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by joejoe638 8mo ago
Private Equity doesn’t “own” business in the sense most people understand it. PE is finalisation of business, its ownership is far more similar to a mortgagee than an owner in every sense of the word.
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
Only for the ideologue every interaction must be burdened by partisan politics.
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
A petition and including your political opinions whenever you engage in your trade or profession is not the same. This is the entire point and objection with politicisation of everything.
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
Based on arrest of protesters in UK, US, and recent laws passed in Australia; it is fair to say that Notepad++’s freedom to protest would depend on who and what they are protesting.
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
The issue with making something so universal as software, specifically scientific software political is that it operates in such a broad context that every political statement sooner or later will seem comical outside a very narrow scope. Y
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
This take is completely blind to how sciences has worked throughout history of humanity and specifically post major world wars. Additionally, it is based on a false notion that political banners in software helps in pursuing anyone let alon
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by joejoe638 8mo ago
This is about being productive and weighing the overall value of things. The politicisation of software is as harmful as requiring every research paper to be published with a political allegiance banner. Software like most Sciences, Enginee