runbsd

this is nightmare inducing

there is always a relevant xkcd!

"slow is smooth, smooth is fast" - not sure where the origin is, perhaps military, but some of my friends/coworkers have laughed when I said this before. To me, personally, it has always turned out to be true. When you're working on something, don't rush it, take the time to do it right. This typically saves time in the long run because you tend to avoid rework.

This guy Jocko Willink talks about discipline = freedom, I think he wrote a book or two (retired NAVY seal).

A lot of other "bleeding edge" technologies that blow up and become difficult to use end up with new abstractions, and then abstractions for the abstractions, and the original problem the tool was meant to solve is now not the focus any longer.

I live in a small town, about 20min away from the larger city, with FTTH and reasonable cost of living. There are disadvantages to living in the country (you have to drive everywhere), but it's just a balance.I definitely enjoy zero crime, no traffic, fresh air and a large lot so I am not crammed with my neighbors. The downside is that I can't walk everywhere, but that is fine.

Indeed, it breeds apathy. After a while you literally give up on making improvements because nobody else cares to do so, and you just hit massive walls every time you attempt to make change. The best thing you can do is find a different place to work, or start your own business.

Thanks, this is really useful info for someone who wants to learn C coming from Pyhon, etc.

Working at Bell Labs in the 70s/80s must have been interesting.

You could probably have the PDF printed online, there are some services out there that will do it for relatively cheap.

The original maintainer (creator) did an excellent job for 10+ years. Here is his response: https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/issues/992#issuecomment-683...

Especially OpenSSH...

I cannot tell if legit or fear mongering.