> Unix is dumb

I don't know. Now async I/O is all the rage and that is the same idea.

This is a difference in the threat model.

Signal's threat model is that everything around you is hostile to you, except the parties you interact with. You are an undercover rebel in a totalitarian sect which would sacrifice you to Cthulhu if they see your chat history. Losing it is much better than disclosing it.

Your threat model is likely random black hat hackers who would try to get into your communication channels and dig some dirt to blackmail you, or to impersonate you to scam your grandmother out of several thousand dollars. Signal protects quite well against it. But the chance of this happening even in an unencrypted channel is low enough. You don't mind making the security posture somehow weaker, but preserve the possibility to restore your chat history if your secure device is lost or destroyed.

I suppose the problem could be solved by an encrypted backup with a long key which you keep on a piece of paper in your wallet, and / or in a bank in a safe deposit box. Ideally it would be in the format that the `age` utility supports.

But there is no way around that paper with the long code. If this code is stored on your device, and can be copied, it will be copied by some exploit. No matter how inconspicuous a backdoor you are making, somebody will find it and sneak into it. Should it happen in a publicized case, the public opinion will be "XYZ is insecure, run away from it!".

IO can fail at any point though, so that’s not particularly bad.

I agree with this, and also I’m confused by the article’s argument—wouldn’t this apply equally to components within a monolith? Or is the idea that—within a monolith—all failures in any component can bring down the entire system anyway?

Americium, Einsteinium, Unobtanium also show chemistry isn't so uptight as suggested.

To quote bash.org (or qdb.us?), you have to talk to tar with a German accent:

    tar xzf file.tgz

where xzf stands for "extrakt ze feil"

I just remember it as "Da Disk", early 2000's nu metal lyrics-style, because it does mad things to da disk, yo.

>better portability across operating systems

Does Rust have better portability than C?

Rust - "I am inevitable"

I remember a time when using computer was not well seen when creating art.

Wasn't it even Tron who didn't qualify for the special effects oscar because they "used computers"?

It's interesting that it's no longer "computer bad", now it's "AI bad".