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Brian_K_White commented on Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel   lore.kernel.org/lkml/22ib... · Posted by u/rastignack
koverstreet · 11 days ago
Funny, because "don't break userspace" is one of the principles I've been citing.

Things always degenerate when it turns into power struggles and people are going "No, I decide!".

"Make sure thinks work" is the underlying principle, and it's based on that that the code should have been, and was merged.

But then the personality conflicts and power struggles came out, and there's no need for that.

- You don't go overriding a subsystem maintainer without a clear justification; if the patch in question has a good reason for being there and can't affect the rest of the kernel, there's a really high bar to clear. This has been an issue for the XFS folks in the past.

- We have to be able to have technical and policy discussions without it degenerating into "I don't trust you and you need therapy". That's just childish. The private discussions got really ugly on this one.

And, regarding bcachefs still being marked as experimental: I'm being much more conservative with the experimental label than btrfs or ext4 were. Your data is safer on bcachefs than btrfs, today: you're not going to lose a filesystem, repair is thorough and robust and complete.

You may still hit hiccups, which is why the experimental label is there, but robust and complete repair and rock solid multi device have been reason enough for a lot of people to switch already.

Brian_K_White · 3 days ago
There is no power struggle.

This is not a case of 2 equal entities failing to find a compromise.

One is both technically more valid and has the simple right to set the terms and processes regardless of other opinions, the other is neither. All failure to function is on Kent, not on any "struggle".

Brian_K_White commented on Giving people money helped less than I thought it would   theargumentmag.com/p/givi... · Posted by u/tekla
7speter · 5 days ago
1000 dollars for a vacation?
Brian_K_White · 4 days ago
It is stupid to fixate on the specific number $1000.

It's just a placeholder for wharever number makes sense in the clearly expressed context. Either substitute $5000 or $10000, or substitute whatever location or demographic you imagined (since none was specified) for some other location or demographic. You can't start in the US and vacation in Venice for $1000, but you absolutely can vacation somewhere else and/or somehow else.

Or, just pretend they said whatever other number you like, because the specific amount was not material to the point they were expressing.

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Brian_K_White commented on The forgotten meaning of "jerk"   languagehat.com/the-forgo... · Posted by u/aspenmayer
permo-w · 4 days ago
the British slang version of the word "cheers" is a very good example of this. I can tell you for absolute certain that the most people use the word "cheers" to mean "thanks", but if you go online and look up the definition, you will be told it also means goodbye, which it really doesn't, but I think this arises from the fact that it's a bit more relaxed form of thanks, so people frequently say it as thank you at the end of an interaction where directly thanking the person might sound a bit awkward or overly formal. people hearing the word in that case may understandably assume it means goodbye. as you say, "jerk" is probably similar, except taken far enough that the original meaning is lost. there are many many occasions where using an insult to mean "idiot" could extremely easily be misinterpreted to mean "asshole"
Brian_K_White · 4 days ago
I would have thought it means "I wish you well" which applies in both of those though more in the "goodbye" case.
Brian_K_White commented on Forklifts require training   zacsweers.dev/forklifts-r... · Posted by u/pandanomic
andyjohnson0 · 4 days ago
> BUT your best bet for actually leveling up is reading these ten books I'll give you

On the whole, junior dev-age people don't read books much. They read short-form stuff on screens.

Brian_K_White · 4 days ago
The question was how to learn, the answer (one answer) was read a few specific known-good books.

"new devs don't read" is a non-sequitur imo.

If they want the info, they will, or not. The info is there. Take it, don't take it, what do we care either way?

Brian_K_White commented on VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project    · Posted by u/marcjschmidt
andsoitis · 10 days ago
In this particular case, do you advocate the individual fight it to the bitter end? Or should they just walk away?
Brian_K_White · 5 days ago
false dichotomy
Brian_K_White commented on VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project    · Posted by u/marcjschmidt
andsoitis · 10 days ago
In meditation, we learn to let go.

Attachment is discontent.

Brian_K_White · 10 days ago
In the entire history of the world, not one single thing ever got better by accepting something as it is.
Brian_K_White commented on Bcachefs to be removed from mainline Linux kernel   lore.kernel.org/lkml/22ib... · Posted by u/rastignack
tucnak · 12 days ago
I think nothing will happen, and Linus himself will eventually be whipped into place. Kent has come a long way in terms of communications, and all this talk about preserving sacrament of "collaborative community of kernel dev" reads real rich. The fact of the matter: bcachefs is the only modern + reliable filesystem in Linux right now. To throw it out—is madness, frankly. git rm -rf would be a show of weakness... basically telling everybody that they don't care about technical merit anymore. But really nothing will happen because Linus will eventually get whipped into place. The software is too good for this petty trickery to take place.
Brian_K_White · 12 days ago
Linus whipped into place.

The astounding ignorance of some people...

Failure to even understand, let alone practice, any form of release engineering hygene IS a failure of technical merit.

Brian_K_White commented on ESP32 Bus Pirate 0.5 – A hardware hacking tool that speaks every protocol   github.com/geo-tp/ESP32-B... · Posted by u/geo-tp
flowerthoughts · 14 days ago
Plus this assumes the reader knows the actual Bus Pirate doesn't use ESP32.
Brian_K_White · 14 days ago
Not to mention, what if the original bus pirate developers wanted to support esp32? It's just wrong all around.

Tomorrow I'm going to make one based on pi pico, and I want to sell them. But I have 2 problems:

1 I suck at embedded code and electronics design so my product barely works. It isn't reliable, accurate, or safe for the device under test.

2 there are already a ton of cheap mcu logic analyser projects and products...

How can I get mine to be popular instantly despite those problems? I'll just use someone else's popular recognized and well-regarded name that they earned the hard way. I'll call it the "Flipper Bus Pirate". This is totally ok because "Flipper Bus Pirate" is not "Bus Pirate" and it's also not "Flipper Zero". I don't understand why you are yelling at me.

Brian_K_White commented on ESP32 Bus Pirate 0.5 – A hardware hacking tool that speaks every protocol   github.com/geo-tp/ESP32-B... · Posted by u/geo-tp
geo-tp · 14 days ago
Brian_K_White · 14 days ago
Nothing there adresses the problem. No one should have to tell you why it's wrong to use someone elses (reconized earned) name, or how "prefixed by esp32" does not change anything. Do what you want but don't delude yourself that you're in the right.

u/Brian_K_White

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