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by growse 4y ago
The database is an open format I think?
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by growse 4y ago
> Let's all just use it. How about you use the software you want to use, and I'll use the software I want to use?
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by growse 4y ago
> Now what I have to do is file a bunch of tickets and take a bunch of meetings to get a block removed from the overall site. Really, what I was trying to do is provide nformation to the Tailscale developers that enterprise already consi
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by growse 4y ago
> One common theme I've heard on both sides is that where you wind up matters a lot. The people and org structure around you can have a large impact. This would seem to indicate a complete absolution of leadership and responsibility
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by growse 4y ago
> ..., whose utilities are deeply interwoven (can't run a systemd tool, say, resolved, without systemd) The systemd components all depend on libsystemd (a systemd project), and the GNU apps all depend on glibc (a GNU project). A com
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by growse 4y ago
> Systemd has extended its reach far beyond that of an init system. Long tentacles. Hence I say you are using systemd, not linux. You could make the same argument about KDE, or Gnome. It's not a good one. Systemd isn't trying t
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by growse 4y ago
> I didn't tell you not to use. I said I don't see any reason for me to use it. I prefer the simplicity of text based LOG files over binary files requiring that you use the systemd API that was changing regularly the last time
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by growse 5y ago
For example, people don't tend to own their own currency. I'm sure you can think of other differences.
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by growse 5y ago
This analogy is asinine because countries are not people . Their finances don't work even remotely similarly.
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by growse 5y ago
> Certainly, for the vast majority of people I've ever known, getting a spot at Oxbridge not only was not 'extremely important' - it wasn't even a consideration. Having spent a bunch of time working with people on the
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by growse 5y ago
If Google actually cared about this, why bother going through the faff of making and standardising a new protocol? You don't need a "DNS Standard" to be able to do name resolution between a client and a server you control. Ju
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by growse 5y ago
Pull requests are welcome.
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by growse 5y ago
(I help work on the Android client) The OSS build of the Android app doesn't depend on Google Play Services, and is currently available from the github release page: https://github.com/owntracks/android/releas
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by growse 5y ago
I work on the OwnTracks Android client. There is a build (the "OSS" flavour) that doesn't use any of the Google dependencies, and it's currently waiting to get merged into the F-Droid repo ( https://gitlab.com&
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by growse 5y ago
Choosing a technology that supports your business needs and growth, and that also lets you easily migrate to something else once it stops being suitable (or your requirements change, or you discover a way in which the tech doesn't work
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by growse 5y ago
> I mean, UNIX time is quite clearly and unambiguously defined as the number of seconds that passed since January 1st 1970. It's not though. Unix time is not monotonic. It goes backwards sometimes.
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by growse 5y ago
The PDF in the repo contains a simple Java sample that should be straightforward to build and run.
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by growse 5y ago
Unix timestamp assumes there are exactly 86400 seconds in a day. Or, in other words, if your timestamp is a multiple of 86400, it's midnight UTC. There are not alway 86400s in 1 day. Midnight is not a whole number of multiples of 86400
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by growse 5y ago
Not public ones, no.
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by growse 5y ago
> i am basing these "assumptions" based on what matrix offers. why is matrix the polar opposite of these "issues" then? Because it has different objectives? > what benefit do you get from "centralization&quot
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by growse 5y ago
What stops you forking and running your own server? Plenty of people have done that.
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by growse 5y ago
No, but your choices impose a cost on me. And the rest of society. Society collectively saying "we're not going to put up with that particular set of costs generated by that particular choice" is not an assertion of "own
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by growse 5y ago
> Ok, but I am asking is there any solution? > Is there a way to get the benefits of OSS AND for the creators to get more then zero dollars when someone makes a shitload of money off of just putting their software on an enterprise clo
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by growse 5y ago
Perhaps they mean the copyright owner?
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by growse 5y ago
How is there a moral issue when the software creators specifically and explicitly granted that right?
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by growse 5y ago
> Except AWS is not forking open source for their own use. They sell it and get a lot of profit from it. They sell a hosted service that uses the software. They're not selling the software. Pretty difficult to see how a company buil
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by growse 5y ago
Only a CoronaCeck test result certificate is valid for 24 hours. Certificates of vaccination and recovery are valid for much longer ( https://coronacheck.nl/en/faq/1-4-hoe-lang-is-mijn-coronabew... ). Are there plac
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by growse 5y ago
Another forward-looking statement might be that "governments will require constant 24-hour curfews 10 years from now". After all, that's just projecting and extrapolating from recent historical events (temporary movement rest
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by growse 5y ago
In the UK, you can have it posted to you, so you don't need a printer.
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by growse 5y ago
So then what's the law referenced in 'A' that requires me to buy and carry around a smartphone?

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