b4ux1t3

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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
> "Open Source" has a specific definition that is the one from the _OSI_ Emphasis mine.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I'm not ignoring or disagreeing with anything. There's no need to be a dick. I'm just saying that there are conflicting "definitions" out there.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
It is a technical term defined by a bunch of people who got together and agreed that their opinions (however educated they may be) are more correct than other people's. That's extremely subjective, and not universally accepted. Te
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Honestly, I wouldn't respond to anyone who compares political systems with software development paradigms. Realistically, it's just really hard to compare the two directly, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to sell you somet
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I dunno how I messed that up. I'mma blame the post-lunch slump. For some reason I was thinking IPv6 was 64 bits.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Eh, not really, it's just going to require an exponential increase in computing power. They already have the platform, in theory it would just be about scaling. That said, it's kind of a huge scaling problem. If it really is a mat
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Not who you replied to, but I, personally, think it boils down to trust. Using someone else's code, _especially_ if it's functional, should be the same as using the proverbial black box. You shouldn't need to understand their
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I liked this article, but I feel like it's just a bit too. . .matter of fact. "FP _will_ make your linter do your work for you", things like that. ("Even if you haven't already-made a mistake, and are just thinking
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Frankly, it's just a different way to think about structuring a code base. Some people think better functionally, some people think better procedurally, but, in the end, it's all just a list of instructions, executed in order by a
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
You're not alone. I'm of the mind that it doesn't matter what the license, state of the source, or whatever, I'm here to get things done, not quibble over trivialities and semantics. When I can see the source for somethi
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Can you blame us? This is largely a subjective matter, and the different organizations who talk about this kind of thing have often-conflicting ideologies about how all this works. When I hear "open source", I don't know whic
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I'm just going off of what I hear vocal "FOSS" advocates screaming at me on online forums. They tell anyone and everyone, loudly, that licenses are terrible, but at least some are decent, and that if I can't do what I wa
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
That's interesting. I didn't actually know that, I figured there'd be some kind of shim in place to make it work. Incidentally, this doesn't mean that Wine runs 16-bit Windows programs particularly well. I did a bit of q
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
No, it really doesn't. Windows has had backwards compatibility as a huge priority for a long time, often to their detriment. You can literally update a machine from Windows 3.1 to windows 10, and programs written for Windows 3.1 will s
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Open source does not mean you are free to distribute the code, necessarily. It literally just means that the code is available for inspection. Paid-for open source software isn't a new thing. You're thinking of _free_ open source
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
What generally happens to most wild plants during the summer? Most of them can survive a few dry spells.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Eh, same vein of humor. I'll allow it.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
That's exactly it. I knew it was something based on a book. I've updated my comment below, if anyone is looking for the specific radio show about it.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I'm having a bear of a time trying to figure out what podcast it was. It might even have been a YouTube video. I've been going through different permutations of search terms to find it. I'm worried it might have been .NET Roc
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Zachtronics is awesome. Not only do they make some of the best puzzle games in the world, their write-ups are always full of juicy details. I really liked their modern take on "retro" programming. I am not of the mind that we need
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
I would love to see more posts like this. Seeing your thought process when approaching a problem, even if you don't end up solving the problem, or don't do it well, is valuable insight into how other people work, and how I can pos
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Crap, I listened to a podcasts sometime last year about how using checklists in a medical setting decreased errors by a ridiculous amount. I'm going to try to find it. But, if I don't, you got the gist of it: Have a checklist, and
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
http://i.imgur.com/54JjaA3.png Well, I guess ad companies have no idea how much money I make.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
It's not lying, and it makes people click the link and learn something they might not have known about. I don't think this is bad at all.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Oh, that's nice. Tell me, what content is appropriate for a person who was arrested for dealing a few ounces of weed? Motherfucker might find a chemical reaction that blows up! Fuck acetic acid! Fuck sodium bicarbonate!
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
The thing is, I don't disagree. It_is_ possible to be too polite. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about people who, generally speaking, rub their workmates the wrong way. People who would rub just
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Because it would seem that if, for whatever reason, I was mistakenly accused and convicted of something, I would basically have no way of continuing my life. Also, I refuse to support a local (bleh, state, whatever) government with taxes ju
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Except for the vast (and I mean _vast_) majority of users, this is never an issue. You've got a chance of being struck by a meteor whenever you leave your house (and also while being in it). Do you solve that problem by staying inside?
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
Thank you. Realistically, what's the likelihood that any single user who uses gmail is going to get shut down? Literally one in millions.
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by b4ux1t3 9y ago
It's probably a problem they aren't in a hurry to solve because there's no reason to solve it. Any decently-funded small business can afford to use proper web hosting (Er, I love Digital Ocean. But they aren't really &qu

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