Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux kernel

Post by gosub100 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 5:44 PM UTC

mardifoufs wrote: post #75

kstrauser wrote: post #56

That was fascinating. It sounds like he’s done some real introspection during his lockup, and I hope he’s able to apply those learnings to future situations. I felt bad for him[0] while reading. He was a brilliant young person with a big dream, yet without the interpersonal skills to help him realize it. I’ve seen that so often. Maybe this will help me look past the next person’s challenging communications, and think…

I don't believe he did. He's just angling for his next parole date as he got denied this year.

Post by kwhitefoot » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 5:46 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #92

TomK32 wrote: post #48

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I don't understand and can't accept why crimes committed while drunk get you a lesser punishment than a crime committed while sober.

tl;dr https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mens_rea If you don't want to accept it, that's more on you, refusing to understand it is weird though.

Post by krisoft » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 5:47 PM UTC

sph wrote: post #19

I think about Hans Reiser pretty often, incidentally, because there is a quote from him I read as a teenager that stuck with me. "The utility of an operating system is proportional to the number of connections possible between its components, than it is to the number of those components." — Hans Reiser (from http://web.archive.org/web/20040126210110/http://unununium.o... ) It's hard to reconcile good things a person…

Post by scotty79 » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #45

mariusor wrote: post #2

I don't know if ending another human's life leaves any possibility of redemption for a person, but reading this I still empathize with the sense of loss and powerlessness that emanate from this letter.

> ending another human's life leaves any possibility of redemption for a person You realize the volunteer soldiers that enter a battle to kill other humans also fall under this scope? Yet in many countries we celebrate their return and service, despite what they may have done. I agree these are not quite the same thing, in how a deed is carried out, but the end result is in fact the same.

Post by pvg » Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 5:49 PM UTC

scotty79 wrote: post #132

pvg wrote: post #115

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He could have likely gotten away with it He had a plea deal offer for not much more than time served so he even had a definite option to a form of getting away with it.

Why didn't he take it? It's pretty much the best what murderer on trial can hope for. ... then again, if he was reasonable he'd probably never commit murder.