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joejoe638

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    Comment #47049000

    Private Equity doesn’t “own” business in the sense most people understand it. PE is finalisation of business, its ownership is far more similar to a mortgagee than an owner in ever…

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    Comment #46858466

    Only for the ideologue every interaction must be burdened by partisan politics.

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    Comment #46852428

    A petition and including your political opinions whenever you engage in your trade or profession is not the same. This is the entire point and objection with politicisation of ever…

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    Comment #46852352

    Based on arrest of protesters in UK, US, and recent laws passed in Australia; it is fair to say that Notepad++’s freedom to protest would depend on who and what they are protesting…

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    Comment #46852244

    The issue with making something so universal as software, specifically scientific software political is that it operates in such a broad context that every political statement soon…

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    Comment #46852105

    This take is completely blind to how sciences has worked throughout history of humanity and specifically post major world wars. Additionally, it is based on a false notion that pol…

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    Comment #46852070

    This is about being productive and weighing the overall value of things. The politicisation of software is as harmful as requiring every research paper to be published with a polit…