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by scottrogowski 6y ago
> you can’t harm competing services providers without harming end users. > the overt motive is to enhance monetization by preventing licensees from competing with them to sell services: it is to create a moat enabling monopolization a
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
https://commonsclause.com/ Second FAQ: "Is this “Open Source”?" Answer: No. I don't think they are trying to hide anything and if anything are being generous because the source-available licenses do have most
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
This article takes a purist stance driven by a rigid adherence to ideology. Let's look at this another way... Open-source and proprietary licenses are at two ends of the software development spectrum. The open-source model maximizes ea
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
My point was less on the benefits/drawbacks of individual decisions and more on the presence of democracy and therefore the need to convince individuals of public policy to make it happen. For the record, I think of democracy as a stri
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Disagree. In a democracy, the only way to make the important policy changes is for the majority of people to be on board with it. Tiny actions by individuals move the needle of public opinion. Additionally, different individuals reducing th
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Thanks! I did look into Github sponsors earlier and I believe I would need the one-time payments for something like this. I'll take another look tomorrow and might be reaching out.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Do you know whether and.co has standard contracts / clauses for open source work? My concern is that open source would be legally tricky because of consideration ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration ). Esse
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Interesting. I do like the idea of putting this out in the open for a bunch of different reasons. You say that you can form a contract with the payer. I can't find anything mentioning that on your docs. Do you have the ability to make
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I personally wouldn't have any issue listing the names of open source supporters. If anything, it adds a bit more legitimacy to my project so I would prefer it.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
A sponsorship / bounty program is an interesting train-of-thought. It certainly 'fits' into an open source ethos and might give the company the added benefit of positive marketing. I just looked at the Github sponsors program
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I did. They suggested I first try to find an existing template rather than paying to draft something new. Contracts can be subtly complicated and open source can make them more-so.
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Ask HN: A company wants to pay me to write open-source code
8 points by scottrogowski 6y ago|21 comments
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Building a Comprehensive Stock Valuation Ratio with Machine Learning(medium.com)
1 points by scottrogowski 6y ago|1 comments
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Came to the comments to say this. The details are beautiful but it looks more pristine than even the cleanest modern cities. Rome as it really was should include some weathering stains at the very bare minimum
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
While unscientific, I've noticed an increasing frequency of "[FAANG company] banned me from [service I literally need to live] and I don't know why" posts over the past few months. My personal google account is permanen
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Show HN: Leave WhatsApp. Convert your conversation exports from TXT to JSON(github.com)
1 points by scottrogowski 6y ago|0 comments
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Two to share: https://fastmap.io : A drop in replacement for map that makes your Python instantly scalable in the cloud https://ffer.io : A comprehensive stock valuation ratio powered by machine learning (and just happ
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I visited "shared.com" and the content looks pretty innocuous. The first story is about office chairs, the second is about celebrity engagements. Sure, it's clickbait, but we're talking about facebook - not nature magazi
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I had this idea years ago! I'm glad someone finally did it. One thought. From a philosophical point of view, I would want this to be something that "lasts forever". So it would be nice if it were solar powered and ran off of
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I love the very slowly changing hue of your site. It's very artistic. When I started, it was a golden brown, by the time I reached the bottom, it was a lime green. I thought I might be crazy until I spotted in in dev tools.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Thank you for the well-informed comment. This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm probably incorrect to think that ossification in science has somehow gotten worse. People are people, after-all.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
While progress is difficult to quantify (and is therefore often subjective), I certainly don't think the argument about whether or not there is a slowdown is "irrational" Here is a list of scientific discoveries / innova
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
There is a popular argument being made recently that science and innovation are slowing down. If true, the next question is what factors are causing this slow down. The way that Brown was dismissed for (apparently) good research in the 50s
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I love this. I have nothing else to say except that I want this to happen. Python is an amazing language which is missing two things - static types and speed. I starred your repo and am looking forward to seeing it progress.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
How closely can we can link the rise of SaaS (and corresponding disposable frameworks) to an effort to find a stable revenue model in a world which had problematic levels of software piracy? I remember when I was a teenager, you might be lo
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I forget now whether I did it server-side or client-side but I do generate a random hex string, yes. It's reassuring to hear that a former Google engineer shares my same suspicions as to why this happened. Thank you.
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
This is something I've been acutely concerned about. I'm working on several side projects right now and I think I will want to try running ads for another one soon. Given that I don't have any power to my name and my emails t
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
I am not connecting random people via video chat (the site generates a unique url that is meant to be shared among friends). However, even if I was connecting random people, I think it would have been appropriate for them to specify why the
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
A few months ago, I tried experimenting with Google ads to drive some traffic to a side project of mine which was basically a chess-over-videochat website. A little more than 40 impressions later, it was taken down for being "in violat
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by scottrogowski 6y ago
Let me start by saying, [citation needed]. I'm incredulous that an article which states, "Even if you're still doubtful you can see it's the least worst [sic] solution we have to make capitalism work in the 21st century.

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