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norcalli commented on Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software (2007)   gnu.org/philosophy/open-s... · Posted by u/fouc
ariabuckles · 6 years ago
https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman and https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix... are good starting points; I also saw threads about it from women MIT alumns on twitter.
norcalli · 6 years ago
It would be horrifying to have meticulously documented notes on every thing you ever said that may or may not be true, and may or may not have been a joke. If his career had been a comedian and not a FOSS advocate, then would he still be crucified for saying the same things or would he simply be an awful comedian?

I would be dollars to doughnuts that the author of that site and the editors of that "wiki" have made or thought worse things at some point, but because they have not reached a certain level of celebrity, there's no dossier on them. It's truly ridiculous to me the amount of effort spent on trying to claw others down.

I accept that inequality exists and perhaps RMS has some awful opinions, but if that's the case then just ignore him.

If there are people who are choosing to make it incumbent upon themselves to take down these "problematic" individuals, then it must be because they think that all of the systems that have allowed a person to continue to exist despite those opinions must be unreliable in adequately judging them. If that's the case, then wouldn't it be more practical to fix the endemic problem rather than destroy a single person? I'm guessing that the latter is just easier to do and more profitable as well. You gain "credibility" by attacking someone else, so it's difficult to believe that they are doing it for altruistic means.

All in all, I'm pretty sick of this nonsense. A world where everyone is constantly being watched by eachother and reported on is already too authoritarian for me to want to continue living in, not to mention the already authoritarian governments doing the same.

norcalli commented on United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden   justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/... · Posted by u/coloneltcb
Fjolsvith · 6 years ago
You're attributing that he's scared, when he is simply exercising his right to conduct his personal business privately.
norcalli · 6 years ago
This would be a perfectly reasonable argument for almost anyone in the world, but most certainly not for Donald Trump due to his position and his track record of statements on public record on Twitter, of all places.
norcalli commented on Google Fi’s Unlimited plan: more data at home and abroad   blog.google/products/goog... · Posted by u/anuragsoni
undersuit · 6 years ago
You forgot the end of the paragraph on unlimited data:

   We may also optimize video streaming quality to 480p (DVD quality).
So just keep streaming in 4k with your current provider I guess.

norcalli · 6 years ago
It's rare to see the usage of the phrase `optimize [..] quality` with a negative implication. Does this qualify as Newspeak?
norcalli commented on Neovim v0.4.0   github.com/neovim/neovim/... · Posted by u/blindseer
spraak · 6 years ago
> nvim_open_win: create floating windows (and external, for supporting UIs)

I've been running 0.4.0 since it came out for this feature.

Also I recommend you check out coc.vim for the best completer. It uses the same language server protocol that VS Code uses (and many of the plugins for coc.vim are forked fr VS Code plugins)

norcalli · 6 years ago
All completers will be able to utilize floating windows immediately, so it's not a special feature of coc.nvim. Using LSP is also not unique to coc.nvim. Deoplete, for instance, supports both as well. I personally have no interest in using coc since it's a javascript based project.
norcalli commented on A Hologram Suggests How Space Could Pop into Existence   nautil.us/issue/75/story/... · Posted by u/dnetesn
norcalli · 7 years ago
I'm honestly tired of the personal anecdotes in scientific articles. I don't want to have to scan 3 paragraphs through before I get the gist of the article.
norcalli commented on TUI Demo – Terminal Interface to Mastodon   asciinema.org/a/fTq6pzFOI... · Posted by u/UkiahSmith
pknopf · 7 years ago
I build complicated GUI apps for a living. I still prefer the simplicity of a TUI.
norcalli · 7 years ago
They're also generally faster to launch and surf (unless you're doing a lot of updates, which requires double buffering and is still very dependent on your terminal's performance).

You also have to be more clever to pack information in a smaller section (typically < 100x100 character space), and you avoid unnecessary graphics that are distracting.

norcalli commented on Giving up on Julia (2016)   zverovich.net/2016/05/13/... · Posted by u/optimalsolver
phonebucket · 7 years ago
> like piping CLI commands together, in Julia's case you're looking at pathetic 3 execs per second.

If you want to build CLIs without the JIT overhead, you can compile your Julia code: https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl

norcalli · 7 years ago
It doesn't work very well. I got SEGFAULTs every time I tried; filed a bug report; no resolution. So, while it does exist, it's not a high priority for the Julia team, so I wouldn't rely on it.
norcalli commented on YAML: Probably not so great after all   arp242.net/yaml-config.ht... · Posted by u/kylequest
jchw · 7 years ago
The issue is, I think most people (myself included) enter YAML into their lives as basically a JSON alternative with lighter syntax. Without really realizing, or perhaps without internalizing, the rather ridiculous number of different ways to represent the same thing, the painful subtle syntax differences that lead to entirely different representations, the sometimes difficult to believe number of features that the language has that are seldom used..

It's not just alternate skin for JSON, and yet that's what most people use it for. Some users also want things like map keys that aren't strings, which is actually pretty useful.

I recall there being CoffeeScript Object Notation as well... perhaps that would've been better for many use cases, all things said.

norcalli · 7 years ago
I've never understood this. JSON is really not that difficult to work with manually. I tend to write my config files as JSON for utilities I write. What is it with peoples' innate aversion to braces?
norcalli commented on Tech Interview Handbook   yangshun.github.io/tech-i... · Posted by u/yangshun
zerr · 7 years ago
I wonder if there is a list of companies doing interviews this way.
norcalli · 7 years ago
I use the same technique (and I'm 26 now, so relatively young) and it's how I've always interviewed others. Granted, I've only worked at smallish startups, but, either way, the company didn't care about my technique for evaluation, and just my final "yes", "no," or "maybe." So, I think it depends on the engineer.

If someone can keep up in a technical conversation about their background with me and answer every question I have about a technical project they did, then basically they pass. It works especially well even if I'm not familiar with their project, because I have an opportunity to learn, so I can ask any question that comes to mind until they teach me what they learned.

I did hire someone that I regretted, though, but to be fair, this was among my first interviews. The mistake I made was getting too easily caught talking about programming and technical things without specifically diving deep into his past project. He and I vibed quickly and I liked him, and that felt like enough, but after only a week it seemed obvious that he wasn't going to be producing much code, and we let him go. Otherwise, I've been happy and my ability to discern has only gotten better as I became more experienced.

I got a little offtopic, but my main answer to your question was "if the company leaves the decision up to a majority of engineers saying 'yes', then a lot of companies do this." Google does this, the startups I've worked at do this, and some of my friends companies do this.

norcalli commented on Tech Interview Handbook   yangshun.github.io/tech-i... · Posted by u/yangshun
virgilp · 7 years ago
> I can say that I've never regretted a hire I said yes to, so the method works to my satisfaction.

This may just mean that you say a lot Of wrong “No”s. To get very high precision or very high recall is really easy... what you must measure is your F-score

norcalli · 7 years ago
The regret metric is different for a false "no" compared to a false "yes." I'd rather say "no" to someone who could've been great than "yes" to someone who wasn't, so I would say that it isn't that important.

u/norcalli

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