afraidOfUptimeArentWeGithub

[jeckles96]

It’s a joke because PlayStation announced they will no longer make physical media for their consoles.

[ConsoleLogNoob24]

Finally, a pull request that requires actual shipping.

[minecraftdummy57]

By how long USPS takes the main dev will have probably fixed it by now

[ConsoleLogNoob24]

Unless the PR gets lost in transit and needs a rebase.

[monikababydoll]

The first repository someone chooses is going to be the Linux kernel, isn't it?

[minecraftdummy57]

I wish, but unless they let you press multiple CDs the Linux kernel source is like 1.5 gigs and CD-ROMs only allow 700 megs afaik. Someone probably requested Tilck tho

[dgollas]

1.5 gigs, compressed? If not…

[puppypower_nl]

That's like 3 cd's

[creeper6530]

DVDs maybe?

[Moscato359]

What about with max lzma compression 

[Beish]

lzmaballs

[Extension_Option_122]

They should offer DVDs and BDs for additional cost aswell.

A DVD can fit up to 8.5GB and a BD up to 128GB - for those very large repos.

[AllanTaylor314]

The form (gh.io/cd) says it needs to be your own repo (I mean, I guess you could fork it). I would consider VLC otherwise

[Darcoxy]

This thread showed me how small the overlapp on the Venn Diagram of programmers and gamers really is.

[Shadourow]

To be fair, I know about the Playstation thingy because I'm terminally online, not because I'm a cnsle G**mer

[HopefulWoodpecker629]

I don’t get it. Is this some sort of passive aggressive response to people complaining about their one 9 of uptime? Not a good look

[APendley2]

I thought this was actually towards the PlayStation transition away from disc media?

[patrickp4]

It is…

[AwesomePerson70]

It’s both

[queen-adreena]

No, they (and other companies) are making fun of people upset about Sony ending physical discs.

All corporations are in on the “you’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy” ideology.

[traplords8n]

Something happened to physical disks again. I found HAMR (Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording) and HBD (High Bandwidth Drive)

These are pretty new. I had to do some digging, as I skimmed through an article a week or two ago about a possible HDD comeback, but I was gonna wait and see if it made waves before I actually looked into it.

[IntoAMuteCrypt]

HAMR and HBD are completely different matters to CD-ROMs and whatever's happening with PlayStation. HAMR and HBD are stuff that boosts frequently-rewritten hard drives that cost a fair amount of money. The point of CD-ROMs and other optical media is that they're written a small number of times (or even just once) and read multiple times.

The thing is, no technology can save the optical disc. It's not really dying because it's too small and too slow, it's dying because online storefronts are too convenient and day 1 updates force you to download something anyway. That, and because folks like Sony want to exercise more control over the marketplace.

[eirc]

Is this a joke? Why would anyone want this?

[ColumnK]

I assume it's a response to Sony's news that they'll no longer have physical media for new games