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Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by flukus »

simonh wrote: post #107
flukus wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Project sites are already github repos. Bug tracking etc should be backed up ( https://backhub.co/ ), or did we forget how to make backups?

I get really annoyed by comments like this. The comments was that there may be a systemic risk. Pointing out that there are mitigating controls available is simply not sufficient to refute the concern. To refute it you'd need to show that enough repos do have sufficient backups and are capable of recovering adequately from the loss of github. If I asked a colleague at work if a project was properly backed up and they…

The point is the risk is the same as it's always been and the mitigation steps are the same. And that git mitigates some of the worse effects naturally.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by TomMarius »

vetinari wrote: post #106
debaserab2 wrote: post #70

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Who relies on google exactly, other than advertisers? It works really well, but, if it fails... there's plenty waiting right there to take it's place.

Just this Tuesday I could observe, what happens when Google is down (their routers were throwing away packets from Prague peering). So, without further ado: - obviously, services like Search, Youtube, Gmail are unavailable. That includes searching from the address bar in your browser ;) - people, who have their DNS set to 8.8.8.8 should reconsider their settings, - too many web pages use assets hosted on Google CDN,…

Also anything that uses Recaptcha was mostly unusable, including government services.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by sdfjkl »

contingencies wrote: post #152
sdfjkl wrote: post #133

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I have some short USB 2.0 extension cables that I use to plug between the Macbook and USB 3 devices - to reduce them to USB 2.0. Because if I for example try to copy more than a few MB to a USB 3 external HD, the Mac freezes. Every single time. So that's working well then.

Try different powered hubs. Last week I discovered a USB key that eats so much power it won't run without a powered hub! Numerous external hard drives and optical drives are in this camp, too.

Does the power requirement change between USB 2.0 and USB 3? If not, I don't see why more power would change anything.

I also don't think a power problem on an attached USB device should give my computer a kernel panic.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by 3poundkilograms »

hunter2_ wrote: post #135
3poundkilograms wrote: post #132

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I think he meant that it was not supposed to be "Mac Oh Es Ten Ten Nine Two", but rather "Mac Oh Es Ten Nine Two" when referring to Mac OS X 10.9.2. Do you think people said "Mac Oh Es Nine Nine One", or "Mac Oh Es Nine One" for Mac OS 9.1?

I think you write (and say as /ten/) "X" as the major version if you're also using the non-numeric minor version: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard"; but you omit it when using the numeric minor version so as to also use the Arabic major version: "Mac OS 10.6". You say /ten/ either way and never twice.

People seem to quite commonly write "Mac OS X 10.6", which duplicates the 10. News articles and Wikipedia included. I don't remember what the machines themselves reported, though. I don't have anything pre-Sierra anymore.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by jaxn »

hellofunk wrote: post #69
jaxn wrote: post #60

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I am a little nervous about this switch, but it is definitely a high quality machine with solid attention to detail. Also, Windows 10 seems pretty solid. I have a long way to go, but I am hoping that I can use the Thanksgiving break to get over the hump and be relatively productive when I get back to the office on Monday. I am pretty committed to making the switch though. I am taking notes in case the transition is w…

> I am taking notes in case the transition is worth sharing later. I was going to bookmark your blog in case you shared those notes, but it looks like jaxn.org is no longer.

Yeah, I ran for political office earlier this year and took my blog down. I will probably post to Medium.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by jaxn »

flukus wrote: post #161
simonh wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get really annoyed by comments like this. The comments was that there may be a systemic risk. Pointing out that there are mitigating controls available is simply not sufficient to refute the concern. To refute it you'd need to show that enough repos do have sufficient backups and are capable of recovering adequately from the loss of github. If I asked a colleague at work if a project was properly backed up and they…

The point is the risk is the same as it's always been and the mitigation steps are the same. And that git mitigates some of the worse effects naturally.

If project sites were still mostly individually hosted using a wider variety of services and software, then a single outage wouldn't be a big deal.

Now, an outage at github would be difficult because you would not only have to get your stuff available again, but you might also have to track down a long list of dependencies that are also hosted at github.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by sandstrom »

I think Apple is missing out on both a lot of goodwill but also overall progress of their Unix core by being so closed.

Instead they should actively contribute source-code to the BSD-ecosystem. Apple has a lot to gain long-term from the BSD-ecosystem being healthy.

Also, the whole Hackintosh thing is completely overblown. So what if some intrepid coder gets it running on a non-apple machine. It won't affect their sales the tiniest bit.

Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by guomanmin »

Participate in Atlassian Research

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If you’re interested, just shoot me an email with your availability over the next few weeks and we can set up a time to chat for 30 minutes. Please also include your timezone so we can schedule a suitable time (as I’m located in San Francisco). Hope to talk to you soon!

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Re: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components

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Post by guomanmin »

gaxun wrote: post #27

I have been drafting an 'Ideas' post about the following idea, but it's not done yet and this looks like as good a place as any to look for some early feedback. This might not have as much clarity as I'd like. The general idea is to have a site that can track various projects that release their own copy of GPL (especially, but other licenses as well) software. So Apple ships their version of {bash, etc.}, and so does…

Participate in Atlassian Research

My name is Angela and I do research for Bitbucket. I’m kicking off a round of discussions with people who use Git tools. Ideally, I’d like to talk to people that sit on a team of 3 or more. If this is you, I would love to talk to you about your experience with Git tools, or just some of the pain points that are keeping you up at night when doing your jobs. 

 We’ll just need 30 mins of your time, and as a token of my thanks to those that participate, I’d like to offer a US$50 Amazon gift voucher. 



If you’re interested, just shoot me an email with your availability over the next few weeks and we can set up a time to chat for 30 minutes. Please also include your timezone so we can schedule a suitable time (as I’m located in San Francisco).

Hope to talk to you soon!

Cheers, 
 Angela Guo aguo@atlassian.com

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