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> This is a textbook Gish gallop, so I'll avoid the trap of responding point-by-point And this is textbook avoiding an answer > My point was that if this was
by dmitriid 5y ago
> This is a textbook Gish gallop, so I'll avoid the trap of responding point-by-point
And this is textbook avoiding an answer
> My point was that if this was the case, you would already see the low-hours-per-week strategy in place as a non-trivial factor in OSS funding.
Yes, and your point is based on the flawed premise that there are many engineers who can do that.
> The population of people maintaining OSS projects are more than capable of pulling eg $70/hr for contracts[1], especially at the low volumes we're talking about.
And you pulled this estimation out of which crevice?
> To reach UBI levels of income at this rate would require _1.5 hrs/wk_ of work, or 6 hrs per MONTH.
Ah yes. Because there are plenty of jobs which will gladly pay you for 6 hours of work a month.