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by mch82 7y ago
Thank you for the citation. I’ve added that episode (and the rest) to my listening queue & look forward to your other episodes too. Looks like a cool podcast!
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> Basically a combo of GPL and taking community contributions without having them assign copyright to you is the most full proof way to keep something open source. Sorry, but your advice is refuted by research. Both GNU and Apache ask de
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The copyright holder can change the go-forward license at any time. The license doesn’t restrict the copyright holder, it restricts everyone else. Your employer isn’t seeking a copy of your Apache 2.0 code, which they already have, they’re
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Can you please elaborate on “coach to help you develop a voice within the corporate setting”? What are these coaches called? Can you link to an example?
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Keep in mind that Pokemon Go (AR) has generated over $700M in revenue for iOS App Store & Google Play. [1] That’s 7x the $100M in revenue Facebook generated from the entire Oculus Store (VR). [2] [1]: https://www.businessofap
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One of the funniest eras of advertising was the ads for HD TV broadcast on 480p TV. They’d always include all these video clips & that always made me laugh :-)
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Amazing! I’ve been wondering, why is it that few people study research methods outside of Ph.D. programs? My guess is that until very recently most people didn’t have access to research material... it was all at university & private lib
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I doubt there is a single correct answer to your question. That said, two things come to mind... First, commercial software used to be very anti open source. See [1]. As a result, there can be distrust & skepticism when commercial compa
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Having read about the beginnings of a lot of open source projects it is common for an initial period of “closed” small team development. Episode 32 of the Django Chat podcast touches on this topic at 34 minutes in. DHH talks about the benef
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Assuming OpenTeams is built on Django/Flask (based on the large number of Python projects), it would also be cool just to submit code/doc improvements or support back to those projects.
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Could be cool to use Mattermost instead of Slack, given the concept is supporting open source. Along those lines, I appreciated login with GitLab!
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It’s an imperfect example, but the Maya to Blender transition is starting to happen now. See “Epic Games supports Blender Foundation with $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant“, https://www.blender.org/press/epic-games-supports-b
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> Why doesn't Google (first) fully open-source... Because sustainable open source rarely works that way. Sustainable open source projects focus on three things: (1) identify the bits that are common across many applications, (2) est
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I assume Namibj is suggesting a switch from our current hub-and-spoke ISP model to a peer-to-peer mesh networking model. Radio technologies have strengths and weaknesses. While WiFi works great in a home, other radio types are better at tra
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Yes. The author of the article buried this point under all the Google, Facebook, Amazon commentary. Yet, it’s the key point. Also, this article got me thinking that maybe public research should get to work on the AR/VR aspects of the w
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Fun fact... This is how search engines started. One of the first steps in early SEO was to get your site listed on a manually curated web directory. VLIB, the first web directory, still operates at http://vlib.org/ . List of
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Publishers are responsible & accountable to the FCC and FTC in the United States. Facebook’s entire argument, until recently, is that they aren’t a publisher. For TV “The FCC has primary responsibility for determining whether specific a
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Have you checked out Shell’s scenario writing? They used to publish some very good how-to guides for futures research. I didn’t see as much how-to content the last time I visited the website. https://www.shell.com/energy-and
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I was at Staples to get some supplies & they recommended https://printme.com/ 1. Send your print, 2. Get a code, 3. Go to a partner like Staples, 4. Pick up your print The Staples rep said the document is encrypted &amp
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I think the risk of the scenario you describe is low, but it could happen and it has in the past. Other reasons also come to mind. When someone is out of work tax revenues decrease and a variety of social costs can increase. Infrastructure
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Can you think of any reasons it might NOT be true that “everyone else is better off when people lose jobs to automation“?
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Is it true regulation slows progress? History shows regulation speeds technical progress. - Manhattan Project - Apollo program - Public university research - ARPANET - Aircraft - Spacecraft ...
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How come access to the data is needed to protect it?
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weworkremotely.com > We Work Remotely is a large, global platform of individuals pursuing remote work and companies looking to hire. I think it spun out of Basecamp’s book, “Remote”.
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> RxDB can do a realtime replication with any CouchDB compliant endpoint and also with GraphQL endpoints. PouchDB is mentioned a couple of times, including one “PouchDB compatible” mention. Wondering what unique use cases RxDB supports?
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> Currently Scala, Python, and SQL cell types are supported.
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Opt-out (ideally opt-in) is very important for enterprise customers, especially self-hosted. Our enterprise security people would complain about data exfiltration risk. GitLab would only survive if the security people approve it & that
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Here’s the Sync security FAQ to answer javajosh’s follow up question, which I can’t reply to directly. “How Firefox Sync keeps your data safe even if TLS fails” https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-sync
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You’ll also have the option to use customer feedback, if you think that makes sense. Take a look at Lyft’s post-ride survey. Rate your ride, plus a set of chips that let people express what stood out about the driver, plus a comment field.
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To me, what you’re sort of doing is flipping the StackOverflow model around so that the authors share in the profits. That’s an interesting concept to experiment with. I wonder if “Teachers Pay Teachers” might be a company for you to benchm

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