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added the name :)
That's a start, but people only read that name after they've read the quote. Helpful conventions for quotes are: "quotes" - Linus Torvalds quotes - Linus Torvalds
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I didn't know you were quoting Linus, you should make it more obvious.
It's funny and upsetting how I get more upvotes for comments like these than for things I actually put some thought into.
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Yeah, nice. "Major version? Minor version? Revision? What're those? I like round numbers." Why not just go to a basic increment (Linux 3, 4, 5, 6, ...), or a date-based (Linux 2011! Now with new ribbon interface!) numbering instead? ...eh. I dunno why this bothers me so much.
It shouldn't. Open source version numbers greater than 1.0 dont mean a whole lot. Chrome, the browser, around version 8 (give or take). How much sense does that make?
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Although that's not very interesting either. Linus: "What's new?" Linus: "Nothing."
Yeah, nice. "Major version? Minor version? Revision? What're those? I like round numbers." Why not just go to a basic increment (Linux 3, 4, 5, 6, ...), or a date-based (Linux 2011! Now with new ribbon interface!) numbering instead? ...eh. I dunno why this bothers me so much.
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I didn't know you were quoting Linus, you should make it more obvious.
It's funny and upsetting how I get more upvotes for comments like these than for things I actually put some thought into.
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That's a start, but people only read that name after they've read the quote. Helpful conventions for quotes are: "quotes" - Linus Torvalds quotes - Linus Torvalds
I think you'll agree with me when I say that people only read the name after they've read the quote in your examples too.
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I've noticed the same. Most of my posts that have been massively upvoted were suggestions or small corrections. The posts in which I take time to explain something non-trivial generally end up with 2-3 votes at most. Amount of karma is not a measure of interestingness of the contribution, it's used mainly as an 'agree' button.
This is almost certainly caused by the decision to hide comment score. If people could see that this kind of comment (f.ex. a small correction) already had its fair share of upvotes they would leave it at that, but as it is now everybody who sees it upvotes it.
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Although that's not very interesting either. Linus: "What's new?" Linus: "Nothing."
Yeah, nice. "Major version? Minor version? Revision? What're those? I like round numbers." Why not just go to a basic increment (Linux 3, 4, 5, 6, ...), or a date-based (Linux 2011! Now with new ribbon interface!) numbering instead? ...eh. I dunno why this bothers me so much.
One the one hand, the "benevolent dictator" model has shown itself to work pretty well for Linux, compared to some major failings of the "committee" model on other projects. On the other hand, does anyone think the fact that "major" changes can be done by one person who is "just going all alpha-male" will potentially spook people? I mean, I doubt too many people here on hn have a problem with Linus' personality. I im…
Lots of commercial software has version numbers assigned for marketing reasons and largely independent of technical changes.
One the one hand, the "benevolent dictator" model has shown itself to work pretty well for Linux, compared to some major failings of the "committee" model on other projects. On the other hand, does anyone think the fact that "major" changes can be done by one person who is "just going all alpha-male" will potentially spook people? I mean, I doubt too many people here on hn have a problem with Linus' personality. I im…
Lots of commercial software has version numbers assigned for marketing reasons and largely independent of technical changes.