IRC log for #neo900 on 20150312

00:11.00mvaenskaehow far is the progress? :)
01:13.34Wizzupso what will neo900 use if not systemd? upstart from maemo? openrc?
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02:26.33DocScrutinizer05Neo900 will use what owner installs :-) Somple as that
02:26.38DocScrutinizer05simple even
02:26.52DocScrutinizer05maemo uses upstart
02:27.18DocScrutinizer05when user installs maemo, then Neo900 will use upstart
02:27.42DocScrutinizer05I guess SHT is still using sysv-init
02:27.48DocScrutinizer05SHR*
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07:20.24pabs3https://www.wired.com/2015/03/need-free-digital-hardware-designs/
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13:45.07DocScrutinizer05ohmy, RMS. He's right... as usual
13:45.23DocScrutinizer05in a certain way
13:49.22DocScrutinizer05however I can't 100% agree with him on the moral imperative. I don't think selling software you're not free to share is a crime
13:50.57DocScrutinizer05I rather think you must be allowed to keep your software you paid for in a working useful condition over arbitrary periods of time, even decades
13:54.05DocScrutinizer05and I don't see why there's _any_ difference between analog and digital design in his musing
13:55.57DocScrutinizer05actually when you look close enough, digital is just a special crippled form of analog. IOW all digital design is based on analog components
13:57.34DocScrutinizer05simple obvious hint: you still find resistors and capacitors in digital circuits
14:12.20pabs3I expect he doesn't have enough experience with hardware
14:17.13DocScrutinizer05ponders to design a trinary logic circuit just to puzzle RMS ;-)
14:18.10DocScrutinizer05wait... we already got multilevel flash cells
14:18.23DocScrutinizer05are those digital or analog? ;-P
14:19.58DocScrutinizer05and tbh I'd be surprised when DRAM would use similar principles
14:20.06MonkeyofDoomI thought the relevant distinction was informational vs. physical, not digital vs. analog
14:20.06DocScrutinizer05wouldn't
14:20.16MonkeyofDoom(for RMS)
14:21.00DocScrutinizer05>>Although we need not reject **digital** hardware...<<
14:21.54DocScrutinizer05>>As used here, “digital hardware” includes hardware with some analog circuits and components in addition to digital ones.<<
14:24.09DocScrutinizer05_I_ guess it's done since there (on first thought, at least) are no such things like analog programs he could base his comparison/analogy between sw and hw on
14:24.34DocScrutinizer05OF COURSE there are also analog computers and thus analog programs
14:25.07MonkeyofDoomanalog computers are even rarer than non-electronic digital computers
14:25.23DocScrutinizer05well, depends. You might not see them
14:25.52DocScrutinizer05probably there are more "analog MCU" than digital
14:26.19DocScrutinizer05admittedly with "hardwired firmware"
14:26.34DocScrutinizer05simolar to firmware in ROM for digital MCUs
14:27.08DocScrutinizer05which according to FSF are no software either ;-P
14:27.47DocScrutinizer05SCNR to make a bit of fun of FSF regarding that
14:28.46DocScrutinizer05I'm completely aware of their quandary
14:29.11DocScrutinizer05but it's just too tempting to make some pun on it every now and then
14:29.24DocScrutinizer05;-)
14:31.08DocScrutinizer05starting with a paradigm like "software is binary and can get copied and altered. So it must be free for the user to do that" is often oversimplifying
14:32.01DocScrutinizer05it must be aliwed to make some comments tongue in cheek about the fringe cases
14:32.06DocScrutinizer05allowed*
14:34.31DocScrutinizer05but hey, RMS and FSF are evangelists, not lawyers. So they postulate commandments, not legal regulations, and we know commandments are not describing the reality but define an utopia to strive for
14:35.59pabs3indeed
14:36.35pabs3like "everyone will have personal manufacturing in their homes"
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14:42.02DocScrutinizer05I'd even dare to claim that any utopia is a deliberately oversimplified ideal concept that's sure to not work in real life
14:43.32DocScrutinizer05somewhat resembling mathematical concepts like "infinity" et al, used to make a point
14:45.54DocScrutinizer05just like there's no infinity to the max or to the min in real life, there never will be a world in reality that leaves a FSF completely happy
14:47.17DocScrutinizer05probably there can be found logical evidence why it never can happen
14:47.52DocScrutinizer05but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing to strive for it
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14:48.41DocScrutinizer05just for your own sanity you should judge your life by compliance to such rules
14:49.19DocScrutinizer05RMS who probably does might be a very stressed guy
14:50.04DocScrutinizer05dang!
14:50.10DocScrutinizer05just for your own sanity you should NOT judge your life by compliance to such rules
14:50.18DocScrutinizer05o/
14:50.22DocScrutinizer05bbl
15:09.44DocScrutinizer05it seems like 99.99..% of man-machine situations the user has a poor idea and for sure lacks the technical skills to modify the way the machine works internally. So freedom as in libre isn't about me personally being empowered to act with machines on such a level, but the whole crux is about securing my assets since I know when the original manufacturer bails out, there will be *somebody* who could pick up and continue to ensure I can
15:09.45DocScrutinizer05make good use of what I invested time and possibly money into
15:11.00DocScrutinizer05or in short: competition vs monopoly
15:11.24DocScrutinizer05and about sustainability
15:22.22pabs3indeed
15:35.19DocScrutinizer05from this POV the distinction between hw and sw gets less relevant and finally vanishes. "Whatever it needs..."
15:36.58DocScrutinizer05"... to allow somebody with sufficient skills to pick up and carry on, so my assets stay valuable and useful"
15:39.09DocScrutinizer05At least that's what Neo900 UG will adhere to as a guideline
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15:43.21DocScrutinizer05as soon as hte updates in due time are not guaranteed anymore, the source MUST get disclosed
15:46.47DocScrutinizer05for schematics this would mean they are fine with basic data as long as that basic data is sufficient to completely analyze the way the circuit works so you can make use of it, *AND* repair service is available at fair conditions. As soon as repair service vanishes, the data must be detailed enough to find own compatible parts for repair
16:05.07DocScrutinizer05anyway Neo900 UG will not provide any closed blob software, simply because we don't have access to any "secret knowledge" to start with, and the hw details will be more than sufficient to find repair parts from beginning, to make sure that data _will_ be available to all our customers
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20:44.37useretailhey guys, would it be possible for neo to support these cards: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/sandisk-200gb-microsd-card/
20:49.39DocScrutinizer05useretail: should just work
20:50.06DocScrutinizer05as long as the card still supports the (mandatory?) backward compatibility modes
20:50.27DocScrutinizer05however I think 4 64GB cards to swap are way better
20:50.42DocScrutinizer05for sure cheaper
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21:55.09sixwheeledbeastit will come as exFAT I guess. So possibly will need a reformat but I believe all SDXC should work?
21:57.46Palionly idiot can use exFAT as FS for data...
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