Here’s my untested pile of shit. Have fun playing with my shit.
Distributing code to hundreds of millions of devices without formal proof should be banned by law, because they can’t see how stupid it is by themselves.
Proofs of concept are a very common thing everywhere. Sometimes it’s easier just to show code instead of explaining everything, which was the case here.
I think proof of concepts are a waste of time for everyone involved, unless the person actually completes the work. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of some guy whining to get help only to get the credits later for it being “his idea”.
I think any person who thinks writing such code manually is a good idea for many different devices lacks intelligence. Apparently, Torvalds thinks he has done something useful, which only signals to me how far out of touch he is with modern engineering.
It’s annoying that so many people are so stupid these days. An Internet on which not every moron could go, must have been paradise.
I’m wondering who actually is out of touch here. You don’t seem to understand fundamental concepts and instead of thinking about what a “proof of concept” is, why they exist and what benefits they bring.
Nobody knows you and by that you didn’t contribute anything to the global community but seem to think that you are more accomplished than Linus Torvalds. Do you even know who that person is?
He says this because he kind of ignorantly (his own wordage) wrote in machine code for quite some time before realizing assembly was a thing. So for Linus inline assembly is to machine code as python is to c for a lot of us.
Yes, he’s a genius but I kept thinking “damn, the ego on this guy” while reading that.
I love Linux, and thus, I love Linus… But he has a very large ego, there’s nothing wrong in pointing out reality. That’s just who he is. At least his ego matches his skill, which is something rare. He deserves to be cocky, he earned it.
You’ll get downvoted here because most programmers have elevated egos and think this is normal behavior.
That’s not being pretentious, that’s being blunt. I personally as a dev, appreciate that.
If you think the code can be improved you should say that, and exactly why that’s the case.
When you’re mistaken you should be able to take the criticism.
Your mission as a dev is to write the ideal code, and being overly polite can stand in the way of that.
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Here’s my untested pile of shit. Have fun playing with my shit.
Distributing code to hundreds of millions of devices without formal proof should be banned by law, because they can’t see how stupid it is by themselves.
To be fair, he merged the original version and not his own… at least not yet until it have been properly tested.
It’s good that he says it’s not tested, but the point of sharing code that potentially doesn’t work, escapes me, other than as a hobby.
Proofs of concept are a very common thing everywhere. Sometimes it’s easier just to show code instead of explaining everything, which was the case here.
I think proof of concepts are a waste of time for everyone involved, unless the person actually completes the work. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of some guy whining to get help only to get the credits later for it being “his idea”.
I think any person who thinks writing such code manually is a good idea for many different devices lacks intelligence. Apparently, Torvalds thinks he has done something useful, which only signals to me how far out of touch he is with modern engineering.
It’s annoying that so many people are so stupid these days. An Internet on which not every moron could go, must have been paradise.
I’m wondering who actually is out of touch here. You don’t seem to understand fundamental concepts and instead of thinking about what a “proof of concept” is, why they exist and what benefits they bring.
Nobody knows you and by that you didn’t contribute anything to the global community but seem to think that you are more accomplished than Linus Torvalds. Do you even know who that person is?
He says this because he kind of ignorantly (his own wordage) wrote in machine code for quite some time before realizing assembly was a thing. So for Linus inline assembly is to machine code as python is to c for a lot of us.
One of my oldest programming books is all about using machine language to program.
https://vintageapple.org/apple_ii/pdf/Apple_Machine_Language_1981_(raw-bw).pdf
At the time, even assemblers cost money. I remember saving up for Merlin which is an assembler for the Apple II.
I relax by listening to my HDD spinning. Which technically is a lower level than assembly.
that sound arouses me tbh
8 Hours of defrag | hard disk defragmentation ASMR | Hard Disk Sound Effect | HDD sounds
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KR3TbL3Tl6M
😁
As usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit.
“Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon”
That this is a big thing seems wild to me.
Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
Yes, he’s a genius but I kept thinking “damn, the ego on this guy” while reading that.
I love Linux, and thus, I love Linus… But he has a very large ego, there’s nothing wrong in pointing out reality. That’s just who he is. At least his ego matches his skill, which is something rare. He deserves to be cocky, he earned it.
You’ll get downvoted here because most programmers have elevated egos and think this is normal behavior.
the dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.
I know. He’s a legend. And I respect his work. He doesn’t need to brag.
And yet he does.
That’s not being pretentious, that’s being blunt. I personally as a dev, appreciate that.
If you think the code can be improved you should say that, and exactly why that’s the case. When you’re mistaken you should be able to take the criticism.
Your mission as a dev is to write the ideal code, and being overly polite can stand in the way of that.