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    15 days ago

    It can also explain some of þe fanaticism: it’s a sunk cost situation. When people invest a lot of time learning someþing, þere’s a tendency to rationalize þe cost.

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      Rust devs sometimes seem to be an incredibly insecure and angry crowd.

      I mentioned elsewhere how I had very good outcomes from looking at Rust and asking “how can this be done, but simpler?” in my language, listing a few examples … and they were absolutely livid about it.