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this post has been making the rounds on Mastodon, for good reason. it’s nominally a post about the governance and community around C++, but (without spoiling too much) it’s written as a journey packed with cathartic sneers at a number of topics and people we’ve covered here before. as a quick preview, tell me this isn’t relatable:

This is not a feel good post, and to even call it a rant would be dismissive of the absolute unending fury I am currently living through as 8+ years of absolute fucking horseshit in the C++ space comes to fruition, and if I don’t write this all as one entire post, I’m going to physically fucking explode.

fucking masterful

an important moderator note for anyone who comes here looking to tone police in the spirit of the Tech Industry Blog Social Compact: lol

  • rook@awful.systemsEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s a long read, but a good one (though not a nice one).

    • learn about how all the people who actually make decisions in c++ world are complete assholes!
    • liking go (the programming language) correlated with brain damage!
    • in c++ world, it is ok to throw an arbitrary number of highly competent non-bros out of the window in order to keep a bro on board, even if said bro drugged and raped a minor!
    • the c++ module system is like a gunshot wound to the ass!
    • c++ leadership is delusional about memory safety!
    • even more assholes!

    Someone on mastodon (can’t remember who right now) joked that they were expecting the c++ committee to publicly support trump, in the hopes he would retract the usg memory safety requirements. I can now believe that they might have considered that, and are probably hoping he’ll come down in their favour now that he’s coming in.

            • jimmy90@lemmy.worldEnglish
              01·
              2 months ago

              you know that joke people make about reddit and lemmy where people don’t read the articles

              you know why it’s funny because nobody reads the articles

              you know why people use reddit and lemmy because they don’t have to read the articles because people summarize the source material accurately in the title and summary

              do you read every single article you vote or comment on

              are you a troll

              • self@awful.systemsOPEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                why in the fuck are you back

                why in the fuck did you think that bragging about not reading the article was a good move?

                oh well, the mysteries of jimmy90 we’ll never find out

                but before you go:

                you know that joke people make about reddit and lemmy where people don’t read the articles

                this isn’t a joke you’re in on, you’re being made fun of. the only joke is how much you don’t get that.