Could someone ELI5 what parts of the kernel had hard-coded references to a specific class of processor? Like why isn't the code processor agnostic?

Not trying to trivialize kernel development. Just saying, I don't know.

Car service costs way more than a yellow cab.

Why do you FEEL the need TO capitalize git?

That doesn't discount the contribution of the unboxing experience for the perceived satisfaction of the product. Sure, maybe technical folk who read this site may not be susceptible, but clearly the success of a product is based on more than its technical merit.

There are non-discerning viewers/customers. They probably outnumber the discerners.

Some of my ex-boyfriends are pretty crazy.

I'm kidding. I've never had an ex-boyfriend.

Could you elaborate on how Microsoft is on the losing end of the high DPI displays? I've heard this argument before regarding the fonts but something isn't clicking.

If pixels get smaller as the DPI goes up (true?) then doesn't pixel snapping mean less at higher densities?

Pixel snapping and unhinted fonts should converge at infinite resolutions, no?

As an engineer I hate to sound like I'm trivializing this... But let's start with something straight forward. Why not have a sub project/campaign that makes gcc easier to grok/suck less? What are they spending their time on? Just curious.

It's hilarious how some harassment training (phrasing!) material was like "/some/ harassment is okay"...

Straight women have this same metric. If a hottie hits on you, he's confident. If an uggo creeps on you, that's sexual harassment.

That's a bullshit argument. Do you really want to live in Denmark? Aka not-America? I dare you to pack up and leave and enjoy the alleged quality of life increase in not-America.

A hacker gets things done. An engineer enumerates the pros and cons of various solutions and picks one.

The work you do will rarely be complicated or sexy, in the CS/theoretical sense. But it will be put up against a lot of non-technical forces like time, budget, politics, etc. Being an engineer is about navigating this imperfect space. A hacker will come up with one solution, but an engineer will come up with many.

You're multiplying the solution space by a certain amount of non-technical dimensions and accounting for the difference. That ability will come in time. You will find out that technical correctness isn't always the #1 priority.

What viable solutions are there to address said apathy?

No one would ever be for "real change" since that requires something called effort.

Sorry, too busy protesting.

The world has spoken; the taste of an omelette is worth more than a few broken eggs.

Sense of entitlement much? Why don't you try designing and implementing the world's greatest phone, see how far you get.