zorpner

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by zorpner 6mo ago
Over 25% of the original ASCII specification is control characters.
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by zorpner 8mo ago
It provides no benefit, so even the smallest amount of added complexity or additional engineering effort required isn't worthwhile.
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by zorpner 8mo ago
Even given the other objections to your argument, there are an extraordinary number of examples of now-very-appreciated artists, writers, etc whose work was not valued at the time they were creating it.
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by zorpner 10mo ago
Here's a good summary of some recent stuff: https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-pro...
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by zorpner 11mo ago
Corey Quinn wrote an interesting article addressing that question: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_bra... Some good information in the comments as well.
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Ruby Central's "security measures" leave front door wide open(joel.drapper.me)
28 points by zorpner 1y ago|0 comments
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by zorpner 1y ago
DHH joined their board in 2024 [0], and is using this opportunity to purge people he disagrees with politically from the Ruby ecosystem. It really is as simple as that. 0: https://www.shopify.com/news/david-heinemeier-
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by zorpner 1y ago
Specifically, it was in a meeting called by Jason Fried to address people who were concerned about the ongoing existence of an internal list of "funny customer names" (which by all accounts was extremely racist), in which Ryan Sin
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by zorpner 1y ago
Why would we think that intelligence would increase in response to universality, rather than in response to resource constraints?
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by zorpner 1y ago
I wonder if those would be useful in identifying the potential contents of specific Marion Stokes tapes (my understanding is that they're sorted, but are only labeled with channel and date/time and are being archived slowly): htt
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Asahi Lina Pausing Work on Apple GPU Linux Driver Development(phoronix.com)
53 points by zorpner 1y ago|45 comments
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by zorpner 2y ago
Not of companies. Of the people who choose to work for them (or, rather, choose not to stop working for them after they build these "features").
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by zorpner 2y ago
In the spirit of HN, I guess I'll ask -- what did you think the point of the story was?
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by zorpner 2y ago
Long story short, the sword was forged during the First Age by the famed Dwarven-smith Telchar of Nogrod -- later wielded by Elendil and shattered in the Battle of Dagorlad. Once this kid's dad gets around to reforging it, it will be
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by zorpner 3y ago
These jobs do not attract the best software engineers.
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by zorpner 3y ago
Copy at IA: https://web.archive.org/web/20231121210833/https://gist.gith... Digest mirror: https://static.space/sha2-256:a53e64b47b45972c3086e0300a8bb0...
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by zorpner 4y ago
Offhand, an understanding of the assembly and internal mechanics of a product from having built it would make me feel like I would be be more likely to be able to fix it if required.
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by zorpner 4y ago
So that's a no, you have no examples. Got it.
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by zorpner 4y ago
jgc knew about it in mid-2018, at least, since I was still involved with P0 at that point and spoke with him about it. I guess he forgot.
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by zorpner 4y ago
The devil has enough advocates. Don't feel the need to throw your hat into the ring.
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by zorpner 4y ago
If one side is advocating genocide and you want to mute your criticism of politics (so that you can make money, to be clear), that's a choice available to you, but it's neither ethical nor respectable.
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by zorpner 4y ago
> How am I supposed to work? Whatever happened to the man pages, y'know.
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by zorpner 4y ago
Audre Lorde's quote is relevant here: ---------- For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. --
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by zorpner 4y ago
> I also don't think this is an example of Microsoft taking a side; rather I read it as them refusing to bat, which seems fine. You can't be neutral on a moving train, as they say.
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by zorpner 4y ago
Wow, what a great way to kill yourself and/or your family. Thanks for the tip!
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by zorpner 4y ago
Amazon doesn't even give their drivers time to piss, they're not going to wait for signatures.
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by zorpner 4y ago
There is -- it's using words other than those, which is both easy and considerate.
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by zorpner 4y ago
Good story. What does it have to do with the linked article, which is about how women and people of color disproportionately receive personality-based feedback?
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by zorpner 4y ago
Individuals authorized to speak for companies who state these lies need to personally liable. If someone at the company lied to them to get them to say it, they should be able go after them, like a chain of stolen goods. Permitting spokesp
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by zorpner 4y ago
Huh! I would seem like with the rest of the thoroughness of your post, you would cite some of these other studies. Ah, well, nevertheless.

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