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by andyroid 13y ago
You don't. And that's why people stop contributing to such projects and forks are created (see MariaDB). But that's not really a fault of the GPL. You could require contributors to agree to whatever you want regardless of the
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by andyroid 13y ago
> "the fact that many organizations are less receptive to the GPL can result in larger potential contributing communities for permissively-licensed projects". "Can" result, perhaps, but there seems to be little real w
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by andyroid 13y ago
There are lots of communities around GPL licensed software as well, so that's kinda a moot point, no? The assumptions you cite are not the primary reason GPL software is considered "best for users" (by some). The second point
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by andyroid 13y ago
You can add a random query parameter to the url to force a reload if the option isn't given by other means.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Definitely. But if you're not employable because your boob is exposed somewhere on the internet I would say that the current position of the line is pretty important to question.
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by andyroid 13y ago
And her personal details being available online would be a more reasonable explanation for her job being in jeopardy? I wasn't questioning or trying to diminish the violation or how she and her family perceived it. I was just sickened
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by andyroid 13y ago
Interesting read, thank you. Still I can't help but to feel that the most sad part of this is all the commotion over an exposed left boob. That's actually a big deal? Don't get me wrong - I can totally relate to her feeling v
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by andyroid 13y ago
Sounds great to me! My girlfriend's Windows 8.1 laptop does about 50% of what I want from a desktop. My work provisioned MacBook Air and OS X does about 70% of what I want from a desktop.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Yes, and that's because your point is made up. The article makes no mention of them being asked to remove it while sorting things out or "add a disclaimer or something". While it's possible that's actually what happ
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by andyroid 13y ago
Did you actually read beyond the headline? "They advised us to voluntarily remove the application, or they would be forced to remove it administratively." Which is like saying "He wasn't fired, he was just forced to re
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by andyroid 13y ago
Doesn't that mean a rollback of the entire database, as opposed to just a single operation?
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by andyroid 13y ago
Providing statistics does not make you a racist. Providing false claims such as "crime is increasing relatively fast" (reported crimes decreased by 1% in 2012 compared to the year before) while trying to attribute this to immigran
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by andyroid 13y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing! I hadn't seen that before. But, yeah, hand crafted Simpsons characters are more slightly more awesome than code generated css images. And both pretty insane as well :)
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by andyroid 13y ago
Compared to the bitmap I referred to (i.e. an image file). As hrjet points out above, using SVG for this would probably be a better choice.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Wow, this has to be the most awesome "X in CSS" demos I've seen! As for performance, I can definitely see the decreased download size as beneficial, but what about rendering speed? All those elements and transforms must surel
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by andyroid 13y ago
And you somehow doubt that to be true, or what is your point?
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by andyroid 13y ago
Let's hope you never need to use a screen reader.
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by andyroid 13y ago
If they're trying to attract users you are certainly right. But if they're trying to attract developers/contributors (which seems plausible for a new project), language choice certainly matters.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Sport events must be really uncommon then.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Exactly. This is akin to trying to experience the loss of a child by leaving your kid for a week. Might be a good experience none the less, but don't kid yourself.
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by andyroid 13y ago
"As for the choice of 4096, well, I would have chosen 4000 (or 1000) simply because it's more comprehensible from an end-user perspective." Why should an end-user need to comprehend a limit in bytes at all? Good points though
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by andyroid 13y ago
Atwood's Law: any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.
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by andyroid 13y ago
Where it actually makes sense (assuming === and not == is used for comparison).
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by andyroid 13y ago
While code may not go bad with age, the surrounding world (compilers, frameworks, dependencies) change constantly. So while the code quality of a million LOC Java 1.0 application might be stellar, maintaining it may still be a royal pain. S
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by andyroid 13y ago
"Generally speaking I think ddg went with the "we don't store data" route because it's the niche they were left with and that ultimately means that their search won't improve beyond a certain point." As th
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by andyroid 13y ago
That was my first thought too. I never really cared for list() in PHP as I find it a somewhat confusing way of assigning variables, and judging by the examples given in the article, I actually preferred the clarity of the less "terse&q
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by andyroid 13y ago
My guess would be attention and publicity. Targeting a technical, developer centered site is likely to require more "skill" as one would expect such a site to have their defenses ready for this. All the greater challenge. Secondly
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by andyroid 13y ago
Yes, that would be "providing a business justification".
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by andyroid 13y ago
That's what output sanitizing is for. What's filtered for output may easily be changed over time whereas data that's been filtered when input could be enormously difficult to change once the application requirements changes
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by andyroid 13y ago
If memory serves right, anyone contributing to MySQL (before the acquisition, probably still so) had to sign a contract giving up any copyright to them or it wouldn't even get considered. This is rather common in corporate open source

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