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Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by kmill »

formulaT wrote: post #2

I never quite got why it's ok for the stupid hackathon projects to be negative, demeaning, and have NSFW content, even though these things are completely verboten in every other tech event. Is there some kind of certification[0] that the hackathon organizers got to be allowed to do this? EDIT: [0] What I meant was that it is as if organizations like this hackathon have some kind of certification that allows them to h…

I've been trying to understand what you were talking about, and I didn't realize there was another hackathon with the same name in NYC. This one was in SF, and the organizers even had this on the submission page for signing up to present: 'In particular, [quoting the hackerspace code of conduct] "Nobody should be forced to experience sexual or sexualised language or imagery." For real.'

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by jv22222 »

What I really like about this is, finally we have a way to calculate the salary of sysops workers.

Run .. gcc --pricing .. once per month and multiply the total by 1000.

It's totally ungameable and measures the direct value each sysops worker brings to your company.

Genius!

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by TheSoftwareGuy »

toyg wrote: post #17

Does it work with scripts as well? E.g. if I run a makefile, will my gcc fees go through the roof? Maybe it should have safety warnings. The real killer feature would be a periodic upload of your transaction database to the cloud. You could call it "OneGNU". The possibilities are endless.

yes, as long as they are invoked using the PATH variable, (and not, say, by using the absolute path to them) it will work.

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by glenn_smith »

moreoverlords wrote: post #32

This would be quite funny if it had not been attempted seriously in a major Gnu project already! Check out the SHAMELESS Ole Tange and his bizarre attempts to simultaneously force people to obey academic citations while at the same offering you the chance to throw the academic process in the bin for a mere 10000 EUR payment to him. I wish I was joking. GNU Nagware! It literally nags you with a warning message every t…

It was covered in depth at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2013-11/msg00006....

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by bcg1 »

formulaT wrote: post #2

I never quite got why it's ok for the stupid hackathon projects to be negative, demeaning, and have NSFW content, even though these things are completely verboten in every other tech event. Is there some kind of certification[0] that the hackathon organizers got to be allowed to do this? EDIT: [0] What I meant was that it is as if organizations like this hackathon have some kind of certification that allows them to h…

Its kind of cute that you believe in the whole "blue team" vs. "red team" thing, and that it is relevant to the topic.

And to answer your question... no, you don't need a certification to make an ass of yourself:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9521343

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by davidgerard »

angersock wrote: post #37
formulaT wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See my footnote at the start of this thread. And please stop progressive-splaining to me.

"progressive-splaining* means what, exactly? I have a similar issue with the misused mansplaining , for what it's worth.

Please don't feed the sincerely querulous poster.

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by firethief »

leppr wrote: post #34
formulaT wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't believe that the difference is serious vs non-serious events. It's pretty clear that no company or group would dare to create a light hearted hackathon featuring sexual content, if it hadn't been proposed first by a progressive cause (in this case mocking startup culture for being a White cishet male bubble). And Microsoft apologized for that song[0]. Note that this event is sponsored by real tech companies.…

You forgot Egg Timer on the New York hackaton's page, which features a drawing of not one but four female ovaries, complete with blatant objectification: http://pamelaliou.com/blog/?p=367 When white women in the tech industry themselves are reprogrammed to be non-welcoming to diversities, you know there's a problem.

Four ovaries isn't really that many; at least they weren't reprogrammed to draw like seven

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by fit2rule »

Well joking aside, its funny because things really used to be this way - sessions/jobs were an invoice line-item, but .. kidding aside - if one tried to practically apply such follies - I think this might be another place that Bitcoin - and micro-transactions - would be useful.

I'd be quite happy to lend my CPU to appservers, knowing it was going to have transactions in my favour somehow.

So maybe there will be a Linux distro that plugs into Ethereum, somehow? Or hell, containers, sorry pardon me ..

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by 1_player »

jv22222 wrote: post #52

What I really like about this is, finally we have a way to calculate the salary of sysops workers. Run .. gcc --pricing .. once per month and multiply the total by 1000. It's totally ungameable and measures the direct value each sysops worker brings to your company. Genius!

Well, a good sysadmin will run gcc once and get a working build, while an inexperienced one will run it dozens of times because he forgot to install dependencies and apply patches.

Re: Show HN: Turn GNU command line tools into SaaS – Stupid Hackathon Project

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Post by formulaT »

davidgerard wrote: post #56
angersock wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"progressive-splaining* means what, exactly? I have a similar issue with the misused mansplaining , for what it's worth.

Please don't feed the sincerely querulous poster.

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
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