Re:Taylor – Swift on bare metal
by klange on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @03:08AM
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I'm the author. This wasn't something anyone was supposed to 'find', it's not even really a 'project', just a quick hack to demonstrate a point; I don't even think it's valid to say the project name is "taylor", it's just the name of the repository - I probably should have just called it "swift-on-baremetal" or something equally boring. I have a history of my stupid little 'projects' showing up on HN.
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Please don't let the anti-fun brigade on HN stop you.
Re:Taylor – Swift on bare metal
by lucasnemeth on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @07:48AM
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You should be proud of your creative projects and funny names!
I dont use Swyft, so definitely have no interest in running it bare metal... but the name is brilliant. It made me click on the link. Just had to tell you that!
I'm curious as to what kind of bare metal is meant. From the “ elf_i386” target I infer it's some kind of Linux machine?
The code in the repository builds a multiboot-compatible x86 "kernel" that can be booted with GRUB or iPXE or any number of other bootloaders supporting the format.
Maybe we need a rule about submitting other people's projects? Even though I don't mind if people check out/use my public GitHub repos I would not want them submitted on HN by someone else.
A lot of the best "finds" come from finding stuff in other peoples projects that they didn't think was worth submitting. It'd be a shame to lose that.
Yeah I get that but maybe it'd be worth checking in with the repo owner before submitting it or something? I dunno. I don't see any easy solution.
If there's a reason to think there's something wildly controversial there, perhaps, but if you've put it in a public repo I really don't think that should be a requirement. Especially given that there are several places where you can repos private for free if you don't want people to give it more attention than you planned.
Re:Taylor – Swift on bare metal
by unethical_ban on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:08AM
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The submitter seems to be a spammer for submitting stories to HN that don't generate much utility.
Re:Taylor – Swift on bare metal
by unethical_ban on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @04:54PM
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I should clarify that I'm not insulting the linked projects; I'm pointing out the limited discussion and large number of submissions the submitter gives.