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> 1 billion isn't a thousand times a million. What?
I don't know man, maybe read the rest of the comment? Are you serious?
Have you ever considered purchasing a calculator?
Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation
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Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation
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> however I'm beginning to think that their greater contribution is ghostty Is that meant as an argument in favor of "another $400k for Zig" or against it? I like Ghostty, but investing $800k to develop a programming language that is primarily known for producing a terminal emulator doesn't sound like a particularly strong argument in its favor. Genuine question. I’m not trolling.
It's just a recognition of things done. If there is a greater message, most people could probably put a similar amount of work on a project for the community. Not many can write a lege cheque for a cause. Many who can, do so and consider their job done. It's a credit for someone to be able to do one but choose to do both.
Is this really recognition for what Zig has already achieved, or is it simply another way of financing its future development?
Mitchell clearly benefits from Zig succeeding. Well, some of his products depend on it. From a cynical point of view, donating nearly a million dollars is also a way to gain soft power over the language's future direction...
I'm not suggesting that's his motivation though... I'm just asking whether someone who funds such a large share of a language's development inevitably ends up influencing its direction, even if he don't formally control the project.
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This, all day long... 9-5 is just the first job of the day if we're lucky. Then there's the 7 to 2am second job, the 5 to 7 on Saturdays and Every Other Sunday. Just to not actually have health insurance which is accepted at anything but the worst health care facilities in the region, with a 6 month waitlist for basic check-ups and a 60% fails or cancel for those appointments and reschedule 3 or more months away. We…
Exactly where is this dystopia you speak of? It certainly isn't the case where I live right now (in the U.S.)
It might be closer to you than you think.
How far from the nearest Walmart Superstore do you live?
Ask the cashier/clerk there and at your local gas station if if they can afford to live anywhere but with their parents or a handful of roommates.
Visit a chain food establishment where a lunch for two costs less than $40, and talk to the back-of-house staff; the ones washing dishes and cooking food. Ask them about retirement fund plans and employee provided health insurance options.
If you're fortunate enough to live farther away from these parts of the American economic realities, I would expect that 20 to 40 minutes drive on a freeway can get you pretty close to it.
If you don't go to those places; ask your Door Dash or Uber Eats driver about why they drive instead of working at those stores... and pay them with a C-note for taking the time to help broaden your perspective.
Try looking at the view of current America through the eyes of someone who is non-white, non-male, non-tech or tech-adjacent. It's a stark contrast to the sanitized view from the isles of Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Erewhon, or PCC and from Sweetgreen, Cava, and the True Food Kitchen.
Im not talking from a small sample set of anecdotal observations over a short period of time, but from a wide consensus of travel, first hand interactions, and living experience. In different states, over a 35 year working history, in a variety of situations, and direct relationships with a much larger than average network of family members. I have over one hundred cousins - not counting spouses, their children and grandchildren, on each of my patriarchal and matriarchal sides.
Not joking, my ancestors have been here, on the ground, since the Clovis era (between 9000 and 13000 years ago in the Rocky Mountains) and the early 1630's - one of my direct forefathers was a Colonel who reported directly to Washington. So I have every reason to wish the country was living up to it's stated intentions and potentials. It simply isn't, not recently, but also not for a VERY long time before now. The conditions I describe are the lived experience of many Americans, and appear to have played an outsized role in the results for the nation today.
Maybe, I'm wasting my keystrokes - username trollbridge might be the clue that this is an argumentative tone question without any real intention of truthful discourse.
In that case, consider this response for the benefit of the broader HN community. We all need get outside our own bubbles, and find ways to uplift the people who do the work we rely on and provide support for the community in ways which are not being delivered by the system. It's not ok to pretend to not need a functioning society to thrive in.