This is so true tho
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All tec innovations come from Ronald. Steve Jobs just finds ways to explain it to non-tec people and then they charge them to access it.
Bless Ronald
Our math depends on him 🙏
Written in hand-optimized assembly with individual implementation for every CPU on the planet, with integer division function in 10000 lines of code impelented with XOR and bit-shifting which is somehow 0.3% faster than CPU built-in division operation.
He had to de-optimize the init sequence because the little trick he added that caused the init sequence to return a little power to the grid instead of taking it was causing grid stability issues because the returned power from offices starting up was a bit higher than the extra power required for factory startup weekday mornings.
I love that this is an actual possibility.
Not sure if it’s part of the joke but that word means “jerk” (as in “jerk off”) in Swedish.
So a perfect open source name then.
Runk that hog, swedish boy.
pojke/kille/grabb/gosse = boy/dude/guy/kiddo, so have fun with that. 😂
The myth of Steve Jobs needed the actual genius of others to exist. Steve’s gift to the world was recognizing and pointing out actual gifts tonthe world that would have otherwise gone unoticed or not brought to their full potential.
I think it’s worth noting there’s few people like Jobs and more like Gates but they’re all psychopaths.
Those were both exploitative business men more than engineers or developers. Jobs wasn’t special and there’re reasons why Microsoft boosted Gates to be the richest person in the world at one point.
For a long time all systems which deal with timezone data (like ability to convert utc to est for example) was reliant on 1 server in 1 random guy’s basement which he paid for himself. I heard they were working to correct this situation but haven’t been following it.
You sent me down the exact kind of weird rabbit hole I love. Genuinely thank you.
It’s maintained by the IANA now (the same people who basically run the modern Internet, saying what domains are allowed and such for those who don’t know). Though Arthur David Olson (the man you mentioned) still contributes his expertise and data.
You’re probably thinking of Paul Eggert.
Ah. He must be a KDE contributor as well.
They are real people
XZ Utils (maintained single-handedly by Lasse Collin) is widely regarded as the most critical infrastructure library run by one person. Its near-catastrophic compromise in 2024 revealed how global digital security hinges on solo, thanklessly managed open-source projects. Other major examples include cURL (Daniel Stenberg) and SQLite (D. Richard Hipp)
When I last talked to Richard he had company to work on SQLite. It was like four people.
SQLite is still deployed on everything, everywhere. You browser. Your phone. Macs. Half of Linux machine. Your airplane. It’s super impressive.
It’s lite architecture makes it the only valid option to not having to deploy a full on postgre
I mean, what’s the alternative aside from spinning up a MariaDB for your small local app? I can still remember the swamp of .ini files some older programs used for this or the totally overblown Windows Registry. Not a good time.
Pretty sure lots of projects use json files, before that it was probably XML. Are those good or even decent alternatives? Probably depends on the amount of data …
By gods, the interactive one is great!
It’s more often not the “face” that’s the crux, it’s the geek. Make nice with the actual casters. 🖖🏼
Fabrice Bellard is ten Ronalds.
FFmpeg and QEMU? Holy shit!
I had no ideaIs QEMU simply a VM?
I would say so? It’s an emulator and I personally use it to manage KVM on Linux. Makes my life easier.
Not really sure about the precise details, sorry
and tcc, which while maybe not as ‘important’, is extremely cool.
thanks Daniel Stenberg!
Everyone who understands Norwegian love the name Ronald chose for his invaluable tool.
Came here to say this (no pun intended)
But pun gladly taken nonetheless
Yeah, I was just going to be mysterious and write sniggers in Norwegian, but I guess there’s no point in that now :c
I don’t know a word of Norwegian but I know the internet.
For the uninitiated: well, let’s just say. jorkin it.
and by “it”… hehe, well lets just say… my digits
Ronald is indescribably more important than any tech billionaire could ever hope to be. So let’s raise a glass and give out a hardy thank you to all the Ronalds of the world!
Too bad all the tech billionaires profit from Ronald’s work while he does it for free.
“Ronald” is all of us.
I am Ronald
