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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I do think this reveals peoples' biases, but not in the way you probably do. I think Monet just wasn't as good as his renown purports. EDIT: I doubt this experiment would go similarly for a Caravaggio or a Michelangelo.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Are you okay with google tracking everything you do to serve you more specific ads? To me that's like living in a transparent house where your landlord can always watch you but it's fine because you really like the nice showerhead
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I've installed a lot of adblockers for non-hacker type people over the years. As far as I've seen, no one has ever asked or attempted to uninstall them. I think most people are mostly fine with ads, but prefer life without them. E
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
In that case, have I got a laptop for you...
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Okay, I just have to pry here: why? Does she like ads?
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Everyone emails themself stuff, that's normal. The weird part is how often will you ever need to email it specifically from your laptop, but it's already on your phone? If it's on your phone and you need to email it to someon
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Sometimes I feel like there's no huge tech companies left* that remember: you're supposed to convince me to give you my money. I'm not just going to do it because you used the right trendy buzzwords. *except maybe Valve.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I didn't know that. I actually used Windows until 2019 and only learned about this feature last week. Well, that does it: UI has only gotten worse.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
> Can anyone name a single substantive UI improvement in the last 20 years? That thing Windows has where you can drag a window to the top of the desktop and it pops up a few quick options for resizing. I would love it if KDE Plasma had t
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
> You don't decide anything. You prompt Right there. That's where you made the decision, and that's where you went wrong. >I don't think you fully understand how agents and coding assistants work. By design they ar
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Interns are human. Humans can always be held accountable. A computer never can. Therefore, no one should leave a computer in charge of human decisions.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
>Just because you can claim that a person kick started something Kick started what? If you decided to give an LLM access to your database, it's completely on you when you when it does something you don't want. You should'v
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I can't delete my comment now, but I think you're right. I don't consider "take it or leave it" to be gatekeeping, but when the world's biggest corporations pose a threat to software liberty, distros becoming m
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I suppose, but I like to call my software "open source," and it's a little hard to use their name but argue I'm not "one of them." Granted I only use the term for lack of a better one, I actually prefer calling
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I guess I considered that completely separate from open source. For instance, I've heard that MacOS is "based on BSD," but since MacOS itself is obviously not open source, it's not an example of open source software that
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I guess that's a pretty good point I never thought about. I've never come across software released under a permissive license that didn't either come with the source code, or host it somewhere convenient like github.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
EDIT: Okay fine, I see it your way. Open source may often imply open community. I'll stop trying to argue that it doesn't. Instead, I posit that open source should not imply open community, even if that's what the originators
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
I must just be an idiot, because I don't know how I'm coming off as if I don't understand your main point. Please, let me back up a bit. I understand you're talking about the movement, not the definition of open source.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
>> You're claiming the terms laid out in the OSD were motivated by hopes of cultivating a community. > I didn’t say that. If you don't think the statement's true, then what exactly is the meaning of this passage, and
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
It's so fundamental they didn't include it in the definition? >Open source is not merely a license choice. Yes it is. The OSD only deals with licenses, therefore whether a software has a "community" has no bearing on
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Linux is doing just fine without normies.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Why is everyone in this thread ignoring the fact that the world already had this debate 30 years ago, so the OSI published a document clearly specifying what is and isn't Open Source? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
> Open source is just big software companies stealing from innumerable volunteers Whether you think this is true or not, MIT and BSD licenses still guarantee the four freedoms.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Thanks for sharing this. I think this might be what gets me to finally give Nethack a fair shake.
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
There's tons, if you look up "[language] graded reader" or "[language] nature method." Familia Romana by Hans Orberg is a great one for Latin. I frequently see people call it the gold standard for this kind of book,
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Anything that needs Apple to say "yes" before it runs is not "arbitrary."
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
There's a big difference between correcting some random commenter on an internet forum and correcting Microsoft. > think it’s counterproductive. Most people only see a squabble, which makes any ensuing points from the open-source co
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
The inventor of GIF didn't begin with a document* clearly laying out what is and isn't to be called a "GIF." I think it's right to push back whenever a huge tech corporation tries to build goodwill by falsely using
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Sounds like you always knew something it took me a decade to realize. > seeing people repeat the same "fact" like that would probably trigger the reverse in my brain, almost automatically going out of my way to disprove it whil
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by engeljohnb 5mo ago
Yes, I wish there was less trust in non-primary sources of information anymore. It's such a cliche, but critical thinking should be taught in schools.

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