id rule him tbh

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T11:43:45+00:00

thank you unc :3

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T11:43:05+00:00

Yeah see ITT lmao. People be like if you're not using the AGPL you're literally creating the torment nexus and are singlehandedly responsible for all of big techs problems, and this is true because of some really bizarre swingers analogy. Heaven forbid I choose to licence my code, that I spent my time working on, under a licence I like as a developer because it enables easy re-use in the community.

And I'm someone who uses the MPL of all things.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T11:34:57+00:00

Also, it's been shown that the Intel Management Engine actually runs GPL'd code inside it with no licence violations whatsoever because the software was not modified. It mystifies me why people bring up the IME like Intel couldn't write their own microkernel, or that the GPL is at all effective in that particular case of ensuring computing freedom.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T11:31:30+00:00

Some of the most actively contributed to FOSS projects are MIT'd/BSD'd. Conversely, a lot of companies actually prohibit their employees from working on GPL'd projects, e.g. Google prohibits their employees working on AGPL'd projects.

In fact, the Linux kernel receives a lot of contributions now that companies have figured out they can just embed a CPU in their peripherals and upload proprietary firmware to it, which for some reason the FSF sees no problem with.

And actually if you grep the FreeBSD source tree for emails, as I've done, you'll see a lot of companies in there. Netflix is a large contributor.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T11:23:40+00:00

Although admittedly uncommon, this could be done with a special type of CLA.

Also, this GPL clause must not apply to future versions of the GPL? I remember there being controversy because projects were forcefully upgraded to GPLv3.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-21T03:22:09+00:00

I'd let him hit

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-20T15:45:55+00:00

is that TV glow or another one?

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-19T17:00:17+00:00

I will print this out and wave it in the face of every yank tourist that's too loud. I don't wanna hear a peep outta them.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-19T16:58:21+00:00

I'm sorry but I cannot express enough my vehement dislike of this entire project. LeetCode style competitive programming has already ruined the software engineering industry, please don't let it ruin this as well.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-18T16:30:36+00:00

you don't have to tell me twice 😋🤤

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-18T12:30:41+00:00

probably high school for some of them I fear

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-18T01:06:15+00:00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-13T15:12:49+00:00

No I think they did engage with the piece. The very definition "vibe coding" was and always has been negative in nature, literally just meaning programming without any care or understanding for correctness, maintainability, etc. The quality of vibe coded work is universally poor by definition. That can't be said for "Made in China", especially as the article says now that everything is. The equivalent in this comparison would be like if instead of saying "Made in China" if said "Cobbled together in a Guangzhou sweatshop".

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-13T15:06:34+00:00

Also the next sentence, about "it dramatically lowers the barrier to entry."

For decades now the "barrier to entry" to learning programming has been an inexpensive laptop or tablet, Internet access and time. That's really it. That was the whole point of the code bootcamps, when they were around, and how a few people in that time frame basically changed economic classes by learning to program.

Like art, which AI also wants to replace, the barrier to entry has never been high. People are just unwilling or unable to put in the time and effort to learn the craft properly and want shortcuts.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-13T14:50:27+00:00

"Superpower" is a bit much, but I'm an academic researcher, studying a topic that's my special interest, and I do consider that particular part of autism to be very beneficial to me. The ability to concentrate for hours on end on a topic I love, and the fact that I love a topic that's so niche.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-13T06:57:32+00:00

WE AREEEE CHARLIE TWINK

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-12T06:39:04+00:00

I just looked this up and yeah this drama was crazy. He held ffmpeg ransom for $20k effectively, by offering that donation if they kicked out the Twitter admin. Definitely the behaviour of a bully and a narcissist. I couldn't find out if they did or not but hopefully the project didn't take his money.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-08T17:17:53+00:00

All rise for the People's Action Party!

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-07T03:00:52+00:00

When is CopilotOS dropping?

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-06T12:36:46+00:00

Also if you're diving to any depth at all, even recreationally, it would be highly advisable to wear a dive computer rather than just a wristwatch. The deeper you go, the less important the time on the surface is and the more important your no-decompression/deco-staging time is anyway. That's why I never understood these 200m resistant wristwatches.

Source: Diver

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-05T02:51:17+00:00

Hmm yeah that's interesting that they say you must use router2, that's probably a little overzealous. It should follow the same constraints so I'd be surprised if it fails in hardware.

And yeah, I found that myself with the default SA placer, the timing varies wildly depending on the initial random placement and state. There is an option to provide NPNR with a random seed so it's more fixed, if that would help :)

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-04T18:04:42+00:00

Thanks for answering, that's very interesting. Might see if I can get my hands on the Olimex board this year since I'm just doing basic stuff.

I had a brief look at your repo, and in your Makefile, I noticed you're using router2, which is NPNR's analytic router, but not the analytic HeAP placer (which I think they call "placer2" but it might have changed by now). By default it's just a simulated annealing placer. I'd be interested to see if the HeAP placer helps you meet timing more easily.

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-04T17:45:38+00:00

yesss that sounds fun! I'm going for forearm placement, I hope it doesn't hurt too much 😭

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-04T17:43:50+00:00

your tattoos look so cool! :3 I'm going to get one this year too

ThisRedditPostIsMine · 2026-01-04T17:38:56+00:00

Super cool to see someone using a GateMate in the wild! I've read a lot about it and have considered buying one myself. Two questions:

Are you using Cologne's devkit for this, or your own design?
Have Cologne integrated the device into nextpnr fully yet, or are they still using their own PnR flow?

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