Ropianos

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[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Obviously it's a skill issue but don't you ever make mistakes? If Rust prevents some bugs and makes you more productive, what is not to like? It's a new language and takes time to learn but the benefits seem to outweigh the downsides now and certainly in the long run (compared to C at least).

Maybe Torvalds didn't give in to public opinion but made an informed choice?

The crates are a bit of a problem and I think Rust is a bit overhyped for high-level problems (it still requires manual memory management after all) but those are not principal roadblockers, especially in the kernel.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

There is also AppImage Launcher which works nicely for me. It automatically integrates AppImages into the DE (e.g. search and start menu) and a few other nice things.

https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely! Unfortunately, we are talking about the US. The article even says explicitly:

"Various U.S. presidents considered and approved billions of dollars in arms sales to controversial nations during his tenure — for instance, to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing war in Yemen."

So it's not the first time he's about to make a very questionable choice. Though I guess he knows some details that blur the lines.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

It does sound a bit weird. On the other hand, if he can influence the choices positively, he does have a point. If not him, someone else would take the job. I would have drawn the line somewhere else but I can understand where he is coming from.

And the fact that he resigned means that he has and likely had some moral compass guiding him.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I meant what actually happened is illogical to me. So I'm simply a bit confused and understand that there might be some nuance that I'm missing.

And I think an accidental leak is absolutely possible, it's only that a conscious effort by China and the USA is unrealistic.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just so you know, not only them are reading your response. I appreciate your response.

And as someone that isn't working in the field, I have to admit that it is very illogical that they would conduct gain-of-function research on coronaviruses in a country previously hit by a coronavirus outbreak while violating safety standards. Obviously that's hindsight but shouldn't this be very obviously a bad idea? It's not like the existence of a virus like COVID-19/sarscov-2 was completely unexpected.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

The selling was planned a long time ago right? I think the main problem here is a CEO owning stock in the first place. If he owns stock he will obviously sell it when he no longer thinks it's a good investment. And if it's planned some time ahead it's not exactly inside knowledge. At least I don't think that this is a bad case of insider trading.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

How else do you want to handle a CEO owning stock? From his perspective: He sees hard times coming for Unity so he sells his stock. At the same time he tries to turn the situation around, uncertain if he will succeed.

And AFAIK the trades are public so everyone would know that the CEO is sceptical about the company's future. There are obviously problems with the ToS changes but is the stock selling really all that relevant in this discussion?

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The economy isn't looking that great in Spain right now AFAIK. With high unemployment it could at least be somewhat attractive.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

3,400€/month to be part of some special forces doesn't seem like a good deal? Like, sure. It's a good salary. But for joining a war where about a third of the soldiers already are casualties it seems a bit low. At least if you view them as mercenaries. For volunteers I guess that the ideological reasons play a huge part. But why does the company emphasize that they are only called volunteers to avoid legal issues? The whole thing seems quite sketchy.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I assume you mean casualties? In that case outright deaths would be approximately a third of that.

[–] Ropianos@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

My comment was intended to highlight how fundamentally our views differ and not to start a discussion. I'm aware that my view is not completely neutral but I feel like your view is too different from mine to productively discuss them.

Yes, the Russian economy is doing better than expected but, obviously, a country at war with embargoes and large amounts of the workforce at the front will suffer. And yes, the current counter-offensive is not going as well as planned but the fact that Ukraine even started it and is making, albeit small, gains shows that they are at least on approximately even footing.

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