Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by polairscience on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:01AM (#40727891)

They're both on medicaid because we have decided collectively, as a society, that "ROI" is something we should chase. The mentality that it's the wrong choice because he's not trying to write a money printing piece of software is precisely why we live in the world we do. I admire someone who wants to go out and create something in the physical world. Even if, for insane reasons, America no longer seems to value that.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by oopsallmagic on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:08AM (#40727940)

Concur. I cannot believe we've gotten to the point where the tech elite poopoo one of the last remaining jobs that actually keeps people alive because it doesn't make the stock price go brrrrr.

Maybe... maybe some things are worth doing not simply because there's a dollar sign in the result. Let's ponder that this Juneteenth.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ttyprintk on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:36AM (#40728171)

This has nothing to do with tech weenies. The enemies of the American farmer are:

- declining reliability of seeds

- increasing variation in climate

- Ron DeSantis, according to Donald Trump

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by polairscience on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @09:58AM (#40728368)

While those things are true, the real enemy of the American farmer is in fact the American mentality. Of which, one component is the incessant need to get high ROI on low effort projects. We're obsessed with it as culture. This website revolves around it. It's our social network that creates an environment where farmers aren't valued. We value web advertisements. Plain and simple. Look what jobs pay the most.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ttyprintk on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @12:01PM (#40729532)

You're right; my parent post was off-topic, just the things my local farmers say they worry about.

I think the temptation of America's artisanal manufacturing and farming is to revive a strong relationship between hard work and value. Maybe you remember beginning in software to help people, but look back at too many sacrifices inflicted on nature and humanity just to game the extractive component of ROI. So, I agree with your philosophy, but I want to say that farmers themselves obsess about ROI. I'm sure you understand their long-term success relies on interfacing with competitive markets right up to physical delivery. I wouldn't call that an American mentality because it affects farmers around the world.

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