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by dimino 11y ago
Yeah, I think "I don't like this" should be different from "this is actually bad in tangible and measurable ways". "Stuck Accelerator Pedals in Toyotas Considered Harmful" makes sense, but "Why stuck
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by dimino 11y ago
I personally find git flow to be a wonderfully elegant and simple way of handling a project in git. Not everything is perfect, but I consider git flow to be much like PEP8. It's almost always a good idea to do it the git flow way, un
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by dimino 11y ago
Selective breeding is GMO, and why does GMO have to solve any of those problems? That's like saying we shouldn't have professional sports because they don't solve obesity. What I'm generally getting at is the hate for
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by dimino 11y ago
"Actual problems" is a weasel phrase, I don't really know what to do with it. How are you defining "actual problems"? And can we please separate Monsanto from GMOs? They're two entirely separate things. It
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by dimino 11y ago
Ah okay good, I'm mostly just responding to the folks who think GMOs are bad because of how Monsanto abuses intellectual property rights surrounding them.
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by dimino 11y ago
If Zed can navigate the morass that is python package management in a way that makes newbies grok the major points and understand the value of doing things The Right Way, I'd personally buy him a beer or something.
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by dimino 11y ago
The stars should link to sources of each of these categories, that'd be cool.
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by dimino 11y ago
Should we ban encryption because Sony uses it in their DRM software?
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by dimino 11y ago
> The problem with GMO is that it's basically a vendor lock-in scheme for agribusiness giants. It's not a good engineering solution to the real food problems we face. GMO isn't that, Monsanto is that, and the fucked up pat
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by dimino 11y ago
I just want to be able to build huge buildings. I want that landscape in the Star Trek reboot at the beginning when the mountainous building is in the background of the Iowa landscape.
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by dimino 11y ago
The invocation of the Bill of Rights here is to provide an example of a document attempting to moralize. The author's intent here is that this highly respected moral document protects free speech (the Bill of Rights being what the wri
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by dimino 11y ago
I agree with everything you've written! All I wanted to make clear was that what Sourceforge is installing on people's systems is not on the same level as Duqu, for example. I get what you're saying regarding "if we jus
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by dimino 11y ago
I'm trying to be a better actor on this site, I'm sorry for the "Why are you lying?" comment. I deleted it because it completely undermines my argument, you're right to call me out on it. I'm sorry. :( I thin
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by dimino 11y ago
I get where you're coming from, and ultimately I agree that Sourceforge screwed up by doing this whole "bundling" thing, and probably because they're scrambling desperately to make money in a GitHub world. There is, howe
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by dimino 11y ago
Haha, come on man, let's assume positive intent on my part here, I just want to talk about how we classify bad behavior on the Internet.
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by dimino 11y ago
I think maybe I've touched a nerve here, and I'm sorry for that (I'm trying to do that less often on HN in particular) -- all I'm trying to say is that I don't think Sourceforce wants to hurt its users, and that,
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by dimino 11y ago
Everything you say here is totally true. That's not what malware is, though. The term isn't a scientific one, but the intent to harm is a pretty key component, and I am quite certain Sourceforge isn't trying to hurt its us
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by dimino 11y ago
It isn't though, because malware implies ill intent. There is no ill intent on the part of SourceForge. They're not trying to steal anything from you, they're not trying to lock you out of your own device, and they're
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by dimino 11y ago
No, it wasn't malware , that's software intended to damage or disable a computer. SourceForge isn't trying to hurt anyone, please stop pretending like they are.
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They don't add malware to the download, geez...
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by dimino 11y ago
Shouldn't be, in theory.
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by dimino 11y ago
Semantics aside, I'd rather us recognize that we're all capable of doing more for people less fortunate than ourselves, but we don't. And that's perfectly alright.
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by dimino 11y ago
Why is the company to blame? They mitigated risk enough to convince her to work there, no one was lied to or misled.
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by dimino 11y ago
Happiness on your team is trending downwards. What are you , middle manager, going to do about it?! Just kidding, but I've had bosses in the past who would notice something like that, and attempt to correct by sending an email out sug
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by dimino 11y ago
You won't do much. You can find this man, give him your spare income, and help support him for the rest of your life. You could do this. Hell, you could be his personal butler for the rest of your life. You won't, and p
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by dimino 11y ago
Just for the sake of debate, can someone offer an argument explaining why it should be a company's responsibility to take care of a worker who gets injured, assuming the worker is fully aware of the risk? Edit: Unfortunately this com
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by dimino 11y ago
Couldn't you just correctively blur the display or something?
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by dimino 11y ago
Yeah, I'm just saying that fields like engineering and law have recourse for bad industry behavior. I wish software had the same or a similar path.
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This is why we need some kind of trade organization -- the developers who wrote this stuff need to be kicked out, or disciplined in some way...
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by dimino 11y ago
What did it spoil? Some group of people got hanged? If it was a spoiler, than you can precisely predict what happens in the show in your next comment.

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