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zen21
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Comment #33598769
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, batte…
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Comment #33598320
“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 t…
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Comment #33596704
It’s a great way to make money out of crypto!
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Comment #33596665
Some people copy and paste other people’s profile info into their profiles.
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Comment #33595436
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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Comment #33595394
> 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…
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Comment #33590668
> 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…
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Comment #33590318
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 n…
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Comment #33589565
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…
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Comment #33589505
Did autocomplete mess up your comment? It looks like it needs some editing.
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Comment #33589469
> 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 conside…
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Comment #33589439
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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Comment #33589377
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 tha…
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Comment #33589339
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…
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Comment #33588935
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…
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Comment #33588784
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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Comment #33588760
> 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…
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Comment #33588698
> 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 no…
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Comment #33588210
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 awar…
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Comment #33588161
> 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…
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Comment #33587608
Amusingly the same number as for the legal code used to involuntarily detain someone for psychiatric evaluation.
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Comment #33587587
So no.
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Comment #33587527
Is there a link to evidence of this?
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Comment #33587414
> lol but reposting half an article as a comment is You seem to be confused about who you are replying to.