Hey, Jim! (Waves from my downtown apartment's window at Jim) On Sun., Nov. 1, 2020, 11:51 a.m. Jim DeLaHunt, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2020-11-01 07:07, Marc Erickson wrote: > > https://youtu.be/Q_7tuL0kbCE?t=77 > > > > People are stupid. Each person is stupid in their own way. I'm > somewhat stupid about Linux and I'm very stupid about how to make money in > the stock market. Other people might be smart about the stock market and > Linux - and be stupid about music and Windows, two subjects that I know a > lot about. > > > > If people get cursed for their stupidity, that usually doesn't encourage > them to educate themselves about the matter they're stupid about. Toxic > replies can make people abandon the Linux community completely. That's > what I did the last time I was subjected to similar behaviour. > > > > The world needs more kindness and love, not toxicity. It gets enough > toxicity from us when we're short of sleep, in a bad mood, under stress, > etc. Please be kinder to each other. > > Marc: > > Thank you for this reminder. > > You asked a reasonable question. You should not have been greeted by the > rudeness which some on this list showed to you. I'm sorry that happened > to you. The good-ish news is, you weren't singled out. Various people > on this list are rude enough that lots of people get subjected to it. > > In the video you linked to, @JayTheLinuxGuy makes a very good > suggestion. On a support channel, the people with knowledge should > either provide support, or choose not to reply. But they should not > inject rudeness. > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada > > > > > All the best, > > Marc Erickson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ffmpeg-user [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Matt Zagrabelny via ffmpeg-user > > Sent: October 29, 2020 1:02 PM > > To: FFmpeg user questions <[email protected]> > > Cc: Matt Zagrabelny <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] sudo: ffmpeg: command not found > > > > Reindl, > > > > I'm subscribed to mailing lists that you regularly post to (ffmpeg-user > & systemd-devel). > > > > The manner (negative and condescending) in which you communicate isn't > helpful to those you reply to and it isn't helpful to those who read your > emails. > > > > Please reconsider how you interact with the rest of the communities you > are a part of. > > > > Cordially, > > > > -m > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 2:52 PM Reindl Harald <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Am 29.10.20 um 20:24 schrieb Carl Zwanzig: > >>> On 10/29/2020 12:02 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >>>> * everybody is born to read "ERROR" at the end of configure > >>> Un, no they're not, nor to understand what it means and *whether* > >>> it's relevant. > >> what exactly is hard to understand in teh word "error"? > >> > >>>> * everybody is born to realize that "Try again from the top, git > >>>> clone a fresh working copy" is idiotic - > >>> No they're not, and yet we're always telling people to pull the > >>> latest and try that....Hmm, pick one. > >> yeah, another idiotic bullshit here, not read and not understand but > >> shout "pull the latest" while a trained monkey could realize that > >> "--enable-gnutls" and "gnutls not found" belong together > >> > >> the only sane advive would have been "remobe any --enable you don't > >> understand and in doubt replace it with --disable/--without" > >> > >> if you are missing something later you can always enable whatever but > >> starting with "--enable everything" is dumb, no matter what > >> > >>>> * the error message was even clear > >>> If you actually understand it. > >> understand the word "error" is a good begin > >> > >>>> * using "sudo" in front of everything is idiotic and not relevant > >>>> to ffmpeg, > >>> Idiotic? maybe not. Unwise and unnecessary, probably. > >> it's idiotic type "sudo" and if it#s only because you have more to > >> type > >> > >>> Face it, Reindl, no one is as smart as you or has as much insight or > >>> experience as you do and they never will. You can either be a help > >>> people learn or you can be an ass. All of your emails suggest the > latter. > >>> > >>> Heck, _you_ might even learn something in the process > >> i learned that this world is lost > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ffmpeg-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > >> > >> To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > >> [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". > > _______________________________________________ > > ffmpeg-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". > > > > > -- > . --Jim DeLaHunt, [email protected] http://blog.jdlh.com/ ( > http://jdlh.com/) > multilingual websites consultant > > 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada > Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953 > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
