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> Every human organization involves politics. And every non-profit organization requires a budget. The rest of that jargon is only semantics unless you're actua
by TomMarius 7y ago
> Every human organization involves politics. And every non-profit organization requires a budget. The rest of that jargon is only semantics unless you're actually opposed to structure.
I think it's clear what kind of politics I mean and what kind of budgeting I mean. I am strongly (probably given the communist past of my homeland) opposed to any government having any part in it (since it is not absolutely necessary since no one will die), not against structure. Actually it should be decentralized alike Bitcoin.
> Also added: Your government doesn't change that quickly. Your current administration does. That's the part that illustrates what I'm saying—the people can change dramatically while the system may not. It's a bug in some contexts, but a feature in others.
Eh, no. I actually meant government, and that's the whole point. You're attributing stability to entities that don't have it. Last 100 (101 actually) years:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Czechoslovak_Republic
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Czechoslovak_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Czechoslovak_Republic
--- Second world war ---
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d%27%C3...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czecho...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution
(and you could declare further changes as similarly significant, such as joining NATO, the European Union and then the Lisboa agreement, however these weren't actual changes of government but only de facto and partial so I don't list them)
> Sure. That would be a good start. Wikipedia is young, however. There is merit in something lasting long enough to be considered old.
Whole computing field is young ;-)
> (Also not sure why you're dictating what I'd "like" here)
Disregard that, it was an idiom from my native language meaning that there is really a lot of choice, so much that you might be overwhelmed (and hence dislike the large list of options)
- 52-6F-62 7y ago> I think it's clear what kind of politics I mean and what kind of budgeting I mean. I am strongly (probably given the communist past of my homeland) opposed to any government having any part in it (since it is not absolutely necessary since no one will die), not against structure. Actually it should be decentralized alike Bitcoin. It's really not clear. > Eh, no. I actually meant government, and that's the whole point. You're attributing stability to entities that don't have it. Last 100 (101 actually) years: Yes... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_National_Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_National_Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_the_Czech_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_the_Czech_... (to use examples from your selection) > Disregard that, it was an idiom from my native language meaning that there is really a lot of choice, so much that you might be overwhelmed (and hence dislike the large list of options) The meaning is consistent in English, it's just condescending. But I do appreciate your elaboration.
- TomMarius 7y ago> It's really not clear. So, to be clear: I consider anything that involves government generally to be avoided, and government should be involved only in things where such overreaching involvement (and its morally/ethically unsound ways - personal freedom and privacy breaches, financing through taxes...) is absolutely necessary - e.g. the end (people not dying) justifies the means. Code sharing is not that, and having such entity run it in a centralised way would defeat the point - such database of code absolutely should be distributed, potentially blockchain-like decentralised. > The meaning is consistent in English, it's just condescending. But I do appreciate your elaboration. It's not in Czech. It's something a teacher would say to a kid as a joke.