M1ch431

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[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Social media is virtual town hall and a place for many to vent and deal with their emotions - not everybody is perfect and uses the internet the way you approve of. It's truly no different in essence than the LKML or other public-facing communication platforms - it just has more voices and more free engagement. We can be big people who express ourselves any way we'd like as long as we respect others the way we'd like to be respected.

I don't advocate for shaming because I wouldn't want it done to me, but I don't see Hector acting in bad faith, and their actions are questionably hostile because Hector clearly wavered in their approach. They are under a lot of stress and are obviously motivated by the feelings of the other R4L maintainers and their issues - Hector's good faith and empathy is plain to see. They are very upset that others are being disrespected, that their work is being unnecessarily questioned, and that their efforts overall are likened to a "cancer" while people openly stand in their way.

Did Hector disrespect the maintainer in question? Did Hector call people to action in order to shame the maintainer in question? Their initial intention did matter, of course, and I was not able to read the drama in question on social media because it appears to be removed. Hector certainly wanted the maintainer removed, which I don't personally agree is ideal or fair, but it's not their decision and it's not social media's decision.

On the flip-side in this instance, I similarly see somebody who brings up valid issues with splitting the codebase accompanied by a lot of emotions spilling out (like seeing Rust as a cancer, and vowing to stop it from spreading in the codebase further), but I personally fail to see how that is their problem if the code isn't going to involve them. It's up to Linus and the larger LKML community to discuss the form in which Rust will take in the Linux kernel.

Clearly a discussion that could be had with Hector included, but there is a lot of hostility towards larger public focus coming from Linus, and he effectively shut the discussion down and accused Hector of being the problem. There certainly are problems all around, from my perspective, but all of that could've been resolved, and still can.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

trying to jam their code everywhere using methods that rival the cia simple field sabotage manual.

I am aware of the manual, but I fail to see how adding to a codebase is "sabotage" if it's all generally seen as fine by the project lead - it's far from a hostile takeover.

Would a CIA saboteur even want memory safety as a rule? Just speculating, but I'd say that's unlikely.

Edit: I changed the order of the sentences, as it was not intentionally ordered, and slightly clarified my second thought.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

Rust seems to be imperative for security. I hope people in the Linux kernel community put aside their differences and find common ground for the benefit of everyone.

From my perspective as an outsider, there is a lot of apparent hostility and seemingly bad faith engagements going on in this space. Hopefully the reasons are innocuous like them just not wanting to learn a new language, to avoid increasing their workload, or to simply avoid working with the Rust team for whatever reasons they might have.

I would argue that anybody standing in the way of progress and increased security should be moved out of the way. No need for shaming or deep dives, just move the ship forward.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't think there is any need to reserve or control your feelings - love freely however you'd like to be loved to everyone you encounter. If somebody doesn't hold love or respect for you in some form, I'd say that they probably aren't suited to being in a relationship with you, platonic or otherwise.

See loving somebody as not possessing/owning them or controlling them. If you are the best fit with somebody, you'll both know it and it'll click at some point. You'll both come to the understanding that you'd rather not be with anybody else on the journey you both share and mutually chose to be on.

Loosen up and be patient, honest, and direct. Give space to your potential love interests. If you think it would help, I'd also suggest seeing people you are very passionate about as friends you have feelings for, instead of love interests - just don't overextend yourself or give what you don't have to give.

Trust yourself, and trust that when everything feels right, you'll both open up at the best moment and define a proper relationship and healthy boundaries. If you truly have built trust and rapport with somebody, whatever you create with them will be a beautiful and fulfilling thing and there will be no room for jealousy or doubt because it's simply not necessary.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Awesome, thanks for adding the settings!

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm asking out of genuine curiosity, what are they doing besides shaming others? What's done is done - we are here now.

If they had constructive or productive intentions it could apply to the current moment even with Trump in office.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

Just curious, if Kamala did the same arms transfer shortly after getting elected; how would you respond or what would you do?

Would you assure others that she is working tirelessly on a ceasefire despite her vow to always give them the ability to defend themselves?

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, surely with programs like PRISM and the NSA, and corporations collecting information about literally every aspect of our lives with every device we purchase...they are just trying to sell us ads.

Our ruling power structure is paranoid, our government is rogue and largely does not serve US citizens (only the ruling elite), they maintain control by invoking fear, division, outrage, and stress in the population and they count on our learned helplessness and slave mentality. They want us to be depressed, they want us to be chronically ill and tired, they want us to be poor and struggling, and most importantly they want us to think we're the "good guys" fighting the "bad guys".

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 50 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'd prefer to see people screenshot/crop and also link to an archived version or a frontend. These services (X, Instagram, Meta, etc.) often require you to login for a lot of things (including seeing posts) and also block VPNs.

It definitely is harmful to Lemmy's userbase to click on these links, but I also don't think we should create a walled garden. Users can always choose to use solutions like LibRedirect.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Shh, you must be wracked with guilt because of all of your sins. Think about all the privilege one enjoys in first-world countries because corporations have single-handedly solved all of the world's problems. /s

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It must be very frustrating to be a Stellaris modder. Unfixable, vanilla/DLC desyncs in multiplayer are also another big issue in this title and (to a lesser extent now) with Hearts of Iron IV (similar engine).

CK3 and (especially) Victoria 3 are in a much better state when it comes to desyncs. I wonder if it's laziness to identify issues or just older versions of the engine not performing or getting improvements backported.

In Stellaris, it's so bad that the mod developers work with Paradox to fix what they can, but with the desync logs being so vague, it's usually very hard to identify the specific issues causing the mismatch between players.

[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I do like that you signal-boosted Mullvad Browser. I think it's a great option. And I hope somebody sees this post and gives the team a hand.

Projects like LibreWolf and Mullvad Browser are important because user settings being roughly the same across a userbase helps you to blend in. Even extensions you install can be used to fingerprint you.

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