Posts by jonbodner@noc.social
 (DIR) Post #ASfiCljc1zt3i7SxFY by jonbodner@noc.social
       2023-02-13T13:44:40Z
       
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       @otte_homan @seanmcbeth @davidgerard The telemetry proposal is intended to gather data about what platforms (OS/hardware) people are using to build Go programs and what compiler features they are using. https://research.swtch.com/telemetry-uses describes potential uses. https://research.swtch.com/telemetry-design describes the proposed design.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfiCn398r6fmzc4Ku by jonbodner@noc.social
       2023-02-14T12:54:07Z
       
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       @zero @otte_homan @seanmcbeth @davidgerard Probably because that’s not a valid argument. They could do lots of things in the future. What does that have to do with the current proposal? Slippery slope arguments are non falsifiable because they assume knowledge of the future. I understand concerns about Google, since their business model is gathering data on people to sell ads against that data. But that’s not what’s happening here.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfibClnAOoiVb8aTw by jonbodner@noc.social
       2023-02-14T13:44:23Z
       
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       @seanmcbeth @zero @otte_homan @davidgerard it’s hard to have an argument that rises above the level of ad hominem attack without the rules of logic. But they can be funny, I guess. https://youtu.be/xpAvcGcEc0k
       
 (DIR) Post #ASfnVd0bCLGHv7Duvg by jonbodner@noc.social
       2023-02-14T14:37:33Z
       
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       @seanmcbeth @zero @otte_homan @davidgerard That’s not quite my point. My point is that they have currently done nothing but propose a pretty limited way to find out if they can obsolete some compiler features. It doesn’t even exist yet. It’s good to be skeptical. But people have invented wild fantasies of what the proposal contains and have already decided what will most certainly be done. There’s no point in engaging in that case.