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by erikbye 9y ago
> For GPL, it seems like a lot of people (including RMS) value the license more than absolute code quality. They would rather have worse software, under their idealogical license, than use better software under a less restrictive license
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by erikbye 9y ago
Open source and free software is thriving. Always have. Look around you. Look at what runs the internet you use. Look at the number of projects and the number of contributors.
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by erikbye 9y ago
> The only reason I use GIMP is that Adobe software isn't available on Ubuntu. Sure, some artists have used it to create great works but that speaks more to their capabilities as artists than GIMP's as software. Do you think th
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by erikbye 9y ago
> So I share your sentiment. I still open > > Photoshop/Lightroom on my Windows laptop when I need them (although lately I've been trying to use DarkTable and RawTherapee for some projects) but yes, Gimp is far from being
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by erikbye 10y ago
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness -Aristotle
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by erikbye 10y ago
Unreal Commander. https://x-diesel.com/
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by erikbye 10y ago
Why do you say he is well-versed in copyright and patent law? He has always been vocally against patents and even threatened to leave id Software back in the day if they started patenting. He is a known proponent for open source and have re
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by erikbye 10y ago
Acting on behalf of a state under immense pressure from the US.
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by erikbye 10y ago
They have already stated in black and white that they have held back a lot concerning this release; due to various concerns. They are completely open about that. A lot of the stuff they keep to themselves can be used as collateral, like all
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by erikbye 10y ago
If you knew you were innocent, wouldn't you fight a bit dirty against a government who seemingly wants to try you for rape? And it's not like he does not have cause for concern to believe that there might be more behind these rape
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by erikbye 10y ago
Independent? You make me laugh. I don't think you realize the power the U.S. holds over countries like Sweden.
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by erikbye 10y ago
Every country celebrates itself and looks at any collaboration with foreign countries as just means to an end.
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by erikbye 10y ago
Yes, exactly: there is no inherent conflict or contradiction in pushing truth (and especially only parts of it, manipulating by omission or redaction) and having an agenda. There are many ways in which you can manipulate e.g. public percept
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by erikbye 10y ago
These tools, whether from NSA or CIA, are made to be easy to use, and they come with detailed instructions and user guides.
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by erikbye 10y ago
What is the clear motive for undermining CIA and who is the biggest loser?
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by erikbye 10y ago
Database backups: with the upload speeds I've seen, completing a backup of a database with hundreds of GB would take a really long time. I don't want that extra load and keeping that connection open forever.
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by erikbye 10y ago
What about the performance of serving it? Sounds like I would need to cache it myself, anyway.
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by erikbye 10y ago
In the case of GitLab weren't they actually close to losing a lot of data? Was any data lost (or chance of loss) in this incident?
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by erikbye 10y ago
What does everyone use S3 for? I'm genuinely curious. As my experiments with it have left me disappointed with its performance, I'm just not sure what I could use it for. Store massive amounts of data that is infrequently accessed
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by erikbye 10y ago
I would be horrified if I learned that Amazon or any other company of such size in any way castigates employees for such very human errs. The guilt (don't beat yourself up) he or she likely feels is bad enough. Anyway, to me this first
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by erikbye 10y ago
I'd happily write anything C# for a paycheck over anything .js.
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by erikbye 10y ago
To clarify what I meant by "how is it even a debate?": I just find it a bit "surprising" that many people in this industry refuse to believe that many programmers are 5x or 10x more productive than others (and write just
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by erikbye 10y ago
All programmers have different output. How is it even a debate? Some people are more productive than others. Just like one novelist takes 10 years to finish his novel another writes 2 every year.
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by erikbye 10y ago
I've had to resort to the secondhand market to find furniture I actually like. I've found that the Ikea-alternatives (Bohus, Skeidar, Møbelringen) in Norway is in general not of a greater quality, just way more costly, and in gene
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by erikbye 10y ago
Living in Norway I've had my share of Ikea products... My feeling towards Ikea is that their products are cheap, flimsy, and bland. I have a few of their products in my home now, but they'll definitely be replaced with something b
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by erikbye 10y ago
Are you being serious?
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by erikbye 10y ago
Carmack has programmed professionally at least since 1990, he was 19 then, 20 when he founded id Software. Genius or not, he obviously has a lot of programming experience, and familiarity with a subject counts for a lot. He has worked reall
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by erikbye 10y ago
"Alan Emtage was born in Barbados, the son of Sir Stephen and Lady Emtage."
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by erikbye 10y ago
Reading "black technologist" my first thoughts goes to some malicious figure in a science-fantasy novel, not the color of ones skin. What is next, "the yellow programmer"? I'm so glad I don't define who I am ba
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by erikbye 10y ago
As for sweet life, speak for yourself, please.

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