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Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by ang_cire on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:27AM (#40196609)
Seriously. How do you write an entire post and not pin down one single person, place, thing, opinion, etc?

The only conclusion I can draw, as to why an author would choose to write only in generalities, is that any concrete facts or statements would be weaker under scrutiny, or less well received, than the uneasy benefit of the doubt that we extend someone making vague, unfalsifiable claims.

Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by KingMob on Monday April 29, 2024 @07:41AM (#40197083)
This goes into more details, with receipts: https://github.com/KFearsoff/nix-drama-explained
Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by ang_cire on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:32PM (#40238142)
Thank you, this is much better.
Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by nebulous1 on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:42AM (#40196688)
I think this is written for the people in the Nix community. It's not intending to be an explainer for people outside it.
Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by ang_cire on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:46AM (#40196703)
That doesn't really change anything, unless they're intentionally trying to be obfuscatory to people outside the community.

I don't want news I read about groups I'm a part of to be vague to the point of confusion either.

Re:Nix: The Breaking Point by nebulous1 on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:50AM (#40196727)
Sure, but is that not on whoever posted it here? I mean, the original author is clearly entitled to make a post for the Nix community, right? It's not like every communication on the matter has to contain a history of events.

I should be clear: my original thoughts when reading it were exactly the same as yours.