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> "Open Source" has a specific definition that is the one from the _OSI_ Emphasis mine.

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.

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 extr…

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 any…

I dunno how I messed that up. I'mma blame the post-lunch slump. For some reason I was thinking IPv6 was 64 bits.

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 kin…

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 blac…

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-mad…

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 j…

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 semantic…

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.…

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 …

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 prog…

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 …

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…

What generally happens to most wild plants during the summer? Most of them can survive a few dry spells.

Eh, same vein of humor. I'll allow it.

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.

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 fin…

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 "ret…

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 ins…

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 do…

http://i.imgur.com/54JjaA3.png Well, I guess ad companies have no idea how much money I make.

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.

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! Fuc…