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Your last paragraph is a strategy I've labeled "tarpitting" (you want to avoid these environments or at least point them out).
I rarely click social links, but the Seattle hit-and-run comments on Twitter shows the noise floor levels.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ASeattleStoner/status/12796532088...
Everything about the link is NSFW, but it summarizes your comment very well.
The overlay thought was similar to the map concept, where you can load and toggle data layers (comments of various verbosity or from a dynamic source) easily.
My guess is Linus is still L&M (if people didn't enjoy his lean, they wouldn't appreciate his mean), but perhaps he's not in his element right now (and just taking a breather).
Either way, I'm a fan (not a professional) of a lean (looking) codebase with perhaps a new "overlay" commenting system being developed to accommodate a wide range of proficiency (one size fits all is either too terse or too bloated).
I am not sure of the difficulty of linking comments by line number between revisions, but outside of having an official repository of comments, being able to toggle through multiple perspectives from the same line/set of code would offer valuable insight and chronicle mindset/POV in a way that a global scratchpad could never deliver.
Writing terse or bloated comments should not be top of mind, but rather a frictionless byproduct (expect terse, but be pleasantly surprised on occasion by the detail and multiple perspectives).
While on the other side of the US at the same time, they were leaving time capsules (which may explain global or atmospheric changes over the decades). Its strange hearing it in their own words.
Without the convenience of an avi, it would just be Grizzly Adams cosplay in the woods.
Good luck on the project!
creeps like other users data
I think the next billion uses (not users) of the linux kernel will be on bare metal (or bare SOCs, wtcmb), so storage yes, but no networking or cloud required for optimal operations.
If I were to do coffee with Linus, I would tell him to fork the kernel and cleancode a kernel for the future (and take the reins), while letting the complexities of the current kernel continue to flourish in its present form (possibly seen as letting the rope go in the middle of a heated tug-of-war, which needs to happen on a public stage more often).
The "in between the lines story" on Linux over the years looks like [they] have been thrust into a role of placating the miserable, instead of writing brilliant code (its happening outside of tech too).
As far as switching gears to salaried maintainers, OSS should start an ISP (core function) similar to AOL (maybe aspergers online) and be a HUB for accessing the fruits of their labor. It would be like bringing the earthlink/mindspring 110% support model back to life (a reputation for being stewards of all open tech, in addition to top notch support).
Just having an ad-free network as an option would be worth the price of admission.
In the dialup and early broadband phase, looking "under the hood" and learning about everything that was there was common practice. It was a 10 course meal daily for the life-long learners.
Up until 2000'ish, there were only "certain types" of people online, with trust and integrity being self-regulated and intact.
Between 2000'ish and 2007'ish, we saw substantial growth of broadband and wifi, expanding the userbase further, while attention was starting to be paid to internal security. Enter the ad explosion of popups, the occasional virus exploit and post-dotcom wisdom (/s) of the economists, and the self-regulating model erodes practically overnight.
The smartphone bubble is where "all types" had access to the vast trove of resources that we used to call an information superhighway.
Fast-forward to the present and when you open the hood, theres now several yellow warning stickers (idiot alerts) and all of the doors internally are starting to be locked as common practice.
It looks like the modern crux of safety is the mix of three types (there are more) of fundamental operations of open platforms; (almost) full trust backends/platforms, self-regulating models and software packages (the bulk of OSS, linux, etc) and the current full lockdown approaches to research, exploration and security.
I guess we can officially say "the more the Internet changes, the more unrecognizable it becomes", but data is still the most valuable asset and will most likely migrate to "safest path routing", rather than using the "three billy goats gruff" model that the Internet has become.
There are a lot of good memories, but trust as of late is non-existent for good reason.
The first nerd(s) to go TCP/IP'less will truely be living on a native 21st century infrastructure (without the baggage/exploitation/vulnerabilities of 20th century protocols).
Going TCP/IP'less is better than inbox-zero.. By far.
I grew up reading Nerd Vittles (lurker shoutout to Ward) and think dialtone is sexy, but the digital version of "don't call me, I'll call you" will most likely not include email (or inbound messaging).
{Sidenote: I also worked in deploying cable broadband around Y2K and taking a small percentage of the phone companies business was a big chunk at the time. The dialtone wars will not stop at LTE, but should find a new avenue with SAT dialtone. Its going to be another big chunk (no citation).}
Again, one-size-fits-all is always black and white (ala open garden/closed garden), but communications is the fundamental concern being addressed, not feelings/bias.
It may take reengineering some models/processes, but good business only requires good communications (simplicity is the ultimate sophistication).
One-size-fits-all (email in this case) is rarely a solution in the 1st world, but you don't have to tell a nerd that... They disproved [that] theory long ago :)
They made everything "so big", that they have to fill the pipeline with inferior products/drivel just to keep it at capacity.
21st century scale doesn't suffer from the same weakness, but that should come as no surprise.
The current display has a little bit of everything (pandemic, social unrest, narcissistic depravity, a few Trillion of deficit and China being China.
Hollywood can do dumpster fires, but this is way out of their league. Its about the same on bad actors though.
Even if Walmart or Amazon disappeared, there would be another company there to fill the void (and very few would miss them), so with online opinion boards being a sithoshi a dozen, seddit4u is not the same thing as reddit.
Gerbil wheel economics (debt until infinity) doesn't take into account low-cost, low-labor 24/7 manufacturing, so don't invest too much logic in antiquated theories that require libor-rate'esqe techniques to make it believable.
In the analog world, "jack of all trades" is an inefficient model to develop, but in the digital world, knowing something exists (and having working knowledge) makes planning and execution of innovation that much easier.
They just call it smart and dynamic in the tech world instead of "master of none".
How times change.
The resilient parts of the economy are already planning for EMP protection from disruption and developing space exploration economies.
I'm sure many/most landlords are still rooted in reality and are still using the infamous investing formula of "where there are losers, there are winners" (aka buy low, sell high).
The defenition of puppet is someone else dictating the words and actions, so if your not amazed currently, you're just not a fan of puppet shows.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l-nEHkgm_Gk
It looks like the age of Independent candidates is upon US. The existing burdens/obligations prevent the existing parties from seeing the future.
An underlying pandemic throws most of the historical data out the window.
Just ask Hertz, AMC and Las Vegas.
This appears to be another diversion (or attempt at despair) gathered from all of the pieces in motion so far in 2020.
Sticking to the policy debate, do you/we really need paramilitary prisons on american soil would have made for better rootcause reporting.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-floyd-cup-foods-police...
It was all over a shop owner losing $20.
Fortunately, creative WFA solutions will allow individual freedoms to blossom again.
Time is still the most valuable Commodity in the 1st world.
Having no direct or indirect involvement with "class warfare" and "culture clashes", I think most individuals are trusting that government representatives (who many want to vote out anyways) will not milk a crisis for every penny, but instead inact meaningful reform.
Once we see autonomous delivery of work (physical production, not digital) spread in the developed world, it will be a great relief knowing that everybody can make a living without having to interact with groups that choose not to (if they desire).
The solution will provide a safety net for everyone (females, single parents, working aged adults, etc) and keep the emotions out of the equation.
Its already sickening...
I've come across more and more articles about adjunct professors in poverty over the years, so the brilliance (and the brilliants) is definitely missing from the experience.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/it-keeps-you-...
If turnover rates start to match the fast food industry, only the best companies will thrive.
They have been flooding many of the outlets with counterfeit emotional capital (social/MSM) and counterfeit intellectual capital (psuedo-science/education/politics) for quite some time now.
As long as the "I" or the "L" in those fancy acronyms know the difference, the quality of the data will not be in dispute.
Even without AI/ML, it`s been obvious how bad data integrity is in the most basic sense of the meaning.
Instead of a know-it-all, AI comes across as a guess-it-all (narrowing all results by the criteria programed) and as comments stated, AI is good at producing 99% maybes.
Looking past the hype, AI has thus far just added to the cacophony of noise among so called experts. (AI is not an expert)