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Good thing we have open source, then :)
by Kaze404 6y ago
Good thing we have open source, then :)
- aboringusername 6y agoWhat does "open source" mean in this context? In 50 years time I seriously doubt github.com will still be the same place it is today doing the same things. Maybe older protocols will die out, making accessing content over HTTP(S) impossible, maybe P2P will just break due to advances or newer stacks taking over. Maybe the "internet" will change in some fundamental way, and breakage is part of the "innovation" process. The way you write a comment on HN is likely to change over the course of decades, I doubt it'll still be the same HTML, HTTP, networking stack etc.
- Kaze404 6y agoThis kind of doomposting is completely irrelevant and unproductive. Sure, in 50 years computers will be different. Big shocker. What are we supposed to do? Do away with scripting for browsers and distribute markup files?
- tpxl 6y agoOpen source doesn't really help. Like the sibling post said, you can just host those libraries, but people don't. Why? No idea.
- Kaze404 6y agoSo what is the problem? People can host those libraries and they don't because it's not a problem yet. If/when it does become one, they will.
- dredmorbius 6y agoPeople under deadline, boss, client, investor, competition, resume-driven-development, etc, pressure, or just plain normally, suck at abstract risk prediction. The adjacent profitable is ever so much more compelling.
- dredmorbius 6y agoRelated: The Risk Makers. The nuclear, auto, and food industries https://onezero.medium.com/the-risk-makers-720093d41f01 https://onezero.medium.com/the-risk-makers-720093d41f01 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25824670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25824670