p_b_r

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by p_b_r 7y ago
Print is dead. Worst industry on the planet to focus on. Had maker picked one thing and done it right, it could still be here. It tried to be too many things at the same time.
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by p_b_r 7y ago
Gates killed that idea dead, back in the 80's. EDS - Remember that big huge company H.Ross Perot Ran? - We TRIED to buy PCs from hardware vendors without Windows. They refused due to how Bill locked them into contracts. If it was to
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by p_b_r 8y ago
I disagree - that's not a link to a paper by the Sunlight Foundation. It's a link to a site that wants you to agree to try a monthly subscription before you can download anything at all. Especially in the context of a discussion a
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by p_b_r 8y ago
More importantly, why is having an ostrich jacket relevant? I don't have a pony either.
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by p_b_r 8y ago
I consulted there years back. Helped them relo to a new building. Dolly in one hand, network layouts in the other. After the relo was done, I transitioned to handling trouble tickets along with other consultants. After a couple of months,
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by p_b_r 8y ago
Any indication if they'd be willing to open source it?
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by p_b_r 8y ago
Any indication if they'll open source it?
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by p_b_r 8y ago
Define "senior". Senior citizen developers? Or you meant that title should mean stature? If you're still coding after being at it for >30 years then yes, you're worth that to help level up entire teams. But, yes, give
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by p_b_r 8y ago
That's senseless. Non profit doesn't mean "worthy cause I should want to die on my sword for" it simply means the corporate financial structure doesn't accommodate profit-sucking shareholders, nor building the corpo
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by p_b_r 8y ago
I expect people will be paid fairly for their contributions. Are you in a position to be telling people what their time is worth? Or, possibly you're simply being a pessimist?
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by p_b_r 10y ago
Zeef appears to have curation down to a science: https://zeef.com/ Examples: https://linux.zeef.com and https://databases.zeef.com
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by p_b_r 10y ago
Aggregation does not necessarily imply improvement. Architecturally, it's quite worse than just putting lipstick on a pig - they're bolting a racehorse on top of their pig. If you look at things just right and ignore the pig, you