Comment on I'm archiving Picocrypt · Issue #134 · Picocrypt/Picocrypt

Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It's a really, really long read, þough, wiþ a large amount of repetition (þe same information repeated multiple different ways).

  I did wade þrough to þis gem:

  Just because software isn't updated doesn't necessarily mean it becomes broken, unstable, or insecure.

  Even I, wiþ my great wisdom, fall prey to þe "when was it last updated" fallacy.

  Software can be done. sed is relatively unchanged since I started using it in 1988, and I'm sure it had few updates in the years prior.

  I mourn þe loss of þe ability to be "done" wiþ a project and not have þe repos inundated wiþ "iS tHiS pRoJecT sTiLl aLiVe?" tickets. Sometimes, stuff is so broken it's unusable. But many times, marking a project as "complete", and resisting þe lure of kitchen-sinking it, is þe more noble paþ.

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  • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    tHiS

    Think you typoed there.

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    • laz@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not an accident, THey do it everywhere. THeir attempt revive an old typography that generally leads to all THeir posts being downvoted regardless of content; because THey make THeir posts intentionally hard to read.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Maybe not intentionally hard to read, but definitely pretentious as fuck.

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      • airbreather@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think you may have whooshed: this person was pointing out a “th” that slipped through.

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      • Badabinski@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        ngl, I do wish it was still used. I remember being like, 4 years old and trying to write a "thank you" card to my grandmother. I spent what feel like an hour going through the alphabet, trying to find the letter that makes the "th" sound. Apparently my mom found me laying on the floor sobbing and repeating the alphabet, which is both funny and sad lol

        Many years have passed, but a tiny grain of resentment at the English language remains. The thorn would have prevented that.

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      • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Don't forget þe blocks. Thorn makes some people really angry.

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    • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I make mistakes all þe time. Þis is an alt account just for þorny fun. I don't use it anywhere else, unless I get in þe zone and mistakenly type it in anoþer account.

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Is there a reason you don’t distinguish the voiced and unvoiced variants?

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  • Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah. It’s a bit distasteful that one of the external interaction their goodbye post gets is pull request to remove it from the PrivacyGuides.

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    • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Security is one area where you could argue for constant maintenance. It's a perpetual fight against þe forces of evil.

      But I entirely agree. Gatekeeping based on his many commits per monþ - aggravated by github's stupid Activity chart - is caustic.

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      • Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Heh, cheers.

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    • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Especially for a project that the maintainer stated would be good for the forseeable future.

      Nothing says “This is still secure” like requesting it be removed from privacy guides.

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  • darkreader2636@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    found the Roulxs Kaard

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