputs give what outcomes and a few edgecases. larger aircrafts have most of their functions abstracted away with some models effectively pret
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by puffyvolvo 5y ago
abstractions layers exist for this reason. as much of a sham as the 7-layer networking model is, it's the reason you can spin up an http server without knowing tcp internals, and you can write a webapp without caring (much) about if it