> but perhaps you can recruit someone else in the community who doesn't get so annoyed at people not respecting others' time
No, I can't.
The world, in this aspect, is wrong. It is flawed. Rotten, even.
I (and actually we) cannot approach this by just accommodating what is broken.
Everyone has been doing that and you can see what damage this has done to democracy and to reality itself.
As the docs state, Valetudo is counter-culture. The definition of being that is that you will hear a steady stream of loud screaming, because culture is being countered.
If this stream stops, that means that the countering also stopped.
I do not think that we can afford to let the world deteriorate even further than it has already. We need to re-learn context. No matter how painful that might turn out.
I know HN is the last place for this :D But I also didn't ask to be linked here. I did however ask to not be posted here anymore.
I also believe that Valetudo is a unique opportunity for this, because no one is being held at gunpoint and forced to use it, nor will anyone die because they can't use it.
But, at the same time, it is highly-polished software that just works and offers massive amounts of value for free. You only pay with accepting that context exists and that other humans exist.
> It is why some people are unapproachable and build boundaries
This is precisely what I am doing. I would argue thought that the "unapproachable" really depends on where one is coming from.
We are getting philosophical, but I wouldn't say the "world is wrong": the world simply is.
Yes, people engage on a topic they have spent few thoughts on. But let's be honest, many who have spent many thoughts on something do not really come up with some genuinely interesting insight either. Thus I have doubts that humans as a whole can "re-learn context", and even those who can, will usually not invest enough in the topic the other side might care about.
I applaud you for your desire to "fix the world", but over time, I've learned to accept it for what it is, and I don't feel the same annoyance you seem to when I am being misunderstood even when I state things plainly (I am mostly — I admit — smugly amused, except when it's the person who can directly affect my life).
Anyway, as long as you are not overly frustrated, keep doing what you are doing (which sounds like building great free software for de-clouding robot vacuums), and fighting the fights that matter to you!
Is it counter-culture to post about Valetudo here when you asked for it not to be or is it only counter-culture when you’re enforcing your preferred social construct?
No, I can't. The world, in this aspect, is wrong. It is flawed. Rotten, even. I (and actually we) cannot approach this by just accommodating what is broken.
Everyone has been doing that and you can see what damage this has done to democracy and to reality itself.
As the docs state, Valetudo is counter-culture. The definition of being that is that you will hear a steady stream of loud screaming, because culture is being countered. If this stream stops, that means that the countering also stopped.
I do not think that we can afford to let the world deteriorate even further than it has already. We need to re-learn context. No matter how painful that might turn out.
I know HN is the last place for this :D But I also didn't ask to be linked here. I did however ask to not be posted here anymore.
I also believe that Valetudo is a unique opportunity for this, because no one is being held at gunpoint and forced to use it, nor will anyone die because they can't use it. But, at the same time, it is highly-polished software that just works and offers massive amounts of value for free. You only pay with accepting that context exists and that other humans exist.
> It is why some people are unapproachable and build boundaries
This is precisely what I am doing. I would argue thought that the "unapproachable" really depends on where one is coming from.