i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
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@daviddoes @datarama @eniko I am of the generation that built our own crystal radios using a bit of mineral rock or anthracite coal. But I should not have to build my own fucking toaster to make toast without an app!
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@eniko We were once taught in computer science to attempt to refine our code to tight, elegant, complete solutions. Very small chunks of software that were complete and conceptually clear. Early on, that was required because the memory and storage resources were strictly limited. When did we decide that just because the limits were off, our coding should be complex, nasty, unreadable, and should suck?
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@alice oh I'm so glad to hear you like them
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@maia @eniko @pouncy_panda
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@pouncy_panda eh, that one's a bit different from mine so i wouldn't jump to conclusions
though even if someone copied it verbatim, in this case i'd probably just be happy to see this thought spreading further
Similar content, and adjacent in theme ( ? if that's the right term ) certainly not verbatim.
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@banjofox @eldersea @maia @eniko @pouncy_panda
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@banjofox @eldersea @maia @eniko @pouncy_panda
Wasn't that guy famously wrong?The one in the painting?
I have no idea.Doesn't really have any affect on how much I like that meme format.
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The one in the painting?
I have no idea.Doesn't really have any affect on how much I like that meme format.
@banjofox @eldersea @maia @eniko @pouncy_panda
Possibly not "famously wrong", just ...
> Freedom of Speech depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen's announced plans to build a new school, as the old one had burned down,[9] was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.[10] Edgerton supported the rebuilding process but was concerned about the tax burden of the proposal, as his family farm had been ravaged by disease.[11] A memory of this scene struck Rockwell as an excellent fit for illustrating "freedom of speech", and inspired him to use his Vermont neighbors as models for the entire Four Freedoms series.[12][13]
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@banjofox @eldersea @maia @eniko @pouncy_panda
Possibly not "famously wrong", just ...
> Freedom of Speech depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen's announced plans to build a new school, as the old one had burned down,[9] was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.[10] Edgerton supported the rebuilding process but was concerned about the tax burden of the proposal, as his family farm had been ravaged by disease.[11] A memory of this scene struck Rockwell as an excellent fit for illustrating "freedom of speech", and inspired him to use his Vermont neighbors as models for the entire Four Freedoms series.[12][13]
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@pouncy_panda eh, that one's a bit different from mine so i wouldn't jump to conclusions
though even if someone copied it verbatim, in this case i'd probably just be happy to see this thought spreading further
I think the follow-up makes it clear: https://donotsta.re/objects/762c34a4-2263-417f-8c1b-4fbb4695fcb0
It's a restatement.
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posts on mastodon can't blow up they said
mastodon has low engagement they said
@eniko I don't know how you do it - if I make a post that gets 10 likes all the notifications bug the crap out of me
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@eniko @pouncy_panda i instantly knew the perfect image for this and knew it had to be done (i used deathgenerator.com)
@maia something tells me @grumpygamer would approve
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko I want to buy software on CD with nice packaging and printed manual.
I want to go back to an era where you buy one release of a piece of software and can use it forever, and updates are another boxset with new features released two years later.
I want software to be tested by an actual QA department, and manuals and CHM help files to be created by technical writers that get paid as much if not more than the developers.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko there is a certain app I use that has daily updates, sometimes several a day. And yet, it works like shit, and in some cases will freeze at startup for 10-15 minutes. Oh and takes a ton of memory and CPU.
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@eniko I’ve now caught up with that cursed level and completed world 5.
I’ve also reached the conclusion that it’s a game for speed runners. Because you can’t be affected by the SMB3-physics-that-won’t-let-you-stop if you never stop.
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i want smaller applications with fewer updates made by people who are paid more to produce less code and i'm not kidding
@eniko how about mine? 18 of 21 are small enough to fit on a floppy disk. https://www.gingerbeardman.com/apps/fits-on-a-floppy/
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@eniko We were once taught in computer science to attempt to refine our code to tight, elegant, complete solutions. Very small chunks of software that were complete and conceptually clear. Early on, that was required because the memory and storage resources were strictly limited. When did we decide that just because the limits were off, our coding should be complex, nasty, unreadable, and should suck?
