There are different solicitation types. Not everything is Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA). LPTA is not usually the solicitation types for anything R&D. It's more for "commodities", like tires, or bids…
Good job penalizing this project lead of an ambitious open source project for his engagement with the community. Obviously, needless dicklike comments can only help the project and its users.
I was confused by the use of "EDRAM" vs. "eDRAM" here and by the HN capitalization of the original article. The EDRAM I'm familiar with, by a company called Ramtron and later Enhanced Memory Systems, seems to be largely…
Interesting, thanks!
Wow, I'm way out of date - when did Dave Chinner step down as XFS maintainer?
We probably need better, consistent terminology for different types of "not all the freedoms of open source but not proprietary secret source either", the way "open source" means something very specific. The Wikipedia…
> First of all, some of them DO call themselves that even though they unambiguously aren't. And even for the ones that don't, they usually try to sound as similar as possible to it and downplay the differences. There…
> They deceive users and leach off of the good name of open source How do they do that if they don't call themselves open source (or "Open Source (TM)" if you prefer) in the first place? Regardless, something needs to…
> * Brake fluid. It's hypergolic, after all You probably meant "hygroscopic" here. One probably doesn't want to be carrying hypergols in their car!
It's not a boolean matter of the assumptions being "not valid" - sometimes, the non-idealities are of significant enough magnitude to make a meaningful difference. Other times not. If one is taught ideal spring-damper…
I want to like systemd, especially since it is the default and has all the mindshare in Linux. I'm also not particularly in love with the historic shell scripts approach, as some are. Some systemd elements, such as its…
This isn't "you like vanilla, I like chocolate, to each their own." Grandparent post states a view on the tangible harm caused by this media empire. Using the flavor analogy, it's more like vanilla vs. lead (…
If you are willing to go to the professional/office grade, I can recommend the Canon imageClass line (caveat: only the models with native Postscript support) for use in Linux or wherever you might not want binary blob…
I've worked on large engineering projects in physical disciplines. When I am the customer, I often bring in a group of independent experts to review the design products. Often these experts provide inputs that are not…
We can trade anecdotes on this topic, but I've written numerical code in OCaml and also Julia. The strictness of OCaml's type system is painful in a numerical context but for virtually all other things it is awesome to…
So, I really respect what you've done (for those who don't know, Chris is the original developer and lead of DifferentialEquations.jl) and use your work heavily. However, understanding and writing idiomatic Julia,…
I agree with the kernel of your point here, but also with the author of the article when he says "But systemic problems like this can rarely be solved from the bottom up, and my sense is that the project leadership does…
I'm an engineer in physical disciplines, and I don't think it's a certification issue. It's more that "engineering" in the software world is conflated with craftsmanship. The word "engineering" as used in relation to…
The single best antidote I have personally found against loneliness is staying busy doing things I really care about. If you would prefer something outside of work/career/projects, there's almost certainly some kind of…
I'm surprised to see so few recommendations for Arkenfox's user.js: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js It's a pain to go through all of it the first time, less so with subsequent updates, but it's extremely…
I have argued with @pfdietz about this before. In the zeal to make the point the majority of leading edge heating arises from the dissipative effects of shocks, they make statements that have to be very carefully parsed…
> It's still a proprietary license that rejects the most basic principle of open source, which is the ability of anyone to use and modify the software. Anyone is able to to use and modify the software, it's just that if…
I'm struggling to understand the vitriol toward this. It is a thoughtfully-crafted license, eminently readable, written by a skilled legal practitioner in this domain. I have no affiliation with the author of the…
Here's a contrary voice for an underappreciated option, despite the villain in this story. I wanted a networked color laser MFP that could be used from within Linux without proprietary binary drivers, i.e., needed to…
Understood. I wasn't trying to shoot down your point with a drive-by, just want more people to be aware that PEX, which is quite common in new construction for household drinking water plumbing, is a questionable choice…
There are different solicitation types. Not everything is Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA). LPTA is not usually the solicitation types for anything R&D. It's more for "commodities", like tires, or bids…
Good job penalizing this project lead of an ambitious open source project for his engagement with the community. Obviously, needless dicklike comments can only help the project and its users.
I was confused by the use of "EDRAM" vs. "eDRAM" here and by the HN capitalization of the original article. The EDRAM I'm familiar with, by a company called Ramtron and later Enhanced Memory Systems, seems to be largely…
Interesting, thanks!
Wow, I'm way out of date - when did Dave Chinner step down as XFS maintainer?
We probably need better, consistent terminology for different types of "not all the freedoms of open source but not proprietary secret source either", the way "open source" means something very specific. The Wikipedia…
> First of all, some of them DO call themselves that even though they unambiguously aren't. And even for the ones that don't, they usually try to sound as similar as possible to it and downplay the differences. There…
> They deceive users and leach off of the good name of open source How do they do that if they don't call themselves open source (or "Open Source (TM)" if you prefer) in the first place? Regardless, something needs to…
> * Brake fluid. It's hypergolic, after all You probably meant "hygroscopic" here. One probably doesn't want to be carrying hypergols in their car!
It's not a boolean matter of the assumptions being "not valid" - sometimes, the non-idealities are of significant enough magnitude to make a meaningful difference. Other times not. If one is taught ideal spring-damper…
I want to like systemd, especially since it is the default and has all the mindshare in Linux. I'm also not particularly in love with the historic shell scripts approach, as some are. Some systemd elements, such as its…
This isn't "you like vanilla, I like chocolate, to each their own." Grandparent post states a view on the tangible harm caused by this media empire. Using the flavor analogy, it's more like vanilla vs. lead (…
If you are willing to go to the professional/office grade, I can recommend the Canon imageClass line (caveat: only the models with native Postscript support) for use in Linux or wherever you might not want binary blob…
I've worked on large engineering projects in physical disciplines. When I am the customer, I often bring in a group of independent experts to review the design products. Often these experts provide inputs that are not…
We can trade anecdotes on this topic, but I've written numerical code in OCaml and also Julia. The strictness of OCaml's type system is painful in a numerical context but for virtually all other things it is awesome to…
So, I really respect what you've done (for those who don't know, Chris is the original developer and lead of DifferentialEquations.jl) and use your work heavily. However, understanding and writing idiomatic Julia,…
I agree with the kernel of your point here, but also with the author of the article when he says "But systemic problems like this can rarely be solved from the bottom up, and my sense is that the project leadership does…
I'm an engineer in physical disciplines, and I don't think it's a certification issue. It's more that "engineering" in the software world is conflated with craftsmanship. The word "engineering" as used in relation to…
The single best antidote I have personally found against loneliness is staying busy doing things I really care about. If you would prefer something outside of work/career/projects, there's almost certainly some kind of…
I'm surprised to see so few recommendations for Arkenfox's user.js: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js It's a pain to go through all of it the first time, less so with subsequent updates, but it's extremely…
I have argued with @pfdietz about this before. In the zeal to make the point the majority of leading edge heating arises from the dissipative effects of shocks, they make statements that have to be very carefully parsed…
> It's still a proprietary license that rejects the most basic principle of open source, which is the ability of anyone to use and modify the software. Anyone is able to to use and modify the software, it's just that if…
I'm struggling to understand the vitriol toward this. It is a thoughtfully-crafted license, eminently readable, written by a skilled legal practitioner in this domain. I have no affiliation with the author of the…
Here's a contrary voice for an underappreciated option, despite the villain in this story. I wanted a networked color laser MFP that could be used from within Linux without proprietary binary drivers, i.e., needed to…
Understood. I wasn't trying to shoot down your point with a drive-by, just want more people to be aware that PEX, which is quite common in new construction for household drinking water plumbing, is a questionable choice…