401–410 of 588 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, and the PSF is worried that the possible cancellation of PyCon could send the whole foundation broke. The fact that there's a bunch of critical infra run on a precarious volunteer shoestring is not a good thing.
Maybe look in your node_modules folder sometime, eh? Or the Linux kernel. The whole world runs their critical infrastructure on volunteer work.
I wonder if more people will look into adopting Deno[1], the new node alternative by one of the creators of Node. It does not use NPM, you pull in packages Go-style (via URLs[2]). It's supposed to be more secure because you have to explicitly give it access to anything (i.e. network, file system, etc). [1] https://deno.land/ [2] example import in Deno: import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@v0.36.0/http/server.…
Who is backing the project in this point?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microsoft is aware of their reputation. So much that they even have a policy of not allowing Microsoft+Github co-brand promotions. They want the Github brand to stay strong instead of being diluted into some mix of Github and Microsoft.
I get this in principal, but when I go to GitHub without being logged in it just feels... well, like Microsoft.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did search, didn't find it quickly. Could you share some sources of the negative impact? (I'm legitimately curious as my use of GitHub hasn't led me to notice any change.)
I found two pretty damn quickly. They're 3 of the top 5 most upvoted comments on the announcement thread... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17221640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17221656 > I'm legitimately curious as my use of GitHub hasn't led me to notice any change Nor I. That's not that point. For the record, I think Microsoft has done wonderfully for the dev community in the last 10 years. I don't s…
I'm surprised there's not a single mention of "Microsoft" in this or the npm announcement [1], given the old-evil-history of Microsoft and the new-nice Microsoft we have today. I would expect that there was at least a mention, considering the reason that most modules in npm are still in ES5 is exactly because of the monopolistic practices that Microsoft followed back in the day which makes Internet Explorer still rel…
I'm surprised there's not a single mention of "Microsoft" in this or the npm announcement [1], given the old-evil-history of Microsoft and the new-nice Microsoft we have today. Maybe Microsoft's reputation is exactly the reason why it was left out of this announcement. Sometimes a brand is so tarnished that the owner tries to hide it from the people who hate it. (For example, Comcast → Xfinity. I expect Monsanto to g…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Before someone else comes along and writes a monologue, the biggest downside might be how it handled (didn't break) its contract with ICE[0]. If the acquisition didn't happen, old GitHub might've dropped the contract immediately upon enough employees speaking about it. 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21412600
That's a subjective political opinion of a far-left vocal minority. Not everyone has an issue with ICE (a federal law-enforcement agency that stops criminals and saves lives) nor finds a problem with a company legally providing services to the government.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did search, didn't find it quickly. Could you share some sources of the negative impact? (I'm legitimately curious as my use of GitHub hasn't led me to notice any change.)
I found two pretty damn quickly. They're 3 of the top 5 most upvoted comments on the announcement thread... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17221640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17221656 > I'm legitimately curious as my use of GitHub hasn't led me to notice any change Nor I. That's not that point. For the record, I think Microsoft has done wonderfully for the dev community in the last 10 years. I don't s…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a subjective political opinion of a far-left vocal minority. Not everyone has an issue with ICE (a federal law-enforcement agency that stops criminals and saves lives) nor finds a problem with a company legally providing services to the government.
I guess every person who was put in a cage near the border of the US was a huge danger. https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border...
Also detainment centers are not cages but fenced areas with free movement inside where people receive food, shelter, healthcare, entertainment, schooling and legal services paid for by US taxpayers while their cases are processed. Detainees are free to deport themselves at any time. This is more accommodating than pretty much every other developed nation.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>That's a subjective political opinion of a far-left vocal minority What you are talking about is Right-wing politics, even if they are extremely far to the left of your -and the majority of peoples political view -in the USA. Both parties in the US are on the right. This isn't Reddit where the state of US politics is the default norm when it differs from most of planet earth. Though HN is quickly getting there.
Open/loose borders is far left policy everywhere. Most countries are far stricter with borders than the US.
ICE are the goons operating everywhere (i. e. not tied to the border) rounding up "suspected illegal immigrants".
Because it isn't exactly hard to find illegal immigrants, and their charter allows them to control people without objective cause, ICE gets to arbitrarily decide whom to harass.
It's the real-life version of the perennial fear of civil libertarians that too many criminal laws will just lead to any one of us being arrested whenever it happens to be convenient for whoever is currently in power.
It isn't going to end illegal immigration, nor curtail it to any significant degree. It just serves to keep a large segment of the people who see every day in a constant state of fear, unable to (for example) seek protection from crime or exploitation for fear of being deported.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Open/loose borders is far left policy everywhere. Most countries are far stricter with borders than the US.
ICE doesn't protect the border, that's United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). ICE are the goons operating everywhere (i. e. not tied to the border) rounding up "suspected illegal immigrants". Because it isn't exactly hard to find illegal immigrants, and their charter allows them to control people without objective cause, ICE gets to arbitrarily decide whom to harass. It's the real-life version of the pere…
As for the rest of your comment, this is the far-left extremist position that I cited in my first post. There's no good faith discussion to be had here.