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> I care about maximizing people's happiness function. Good for you. Not on my subthread though :)
Did you actually say "my subthread"?
Say it, no, but I did actually typed it.
Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
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Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#302Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#303To me the most interesting thing about this is that his github history shows he really gave up in 2021, with almost no commits since then. I don't know enough of the context of these repos, their significance or ongoing use, but it feels weird to return just to archive en masse. I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing…
> I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing to a successor is a lot of work. IMO that's exactly it, the guy wanted to give a strong signal and not string people along. That I respect a lot. > We really put a lot on the heads of solitary people with the open source model. I don't know who is "we" in your sentence but "we…
> the OSS world desperately needs much more people, and has always needed them.
Nah. Even after reading the Roads and Bridges Report, I disagree with this.
People are naive and too nice, and that's the problem that needs fixing, not reality.
The reality is that you shouldn't do open source work unless you just want to help Microsoft's AI.
Just kidding.
The reality is that you should do open source work without expecting compensation, and anyone that wants you to "maintain" things should be told that's not how it works. How it works is they should fork it and maintain it themselves. Tough, right? Well, it's free code. That's the price THEY pay for it. Making the person who gave it to you for free pay for it is asinine.
It's also asinine to imagine a world where humanity works differently. Roads and Bridges recommended some kind of invasive tracking to be able to figure out how much money an open source project is hypothetically worth to be able to report that to corporations to beg for money to monetize open source more easily (and, of course, help "diversify" it by seeing how many unicorns are doing development and keep that in a PR spreadsheet somewhere), but you can sense that all of this is false dharma. You're doing it wrong. It needs no help or money or diversity; look at all it's given us without any of that. It just needs to be used correctly.
The free software movement started by programmers, for programmers. The expectation is that the user can read the code, fork the thing, and do what they want with it. But in our eagerness to have our cake and eat it too, we imagine non-technical users have some right to demand that the developer fix the code they offered us or change it to implement some feature. And, misconditioned as they are, the devs play along and feel the onus is on them to appease that rabble, and then they get burned out.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#304I can assure you... farming is not the same as Harvest Moon. Stick to programming ya'll.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#305Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing to a successor is a lot of work. IMO that's exactly it, the guy wanted to give a strong signal and not string people along. That I respect a lot. > We really put a lot on the heads of solitary people with the open source model. I don't know who is "we" in your sentence but "we…
> the OSS world desperately needs much more people, and has always needed them. Nah. Even after reading the Roads and Bridges Report, I disagree with this. People are naive and too nice, and that's the problem that needs fixing, not reality. The reality is that you shouldn't do open source work unless you just want to help Microsoft's AI. Just kidding. The reality is that you should do open source work without expect…
I am not sure what point you are making exactly, I am just going to say that the OSS world can definitely be much better organized but I suppose it's the nature of the "bazaar" thingy. :)
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
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Yeah, that's mostly me. I've lived in Massachusetts at multiple locations between Boston and Gardner. I'm now living at the edge of one of the mill cities. It is not far enough from traffic noise, but it is much better than any other place I've lived other than Massachusetts rural. I've also lived from the deeply blue-collar (father's small business moving machinery) to the tech world. I find myself marketing my cons…
100% On one of my worst days of dealing with needlessly pedantic and blocking colleagues at a previous job, I sat out in the rain under an umbrella and watched ducks enjoy a pond. Came back in, my coworker asked me if I was okay, and I just told him "Ducks don't mind when it rains." It's become my mantra for rough days. There is so much to be said for nature, and I feel like you can get 80% of the nature benefit by i…
I think we could be good neighbors.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#307Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#308Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
Every time this topic comes up a rhyme of your comment bubbles to the top and speaking from my own experience growing up in a winery. I can say: yes, it's hard, but no, it's not impossible to take up later in life. Stop assuming he just threw away his notebook and bought a tractor and stop spreading coffee table knowledge. Let people discover things for themselves, or even better, try finding things out for yourself.…
I didn't say it was impossible. I was saying that you need to understand the realities of something before dedicating significant resources to it. If you discover you love farming then by all means go for it.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#309Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
I’m a programmer with a degree in Agricultural Science so my opinion is oddly relevant to this subject. Please shut up and stop shitting on people’s dreams. Not everything is about profit and scaling. Anyone can and should learn to farm regardless of their background or education.
That was my point. That they should learn about it before committing to it. I was in no way saying someone shouldn't do it if they discover it's something they enjoy.