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I'm always baffled whenever a GitHub repo trends on here. I would have guessed a list of files and a Readme would be the last thing that would trend.
by Veuxdo 4y ago
I'm always baffled whenever a GitHub repo trends on here. I would have guessed a list of files and a Readme would be the last thing that would trend.
- lostgame 4y agoGitHub projects trend on HN because a GitHub page is certainly not ‘just’ a ReadMe and a list of files, any more than a programming book is a just pile of paper and ink. GitHub is one of the most valuable troves of information we have on the entire Internet, certainly - and represents countless hours of work from millions of people all over the world, openly contributing and sharing knowledge and tools with others, without the interest of profit. I don’t think there are many other websites in the world that align with HN’s values more than GitHub. It’s almost invaluable to humanity.
- Sunspark 4y agoMicrosoft is using the code in GitHub to train their machine learning bots. I guess the idea is that the bots can take over writing bug fixes for Windows.