"Dollfuss [Austrian chancellor circa 1934] thought that Austro-fascism [...] could exist independently of the Nazi regime to the north. In making that mistake, he was supported by the Catholic hierarchy and big business, who were so disoriented by their terror of Social Democracy and its egalitarian message that they believed the Nazis to be the lesser evil, one that could be controlled."
(from I Seek a Kind Person, Julian Borger)
@ska @c0dec0dec0de @kloenk @navi I think one of the galaxy brain insights at Google was that there's really no reason not to go big when your environmental variability is tightly controlled.
There's nothing sacred about 4k pages, especially when you know with 100% confidence exactly what the distribution of ram sizes and mmu capabilities in your fleet looks like over the next couple of years.
We did the math on SSD wear rates and went all-in very early compared to industry because we knew exactly what our usage patterns were and would be.
Compared to those decisions, bumping a couple of #defines in the kernel to balloon argv capacity is small beans. I think it only comes across as a nasty hack because it's an unusually relatable decision by comparison.
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