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Bad analogy. It’s more like: people have been getting food poisoning from the shared soda machines, and now McDonalds require you to wear gloves before using t
by eddythompson80 3y ago
Bad analogy.
It’s more like: people have been getting food poisoning from the shared soda machines, and now McDonalds require you to wear gloves before using the machine. Then OP and you are like:
- I don’t care about getting or giving others food poisoning.
- Putting on gloves is too annoying.
- I’d rather get food poisoning than put on a glove.
- I’m clean, trust me bro.
People have already recommended selfhosted alternatives like gitea.
- jjgreen 3y agoIt's actually quite a good analogy since my point was that 90% of the responses to the OP's question (including yours) ignore the actual question and instead scold the OP for their views on the desirability of 2FA. In my analogy, I remove the opportunity to do that by replacing "2FA" by "ketchup on a burger", making the nature of those responses the focus. That mocking of HN bikeshedders was my aim. Then OP and you are like: No, the OP asked a question and I gave an actual answer to that question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452286 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38452286
- eesmith 3y agoWhy do I need to put on gloves if all I want to do is report that the shared soda machine is leaking? I use GH only a few times a year, mostly to report bugs but sometimes to comment on issues where I've been asked to chime in for a FOSS project. For me (someone without a smart phone or dedicated security hardware), the increased activation barrier for using GH doesn't seem worth my effort to figure things out. If the soda machine is leaking, I'll just email one of the developers instead. FWIW, I use and pay for Sourcehut hosting. I don't like the near-monopoly dominance of Microsoft, and the ever-increasing dependence of FOSS development on a proprietary back-end.