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I think most people think of themselves as not the problem but some guy will post some Show HN and it will be all middlebrow dismissals. All those people are th
by renewiltord 2y ago
I think most people think of themselves as not the problem but some guy will post some Show HN and it will be all middlebrow dismissals. All those people are the people involved here. Lots of guys who “yeah, my GitHub is only empty because I’m a professional and don’t make it public” blah blah. But you know they spend all their time aligning stakeholders and have never written a line of code but have opinions.
- johnnyanmac 2y agowell, we're not in the best economy to just "make stuff for fun and share free information". One thing we forget is that such a position is a privilege in and of itself. Either for the young who have guardians to provide for them, the well off who don't need to worry about next months' rent, or the obsessive who give everything in their life as their own. My GitHub is very rusty, but I'm delaying Open source plans until I have a fully time job. It's just not worth it for me otherwise to try and be this FOSS advocate while I can't keep things stable in my own backyard.
- account42 2y agoThe ability to have hobbies is available to pretty much everyone. Sure, "privilege" buys you more time for hobbies but everyone has some time to do with as they choose. Most use it to wath TV or other similar passive consumption.
- acuozzo 2y agoWhat if your GitHub is empty because you philosophically don't believe in the F/OSS movement? What if it's empty because you don't want to feed even more code into the deep learning grinder? Hell, what if it's empty simply because you're selfish and you don't like sharing?
- BlueTemplar 2y agoIf you still have a Github account in 2024 then you are obviously part of the problem.