Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 2/8/25 6:41 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-02-08, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
 

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 

On 2025-02-08, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
 

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 08/02/2025 07:36, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

IMHO, a lot of this is just "busy work" from
    people looking for something to do. Their
    idea of "better" means "better for ME - and
    screw YOU". It's not better for the average,
    or even professional, user.

 I always loved that description of a piece of software:
"It's a great improvement on its successors."
 <snip>
 

I am fascinated by the fact that when it comes to programming, there can
be an enormous disconnect between academic programmers, and a guy in his
room who just pounded out the code and got the work done.
 I'm not saying he did it in the most "elegant" way or the best documented
way, but I do claim that in many instances, the guy without the official
training is able to do it.

 And, in the end, his solution might be the more elegant one,
in that it takes all sorts of real-world factors into account.
 

Reminds me of when I went to university. I often had to help the A
students with their practical assignments, and I got it done. On the
theory part however, they were always the A students.

 My university computer science courses left me quite disillusioned.
Between my second and third years I managed to land a summer job
programming in a small shop in the real world.  For my third year
I arranged my schedule so that I had Thursdays off, and continued
to work at my part-time programming job.  There was no fourth year -
I dropped out and went full-time, and have been programming ever since.

 Were you successful? Did you become a powerful technologist with wealth
and many women?

 I found a niche job.  Not wealthy, not hurting.  And one woman is enough.
I have strange ideas of success, so that'll do.

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>
 I went from niche to niche - and had fun. Vast wealth
 was never one of my goals.
>
 As I said to 'D' - not everybody defines "success"
 the same way.
>

This is the truth! I knew a guy once who by now is probably in the several 100 millions of USD range. He sold his startup to IBM after 12 years and invested part of the money in a nature reserve for sea turtles.
I always wonder about his current life style and if he still lives in the same apartment he did when I met him?
After the regular golden handcuff period, he started another started, his 5:th I think. Will be interesting to see if he will sell it to IBM in another 12 years. =)