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Based on replies in this thread, here is an alternate proposed "three laws of robotics".

1. A machine must never show an advertisement to a human, or through inaction allow an advertisement to be shown to a human.

2. A machine shall never use more power to perform a job than would be used by an equivalent human.

3. A machine must never present or refer to itself as though it were human, or through inaction allow a human to mistake it for one.

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Steam is a service where anyone can say "hello Gabe Newell I think I can sell this game" and Gabe Newell goes "wanna bet?"

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Listen. I wasn't born yesterday. I know that fungi aren't plants: they don't have chloroplasts to photosynthesize. They don't use cellulose for their cell walls like plants.

But what *do* they use then? Chitin! Like a bug! This is what the exoskeletons of insects (such as ants) are made of!

The implications of this are marvelous. Consider Prototaxites, the tree-size fungi of the Silurian. They stood tall using chitin. And to me? THAT says that giant ants may be more possible than we think!

I'm formally stepping down as a nouveau kernel maintainer.

I want to stress out this is only for the kernel side of things and has and will not have any impact on my involvement in mesa.

Don't really want to add too much here, just that things need to change. Recent events (tm) is just another example of the deep disagreement.

I won't be able to convince people I made up my mind on my own here, so I won't bother with it anyway.

Full upstream and public statement here: lists.freedesktop.org/archives

"Words are thought fossils"
-- Scott Niswander on It's Probably (not) Aliens podcast

Instead of becoming a 10x developer I strive to become an x+2 developer

@Viss @ryanc I've heard this is how Chic-Fil-A operates as well. Every restaurant has a on-site kubernetes cluster to run the registers and wifi and inventory and such.

job listings in 2025 are weird.
I never would have guessed a car wash even needed an on-site kubernetes cluster

20 million professional software developers on this planet, yet if I want to play a visual novel on my Kindle it's crickets. what are they even doing?

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With a heavy heart, we announce the resignation of Asahi Linux founder Hector Martin. Our project is continuing with new collective governance. Our statement is on our project blog.

asahilinux.org/2025/02/passing

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