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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 microtonal »

cyber_kinetist wrote: post #9
ksdme9 wrote: post #2

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

I really do not understand how people talk about "Being rich / being a billionaire will make you fundamentally unhappy". Damn if I had all the money I have so many good-willed projects I want to throw money at!

Damn if I had all the money I have so many good-willed projects I want to throw money at!

I think this is quite defeatist thinking. A thousand people who donate $400 is also $400k and is well within the realm of most people here. A lot of non-profits also want the thousand people that donate $400, because $400 yearly from thousand people is much more robust long-term funding.

Recently a well-known Dutch journalist, who started an organization to critically follow big tag (and take them to court when necessary), raised 1.3 million Euro. Most of it is from people like you and me, who can chip in 10 Euro monthly. It's reliable, because most people just have a recurring donation set up.

Not to detract from mitchellh's pledge, because ideally you get both types of donations.

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

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Post by nkrisc »

sevenzero wrote: post #60
alchemist1e9 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wicked people will be wicked with or without money.

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

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Post by dtj1123 »

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.

Can you elaborate on what you find to be an issue?

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

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Post by Arrowmaster »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #14

> I use AI heavily. I've written about my AI adoption journey and shipping real features with AI assistance. I'm also quite vocal about remaining rational about its capabilities and frustrated with its negative impacts on open source. > The point is that I have opinions. Those opinions don't fully align with ZSF's approach. And yet, I have nothing but respect for ZSF: the people, the policies, and the project. Part o…

As things are right now, I see this as a respectable way of operating.

Michael has made his views and usage of AI known. The Ghostty project has a detailed AI policy for users to see and the team is willing to devote resources to enforcing a middle ground policy. The Zig project has a detailed policy taking a strict stance and as a result I expect they do not have expend as much resources when a contribution is suspected of being AI assisted.

A strict policy on either side is easier to enforce based on finite resources (mostly people). I'm sure many projects would like to have a middle ground policy but cannot currently devote the resources it would require long term. We might never see a shift in moderation abilities and this remains for the longer term, or there could be advanced in moderation that allows projects to adopt a more nuisanced policy that's right for them.

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

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Post by dust-jacket »

wickrom wrote: post #75
Lerc wrote: post #34

It's great to be in a position to do this, however I'm beginning to think that their greater contribution is ghostty I don't really know how to value things any more when I see someone develop a tool that is kind-of useful that then gets acquired for half a billion dollars. As someone with a decent number of decades of terminal hopping, the improvement that ghostty has brought a breath of fresh air. To me it has repr…

I'd love to hear what made you settle on ghostty. There is not dearth of terminal emulators out there, each claiming performance or batteries included.

I'm not the commenter, but for me ghostty was good for being a Very Good terminal experience with almost no config required.

Just checked and the config file for my daily use terminal setup is 3 lines long. 3! That means I know I can chuck it on any system, any clean re-install, and it'll be Fine. That counts for a lot when you've grown tired of endless config tweaking.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

darren0 wrote: post #20
cyber_kinetist wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really do not understand how people talk about "Being rich / being a billionaire will make you fundamentally unhappy". Damn if I had all the money I have so many good-willed projects I want to throw money at!

It will not make you unhappy. It will just not make you happy. Big difference. The saying "money can't buy happiness" is in fact true no matter how much people want to rationalize the opposite.

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

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Post by gr8painz »

nkrisc wrote: post #92
sevenzero wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wicked people will be wicked with or without money.

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

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Post by jazzyjackson »

asimovDev wrote: post #89
fhn wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

your bank owns your money?

yes, I have to apply in advance if I want to withdraw large amounts of cash and it has to be approved.

This is more 'multi-factor authentication' than deciding what you can spend your money on

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

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Post by cobertos »

throw1234567891 wrote: post #81
asimovDev wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Maybe it was a bank transfer.

Those are limited to $25k/day for my current bank. Are those not limited elsewhere?
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