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Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by rujkking on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:43PM (#39291577)
Prove “fun” isn’t just an emotional equivocation to burn resources living in one’s nostalgia only to quickly abandon it like numerous attempts at amiga and commodore style OS clones being built for fun in the 00s

If it’s not for modern computer users and lacks a meaningful ecosystem of software and purpose its first worlders avoiding contributing to real work they externalize on others

There’s enough academic wank in the world. Better to focus on pushing computing forward for the aggregate than serve personal ego

Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by zettabomb on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:56PM (#39291766)
Oddly enough, other people find enjoyment in things you might find pointless. Maybe just let them be? Not every waking second needs to be spent on "pushing computing forward" or whatever. Sometimes we just want to do something cool, even if it's useless.
Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by rujkking on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:00PM (#39291825)
Yeah it’s not cool either though :-/

And I mean from my reference you (and the downvoters) just complained about someone having a different opinion than yours so shrug

Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by zettabomb on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:19PM (#39292118)
It's not complaining about having a different opinion, it's that the way you present it is vitriolic. It doesn't matter (at least to me) if you don't like the project or don't see the point. There's just no reason to insult and demean the project and its creators.
Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by meepmorp on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @04:29PM (#39294559)
> and the downvoters

I only downvoted you for whining about downvotes.

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Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by slater on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:19PM (#39295645)
It's also specifically mentioned in the HN guidelines:

"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by rujkking on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @07:09PM (#39296057)
There’s also a bunch there about how targeting others and posting complaints about others makes for uninteresting reading so avoid it

Just saying

Re:How would you build an operating system? (SerenityOS with... by slater on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:02AM (#39298787)
so yeah, don't do that.

just saying