Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
> Joking aside, this case you're referring to, the opening post is a troll > post in my books, just because one of the reasons for a fork was "spaces > vs tabs". > > On the other hand, you're a troll in my books too; so I'll stop feeding you. Well, everyone is a troll in your book it seems.

Re: [dev] Help to debug window name with special characters

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
Some window name are incomplete on dwm status (screenshot attached). The name is "cut" after the first special character (for example: if a window name is "André Desgualdo Pereira" it will show only "Andr"). Everyone knows that special characters are bloat, duh. Your system must use only use

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
Oh, what a shitshow did I just start with that thread... -- Nikita

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
But at the end of the day, I'm not really interested in trying to forcefully "convert" you (or anyone else) since I believe that people should be able to do what they want with their computers. As if I'm against it. Convert me as much as you'd like to~ But in all seriousness though. I'll try

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
One of the key problems I find today is that of separating bots from humans. If we fail to do so, bots can be innumerable speaking from a vast IPv6 space. All attempts to correct such attack will fail! Once we take a whitelisting approach, that of fixing IPv6 addresses and moving forward with

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
I have analysed this a while ago, so I would point you to this nice article by me. https://humaaraartha.in/sagar/trusting_no_one.html Thanking you Sagar Acharya https://humaaraartha.in I did manage to open you article, although I had to use a VPN. For some reason website doesn't load without

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-05 Thread Nikita Krasnov
If you don't care then why are you here? Please don't take this personally. Controversy is really not the thing I was trying to achieve. I'm on this mailing list to stay in the loop on updates and patches to software I use. Not present evangelical arguments to someone who doesn't know what

Re: [dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-04 Thread Nikita Krasnov
I take a practical approach. I use simple programs when they do the job well, and more complex programs when they get the job done better. Sometimes a simple program can be useful for certain jobs, such as ones involving shell scripting, whereas a complex program may be more useful for example

[dev] Minimalist software. Should I care?

2023-07-04 Thread Nikita Krasnov
Just bear with me on this one, this is not a bait or a troll, I promise. I genuinely fell very confused. What would be the point of using minimalist software if bloated and excessively complex programs completely satisfy all my needs? I am not the kind of person that works directly with

[dev] Am I doing this right?

2023-07-01 Thread Nikita Krasnov
Is this message – an equivalent of a new forum topic or thread? Does anyone even see this? Sorry, first time having conversations this way. Also, is hard-wrapping lines at 80 characters a requirement? I see many people doing this here (I think I also saw Linus Torvalds doing the same in kernel