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by zen21 4y ago
Sorry, that doesn’t explain anything. Issuing shares often increases valuations, and Tesla is more than just a car company because they have invested in electric drivetrains, battery technology, and self-driving, as well as other product an
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by zen21 4y ago
“That does leave open the question of Musk, and the way he seemed to meme Tesla into existence, while building a rocket ship on the side…” Meme Tesla into existence? He bought in to an already existing electric car company and then managed
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by zen21 4y ago
It’s a great way to make money out of crypto!
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by zen21 4y ago
Some people copy and paste other people’s profile info into their profiles.
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by zen21 4y ago
I see. So it seems like a good reason to change the names is so people don't lose marks over spelling mistakes.
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by zen21 4y ago
> No matter the logical mistakes people are doing while reading your comment, that's not what is important. It's not the only thing that is important, but it is still important. If you can't understand the logic of some
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by zen21 4y ago
> Because he referenced the GPL, which includes such a clause indicating that there is no quality beyond the source that constitutes the property. That clause means that the author of the code isn’t legally liable for defects. How is thi
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by zen21 4y ago
Also, aside from credit, it just makes it harder to research the history. I mean did someone else discover Maxwell’s equations, and Plank’s constant who we are overlooking? Do we need to stop using the word algorithm, and replace it with s
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by zen21 4y ago
Worth noting that around $3M a day of twitter’s losses exist only to pay the debt Elon himself took on. Why would Twitter employees be working to pay for Elon to be CEO rather than for their own lunches?
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by zen21 4y ago
Did autocomplete mess up your comment? It looks like it needs some editing.
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by zen21 4y ago
> is true if and only if the resources required to modify the browser are equivalent to the resources required to build it from scratch This is not logically correct. Let’s consider two statements: 1. If you are fit enough, you can run
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by zen21 4y ago
This is a weird piece. It’s not clear why Gensler should have been trying to ‘stop’ FTX. Seems like just innuendo.
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by zen21 4y ago
It’s not clear why you’re taking about warranties. It’s strange to suggest that bad code is good because it provides a chance for others to fix it. It’s also obviously not true that if developers wrote great code the first time we wouldn’t
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by zen21 4y ago
https://tinlizzie.org/IA/index.php/End-User_Programming_by_A... Here is one of many places where Alan Kay talks about making programming available to everyone. It’s a good starting point for work exploring the dee
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by zen21 4y ago
For sure. And presumably those projects are ones in which maintaining a fork is practical. I have both forked and suggested forking. However for many projects ‘just fork it’ is not a good faith suggestion, so it can’t be a blanket answer
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by zen21 4y ago
Maybe nobody says that exact thing, but people do often say things like “if you don’t like it you can fork it”, as a way of shutting down discussions.
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by zen21 4y ago
> I don't think it's reasonable to expect an open-source maintainer to create a better development experience for you than the one they use themselves. This is clearly true. I didn’t read him as demanding that. I think his po
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by zen21 4y ago
> Where the critique doesn't make sense is trying to say these issues are specific to FOSS This is just not a logical reading of his argument. He is saying FOSS is necessary but not sufficient . His argument can clearly only ap
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by zen21 4y ago
You seem to be validating the original complaint - that FOSS alone doesn’t empower people the way it is often claimed. As for looking a gift horse in the mouth, you may not be aware of how much that sentiment devalues FOSS. The implication
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by zen21 4y ago
> None of these issues are specific to F/LOSS, so the post reads like a rant from an entitled user. > The right mindset to begin with should be one of gratitude that developers are granting you these freedoms which you don't
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by zen21 4y ago
Amusingly the same number as for the legal code used to involuntarily detain someone for psychiatric evaluation.
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by zen21 4y ago
So no.
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by zen21 4y ago
Is there a link to evidence of this?
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by zen21 4y ago
> lol but reposting half an article as a comment is You seem to be confused about who you are replying to.
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by zen21 4y ago
> You just claimed to know how it works and that your opinion is correct. No I didn’t. This is easily googled and not a matter of my opinion. You don’t need to take my word for it. > Surely if it's common practice for brands to
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by zen21 4y ago
> There is no other interpretation. "not enough" implies there should be MORE, which is a requirement. The requirement is never elucidated. Yes it is. At the top of the article he says: > People will often claim that since X
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by zen21 4y ago
No. I didn’t equate those things. Edit: It’s not clear why you think I did.
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by zen21 4y ago
I’d prefer the press reports it more reasonably too, however it is a conspiracy theory, so why shouldn’t they say so?
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by zen21 4y ago
No, that’s not what I said.
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by zen21 4y ago
I don’t understand why people are reading some requirement for them to accommodate something into this post. He’s simply making the case that as things stand, open source doesn’t enable people to do much with the code if they aren’t part of

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