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by bruce511 2y ago
Yes. A slowdown in Chinese exports, may mean a slowdown in production, and hence a weakness in imports. At the moment the future is uncertain, and that uncertainty spooks markets. But markets recover once certainly is restored. Right now th
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Frankly pausing seems like a prudent move. Tarrifs work best when they are long-term, which promotes local industry to provide alternatives. There's certainly a perception, real or not, that T could change his mind at any moment. So US
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I concur. At no point does the article suggest that taxing would reduce advertising, or improve existing advertising in any way. Plus, of course, the proposal is simplified, and much hand-waving about the details. Who to tax, for what, when
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>> So we are back at square one here, why do people not understanding engineering work, end up managing engineering work? Because engineers are typically (although not always) terrible at business. Or marketing. Or Sales. Or whatever.
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Like Peter, I do recommend talking to someone about this. You don't sound content, and life is too short to miss out on the journey. I say this as someone who earns much less than you (never mind 800k), and who didn't go to a top
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Let's be clear here; Companies fix bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. What this article refers to are "some bugs". And while corporate inertia can play a part, bugs get ignored for all kinds of reasons. It's very hard to be ge
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It can be tough, and in some cases measurable numbers are hard to find. That can make prioritization hard. It's worth keeping open the option that "now is not yet the right time". One key way to understand the situation well
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That's an excellent summary!
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Fortunately I don't work in such an organization, and I have extremely competent in my chain of command. The reason I explain the value of what I am doing (to both technical and non-technical managers) is because it helps them understa
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Legally yes. But in the political sense Free Software favors virality, whereas Open Source does not. And again I apologize for viewing it through that lens when discussing the legal aspects, not the political aspects.
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Yes, I'm viewing the concept of Free Software and Open Source through the political not legal lens. Sorry for that - I should have been more careful in a thread focusing on the legal parts.
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Yes, if the copyright is held by multiple contributors then they would all need to agree before changing the license.
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OSS is a license. Ethics are not legal, so don't form part of a license. You are of course free to determine your own ethical standard and the use, or don't use, companies that apply that standard. >> abusing the open sourc
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>>- Does open source mean that the maintainers are free to ignore single line security fixes PR Yes. >> Does open source mean that maintainers could plant crypto miner or malware in the project or sell to someone who might do th
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Free Software is a viral license. Open Source is not. So there is a difference, and I'd argue that Free <> Open Source, although they're similar. Other than that I 100% agree either you.
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>> The code being available in and of itself does not give you a right to take it, modify it, or redistribute it. True, in the sense that some (not Open Source) things are distributed as source code. (I do so myself.) But the title of
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So, if 1000 content creators sign up, but there are no donors...? What will be really interesting to see is if people who accept donations will donate to you. I wish you well, but honestly it seems like your funnel is really really small...
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I work on a product that has been built over 25 years. Lots of the work I did years ago is to ensure the product longevity. Lots of the work I do now is to ensure it lasts another 25 years. Thats good, but its only the start of "my wor
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Who's your target market here? People who want to donate or people who want to receive donations? Is this a business or a hobby? Ie do you expect it to get revenue? Or are you just doing it to pass the time until something more interes
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Not really. The company's not really paying bribes out of their own money though. They're paying it out of the revenue flow from that sale. In other words "give me this govt contract and I'll route n% of it back to you&q
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The article uses the phrase "no brainer" but then explains why it very much requires brainer when making IT decisions. License costs are a factor, yes, but they are not the only cost, and in most cases not the significant one. In
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You're offering two choices which prove the point that electing is a poor way to fill a post. "popularity" does not imply competence. Popularity is easily gamed and bought. Given that unlimited business money can be spent on
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That's the point the parent made. Elections are suitable for political officers. Once you start electing other jobs, like judges or plumbers, then you get whoever you elected, rather than necessarily a person able to do the job. In oth
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I'm interested in your question. I'm not sure they will directly affect remote workers. Or at least the mechanism seems unclear. Tariffs are currently collected at a port of entry by Customs (CBP staff.) Since remote work does not
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Donations are indistinguishable from embezzlement or corruption. I'm not saying they are the same thing, but your company accountant can't tell the difference. I'm happy to buy something from you. But you have to offer me som
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>> It seems that a lot of people assume it’s possible (or easy?) to make a living from open-source projects Eh? The only people who think you can make a living from Open Source (without working for a corporate) has never bothered to t
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>> How many times in your life have you thought “damn I know what I want to buy, I just don’t know from which site to buy it”? I find I do it quite a lot. When I was researching solar. When I needed some actuators recently. Now I&#x27
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>> Moreover, the problem is that history wasn't taught well and made 'boring'. This. 100% this. At school we got an extremely biased view of history, but even then it was taught soooo badly. History (regardless of vie
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I hear you. I can write docs, but I can't make you read them :) I'd abstract this and say that communication is key, but the form of communication can vary. People who don't read don't value that form, and don't wri
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It kinda is, and kinda isn't. It is, in the sense that the package is bigger, and the package ships "everything it needs". It isn't in the sense that those parts can be updated independently as long as the DLL interface

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