Jan 6, 2024, 17:13 by d...@lynne.ee: > Jan 6, 2024, 12:10 by r...@remlab.net: > >> Le lauantaina 6. tammikuuta 2024, 12.38.28 EET Lynne a écrit : >> >>> Emergencies could happen, but progress must always happen. >>> >> >> Laptops are more prone to breaking, and as already noted less serviceable. >> The >> whole premise is that your current laptop broke after just 2 years, while >> the >> normally (fiscally) expected lifetime of a laptop is 3 years. >> >> Don't get me wrong! I don't deny that emergencies of that sort do happen to >> software engineers. Considering the "running cost" of a skilled software >> engineer, many employers will want to minimise the risk that they get bogged >> down by lack of a development computer, and the inability to carry a laptop >> with them on business trips. >> >> But then, whose emergency would are they exactly? If an entity has dire >> needs >> of your continued ability to work, then they should take the measures and >> costs. That's just not something that the FFmpeg foundation should bare. >> Except maybe for Michael, I think the project will do just fine if any >> developer is out of a computer for a week, to be honest. >> > > A fire would put me out for much more than a week tbh. > Other than that, occasional trips, during which reviews still have to be made. > Plus, power analysis of whether AVX512 helps on current-gen mobile devices. > I don't see this as being too big of a thing to ask for, considering how much > we > have and how much we receive each year, and how very rarely requests are done. > Nor something that deserves a lengthy article on the benefits, ergonomics, > and ongoing maintenance of desktop versus mobile systems. >
As for whether this is a lifestyle choice, we generally pay for anything that involves conferences, from train tickets, planes, parking, and sometimes for location/stand rent. I'm asking for a useful bit of permanent hardware. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".