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Nobody should depend on GitHub, especially after it was taken over by Microsoft. If you have any repository on GH, create similar accounts on competing sites su

Nobody should depend on GitHub, especially after it was taken over by Microsoft. If you have any repository on GH, create similar accounts on competing sites such as bitbucket. Also consider services hosted in other countries, since it seems that local political prejudices and propaganda are starting to creep out on the science and technology arena.

fartcannon 7y ago
Better yet, self host. Post RSS feeds.
- worble 7y ago
  Absolutely agree with this, and if Gitlab's hardware requirements seem a little expensive, I can highly recommend Gitea[0]. It runs very happily on a $5 Digital Ocean droplet. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but for my basic needs, and presumably as a panic backup, it's a great bit of software. [0]https://gitea.io/en-us/ https://gitea.io/en-us/
- neop1x 7y ago
  Pull requests and collaboration would be a bit more complicated, I guess. But as long as "Log in with ..." works to quickly create an account, it may be ok.
shadowgovt 7y ago
"local political prejudices and propaganda" is a fascinating way to interpret "The US list of sanctioned countries."
- freeone3000 7y ago
  It's local to the US and it's prejudice and propaganda, so...?
  - shadowgovt 7y ago
    I think I'd need a citation on why "prejudice and propaganda" applies here. The US doesn't turn to sanctions flippantly (it's not in the US's economic interests, in general, to take a trading partner off the table).
    - slavik81 7y ago
      I probably wouldn't use language quite that strong, but the view from outside the US is definitely quite different. The US withdrawl from the Iran nuclear agreement was more a result of changes in the US than of changes in Iran. Barack Obama brokered the deal and he stated his clear opposition to Donald Trump's decision to end it. (https://facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155854913976749 https://facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155854913976749) The European Union was also a party to the Iran nuclear deal, and they thought so poorly of the resumption of US sanctions on Iran that they passed a law making it illegal for European companies to comply. (https://dw.com/en/eu-to-reactivate-blocking-statute-against-us-sanctions-on-iran-for-european-firms/a-43826992 https://dw.com/en/eu-to-reactivate-blocking-statute-against-...)
philliphaydon 7y ago
What other company was better suited to take over? Google? FB? Amazon? None of them... MS is the only company I would trust at this point.

fartcannon 7y ago

Better yet, self host. Post RSS feeds.

worble 7y ago
Absolutely agree with this, and if Gitlab's hardware requirements seem a little expensive, I can highly recommend Gitea[0]. It runs very happily on a $5 Digital Ocean droplet. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but for my basic needs, and presumably as a panic backup, it's a great bit of software. [0]https://gitea.io/en-us/ https://gitea.io/en-us/
neop1x 7y ago
Pull requests and collaboration would be a bit more complicated, I guess. But as long as "Log in with ..." works to quickly create an account, it may be ok.

shadowgovt 7y ago

"local political prejudices and propaganda" is a fascinating way to interpret "The US list of sanctioned countries."

freeone3000 7y ago
It's local to the US and it's prejudice and propaganda, so...?
- shadowgovt 7y ago
  I think I'd need a citation on why "prejudice and propaganda" applies here. The US doesn't turn to sanctions flippantly (it's not in the US's economic interests, in general, to take a trading partner off the table).
  - slavik81 7y ago
    I probably wouldn't use language quite that strong, but the view from outside the US is definitely quite different. The US withdrawl from the Iran nuclear agreement was more a result of changes in the US than of changes in Iran. Barack Obama brokered the deal and he stated his clear opposition to Donald Trump's decision to end it. (https://facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155854913976749 https://facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155854913976749) The European Union was also a party to the Iran nuclear deal, and they thought so poorly of the resumption of US sanctions on Iran that they passed a law making it illegal for European companies to comply. (https://dw.com/en/eu-to-reactivate-blocking-statute-against-us-sanctions-on-iran-for-european-firms/a-43826992 https://dw.com/en/eu-to-reactivate-blocking-statute-against-...)

philliphaydon 7y ago

What other company was better suited to take over? Google? FB? Amazon? None of them... MS is the only company I would trust at this point.