On Saturday, 29 August 2020, at 6:01 PM, Lucas Francesco wrote:
> Leo, best of luck on the distro though, I'd really like 9 to be niche-popular
> but I don't think translating stuff is the way to go, if it wasn't for covid
> I was going to start lecturing about it at the uni I'm in but with prio
On Sunday, 30 August 2020, at 10:32 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote:
> No we don't. We like to claim we do, but really we're just pretending
prior training is intuition. It's fine if you want software that works
the way you're used to, but let's not pretend it's natural law, please.
Friendly on average
On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 09:29:01PM -0400, Leonardo wrote:
> > User-friendliness is difficult to establish precisely.
> Yes, it's an abstract and subjective thing, but on average we know what is.
No we don't. We like to claim we do, but really we're just pretending
prior training is intuition. It
> Wouldn't that be true for any software that somehow diverges from the
conventional/mainstream practices?
That's true for common people, indeed.
> User-friendliness is difficult to establish precisely.
Yes, it's an abstract and subjective thing, but on average we know what is.
For example, have
On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 6:54 PM Leonardo wrote:
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> On Saturday, 29 August 2020, at 4:55 PM, Iruatã Souza wrote:
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> As another historical note, for a number of years (2006 to 2009 iirc) Plan 9
> reached the peak of 3 regular users in Brazil. Others came and went, but
> those 3 are responsible f
On Saturday, 29 August 2020, at 4:55 PM, Iruatã Souza wrote:
> As another historical note, for a number of years (2006 to 2009 iirc) Plan 9
> reached the peak of 3 regular users in Brazil. Others came and went, but
> those 3 are responsible for at least abaco, the initial python port, and the
>