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Real examples here? (discuss.tchncs.de)

Friend who is not a software person sent me this tweet, which amused me as it did them. They asked if "runk" was real, which I assume not.

But what are some good examples of real ones like this? xz became famous for the hack of course, so i then read a bit about how important this compression algorithm is/was.

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[-] OmgItBurns@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

What's going on with that guy?

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He was having financial issues in 2018 no clue if things have gotten better I can only assume it has as there's been releases since then.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

He was forced to move from California back to Minnesota cause he couldn't afford life on the west coast anymore.
Recently he stated in an interview that it's getting tight in Michigan, too.
But he still has a hobby of restoring old cars from the 60's so he's not starving.
I'm donating a monthly amount to him (roughly the equivalent of what I'd pay for an M365 subscription), cause IMO Slackware needs to survive.
Unfortunately, he'd need about 200 regular donaters like that to live off, and Slackware's user base probably isn't large enough for that anymore.

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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