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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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Post by alchemist1e9 »

sph wrote: post #38
ksdme9 wrote: post #2

It must be pretty satisfying to be able to throw that kind of money at stuff you admire.

You can 'throw' what you can afford and it will feel as satisfying. Just try it.

EDIT: comment was under incorrect parent. my error. moved it to correct location.

EDIT2: Actually it’s more interesting. The commenters seem have changed their wording away from what I was criticizing.

Original observation: Try to purge envy from your heart. It’s a poison.

There was originally a lot of dark envy in this thread but interestingly it’s been revised out to be more subtle.

Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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Post by alper »

hiccuphippo wrote: post #35
walthamstow wrote: post #23

I'm not in the OSS world much so hopefully someone can help me understand: what does 700k buy you in OSS language development?

In the case of Zig, You can see their financial reports here: https://ziglang.org/news/2025-financials/ Most of it goes to contributors.

Who are paid at a steady and relatively decent rate. That's cool.

Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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Post by hnlmorg »

sph wrote: post #47
the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Money can very much buy happiness. Most of the things that make you unhappy can be remedied with money. How much money you need to accomplish that depends though.

> Most of the things that make you unhappy can be remedied with money Nonsense. Most of the things that can be remedied with money are not the truly painful things of life either. Will money save you from heartache? From the pain of losing a loved one? From being lonely? From having no respect from your peers? From losing your health to incurable cancer? At that point, all money can do for one is make them even more…

I agree money doesn’t buy happiness, but money can go a long way to helping with those problems.

For example, money can pay for better medical care.

Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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Post by asimovDev »

sph wrote: post #38
ksdme9 wrote: post #2

It must be pretty satisfying to be able to throw that kind of money at stuff you admire.

You can 'throw' what you can afford and it will feel as satisfying. Just try it.

i don't think my bank will let me withdraw 400k in cash with the reasoning of "I want to throw it"

Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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Post by n42 »

tadasv wrote: post #53

This is great IMO. I like zig as a language and the idea behind it. But boy, it has a syntax issue. I with they figure out better syntax before 1.0, developer ergonomics I think are as important.

https://matklad.github.io/2025/08/09/zigs-lovely-syntax.html

Re: Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

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Post by sevenzero »

alchemist1e9 wrote: post #51
sph wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can 'throw' what you can afford and it will feel as satisfying. Just try it.

EDIT: comment was under incorrect parent. my error. moved it to correct location. EDIT2: Actually it’s more interesting. The commenters seem have changed their wording away from what I was criticizing. Original observation: Try to purge envy from your heart. It’s a poison. There was originally a lot of dark envy in this thread but interestingly it’s been revised out to be more subtle.

In a working society, nobody should be able to throw away life changing money. Being rich is poisonous to society. Most of us suffer due to people hoarding money and humanity needs to overcome the concept of money generally.
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