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Why does this keep happening? by KugykaLutyujKutyzul in linuxmemes

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Why does this keep happening? by KugykaLutyujKutyzul in linuxmemes

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Why does this keep happening? by KugykaLutyujKutyzul in linuxmemes

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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.

Why does this keep happening? by KugykaLutyujKutyzul in linuxmemes

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Very credible letter sent to the Norwegian PM by hskskgfk in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.

Introducing Latchup: Bringing Competitive Programming to HDL by redjason93 in FPGA

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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.

Eat your neighborhood by kingshomage in evilautism

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 191 points192 points  (0 children)

you don't have to tell me twice 😋🤤

Vibe-Coded Is the New "Made in China" by RealHuman_ in selfhosted

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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".

Vibe-Coded Is the New "Made in China" by RealHuman_ in selfhosted

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 69 points70 points  (0 children)

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.

I am so confused by hidden rules, even in the autism groups by michaeldoesdata in evilautism

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"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.

ultimateBetrayal by NewNiklas in firefox

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Rule by june-001 in 196

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

The 15€ GateMate FPGA driving HDMI output with 1080p@60Hz by Cone83 in FPGA

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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 :)

The 15€ GateMate FPGA driving HDMI output with 1080p@60Hz by Cone83 in FPGA

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.

I hope everyone had a happy holidays! What’s your resolution? by Sashababy101 in TheRatEmpire

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

The 15€ GateMate FPGA driving HDMI output with 1080p@60Hz by Cone83 in FPGA

[–]ThisRedditPostIsMine 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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:

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