Rust in the 6.2 kernel [LWN.net]

Rust in the 6.2 kernel

Posted Nov 18, 2022 22:00 UTC (Fri) by gspr (subscriber, #91542)
In reply to: Rust in the 6.2 kernel by beagnach
Parent article: Rust in the 6.2 kernel

Has LWN done a lot of voice interviews? No. The comment clearly brought up something completely irrelevant in order to be mean.

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Rust in the 6.2 kernel

Posted Nov 18, 2022 22:09 UTC (Fri) by ssokolow (guest, #94568) [Link] (2 responses)

Unless "you" was being used in the broader sense of "anyone who chooses to interview her", rather than LWN specifically.

Rust in the 6.2 kernel

Posted Nov 19, 2022 13:37 UTC (Sat) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (1 responses)

Or they don't do email interviews and it has to be a video ... if they're a vlogger they might insist ...

Anyways, I consider it useful information to know that their videos are unwatchable ... there might be better ways to do it (I don't see how in this instance) but just telling the truth is not being nasty. Yes it can be told in a nasty way, but here it was just to inform ...

Cheers,
Wol

Rust in the 6.2 kernel

Posted Nov 19, 2022 15:07 UTC (Sat) by amacater (subscriber, #790) [Link]

It is, of course, possible that this content is effectively generated as anime-style content and a synthetic voice to preserve someone's
identity for some reason. There aren't many folk contributing to the kernel or other projects entirely pseudonymously but there are
a few, usually to prevent an obvious conflict of interest - maybe to preserve the ability to work on something as their own rather than as their employers' work - or to prevent themselves being marginalised for some other reason.

The synthetic-sounding voice *is* annoying but the content is useful.

Disclaimer: I only watched a few short segments of the video but I could certainly see that the voice would grate after a while.