GrowingSideways

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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Yes, this is why it happens only on the front line
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Red hat certainly burns a lot of money in service of horrifyingly bad people. It's nice we get good software out of it, but this is not a funding model to glorify. And of course american businesses not producing open source is the sing
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Surely as time goes on and wealth inequality increases, the number of people "susceptible" to deaths of despair will only increase. But this attitude smells an awful lot like the stupid person's eugenics. Let's not cater
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Both sides are using starlink, yes? Also there's now guowang to contend with. I'm not sure how widely available access to it is. I would assume both sides are heavily jamming the frontlines. But presumably long range drone operati
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Open source doesn't mean relinquished from capital by any means. I also don't blame the author of typst. But TeX is truly free from capital, and that should mean far more than the aesthetics of a nicer interface.
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Or even better, TeX. I realize capital bought out even basic typesetting but let's not encourage this
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
How would this have worked outside of catering to browsers?
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
> They exist to protect the creator/inventor and allows them to get an ROI on their invested time/effort. Yes, this betrayed the entire concept of the us as a pro-human market.
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Intellectual property was kind of a gimmick to begin with, though. Let's not pretend like copyright and patents made any sense to begin with
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
> Business books sometimes get a bad rap on here, If they had something to contribute they would have figured a label to slap on
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
The CTO, obviously.
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
I'm about 1000x more concerned with gangs of armed thugs kidnapping & murdering my neighbors than I am about criminals.
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
ICE doesn't have any shortage of blatantly illegal behavior to point to. I don't think many people realize how far gone the rule of law is already.
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by GrowingSideways 9mo ago
Genuinely, what would be the point of having a CEO?