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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Obviously it's a skill issue but don't you ever make mistakes? If Rust prevents some bugs and makes you more productive, what is not to like? It's a new language and takes time to learn but the benefits seem to outweigh the downsides now and certainly in the long run (compared to C at least).

Maybe Torvalds didn't give in to public opinion but made an informed choice?

The crates are a bit of a problem and I think Rust is a bit overhyped for high-level problems (it still requires manual memory management after all) but those are not principal roadblockers, especially in the kernel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How else do you want to handle a CEO owning stock? From his perspective: He sees hard times coming for Unity so he sells his stock. At the same time he tries to turn the situation around, uncertain if he will succeed.

And AFAIK the trades are public so everyone would know that the CEO is sceptical about the company's future. There are obviously problems with the ToS changes but is the stock selling really all that relevant in this discussion?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The economy isn't looking that great in Spain right now AFAIK. With high unemployment it could at least be somewhat attractive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

3,400€/month to be part of some special forces doesn't seem like a good deal? Like, sure. It's a good salary. But for joining a war where about a third of the soldiers already are casualties it seems a bit low. At least if you view them as mercenaries. For volunteers I guess that the ideological reasons play a huge part. But why does the company emphasize that they are only called volunteers to avoid legal issues? The whole thing seems quite sketchy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I assume you mean casualties? In that case outright deaths would be approximately a third of that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Sure, that's certainly a valid point. But at the very least it shows that they don't expect the sanctions to stop anytime soon. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that a war with Taiwan is coming.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Country builds up industry to not rely on opposing country in preparation for war.

Maybe we should be slightly concerned about that? IMHO it shows that Chinas ambition for Taiwan are quite serious.