From 8f756bbc03ede2add40eec2dbecd78dfd4d7155c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miloslav Ciz Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:44:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update moar --- just_werks.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ lrs.md | 10 ++++++++-- os.md | 3 +++ update_culture.md | 2 +- 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 just_werks.md create mode 100644 os.md diff --git a/just_werks.md b/just_werks.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e239e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/just_werks.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Just Werks + +"Just werks" (for "just works" if that's not clear) is a phrase used by [noobs](noob.md) to justify using a piece of technology while completely neglecting any other deeper and/or long term consequences. A noob doesn't think about technology further than how it can immediately perform some task for him. + +This phrase is widely used on [4chan](4chan.md)/g, it probably originated there. + +The "just werks" philosophy completely ignores questions such as: + +- **Is there anything better in the long run?** A normie will always prefer a shitty software he can immediately use to a software that would take one day to learn and that would make the task many times easier, comfortable, cheaper etc. +- **Is this affecting my freedom?** A normie doesn't realize that by using proprietary or bloated program will limit the number of people who can maintain, fix and improve his software. +- **Is this affecting my security?** Of course noobs are completely oblivious to the fact that certain types of technology are just plain spyware. +- **How is this affecting my computing in a wider sense?** A normie won't even think about such thing as that using some proprietary format will likely immediately close the door to working with it with a FOSS program, or that installing a specific OS will limit what programs he can run. +- **Am I becoming a slave to this technology?** By adopting something proprietary and/or bloated I am slowly becoming dependent on an ecosystem that's completely under control of some corporation, an ecosystem that can quickly change for the worse or even disappear completely. +- **Am I supporting evil?** E.g. by paying to a corporation, letting someone collect data in the background, promoting a bad piece of technology etc. +- **Am I hurting better alternatives by not using them?** E.g. by using a proprietary social network gives one more user to it and one fewer to a potentially more ethical free social network. +- **Is there anything just plain better?** A normie will take the first thing that's handed to him and "just werks" without even checking if something better exists that would satisfy him better. + diff --git a/lrs.md b/lrs.md index cc496ef..0a36e57 100644 --- a/lrs.md +++ b/lrs.md @@ -46,10 +46,16 @@ Apart from this software a lot of other software developed by other people and g - [tcc](tcc.md) - [vim](vim.md) -It is also possible to talk about LRS data formats, standards etc. These might include: +It is also possible to talk about LRS data formats, standards, designs and concepts as such etc. These might include: - [ASCII](ascii.md) +- [bytebeat](bytebeat.md) - [farbfeld](farbfeld.md) - [json](json.md) +- [lambda calculus](lambda_calculus.md) - [markdown](markdown.md) -- [ppm](ppm.md) \ No newline at end of file +- [ppm](ppm.md) +- [reverse polish notation](rpn.md) as opposed to traditional expression notation with brackets, operator precedence and other bloat +- [set theory](set_theory.md) +- [textboards](textboard.md) and [imageboards](imageboard.md) as opposed to [forums](forum.md) (no registration, no users, simple interface) +- [turing machine](turing_machine.md) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/os.md b/os.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ed3f76 --- /dev/null +++ b/os.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# OS + +OS can stand for either [operating system](operating_system.md) or [open source](open_source.md). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/update_culture.md b/update_culture.md index 419ce3b..fc42ead 100644 --- a/update_culture.md +++ b/update_culture.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Update Culture -Update culture is a negative trend in [capitalism](capitalism.md) in which developers of a (typically [bloated](bloat.md)) program or similar product create frequent modifications called "updates" and force users to keep consuming these "updates", e.g. by deprecating or neglecting old versions, or by downright forcing them in code. This is typically manifested by a familiar message: +Update culture is a negative trend in [capitalism](capitalism.md) in which developers of a (typically [bloated](bloat.md)) program or similar product create frequent modifications called "updates" and force users to keep consuming these "updates", e.g. by deprecating or neglecting old versions, dropping [backwards compatibility](backwards_compatibility.md) (e.g. [Python](python.md)) or by downright forcing updates in code. This is typically manifested by a familiar message: *Your software is too old, please update to the newest version.*