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Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by shp0ngle » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

scrubs wrote: post #11

If I read another piece of American corporate crap --- plastic, formulaic, always-be-selling --- I'm gonna throw up on my keyboard. The write-up is rife with stock phrases, and vapid emotionalism. Somewhere when the rest of us are busy there's a room somewhere where people get the cheat-sheet, fill-in-the-blank training that produces this junk. Look the guy probably had some success and met some great people. So why…

If you don’t want to read this type of stuff, don’t read corporate blogs. Especially CEO posts. That’s easy.

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by __s » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

kreeben wrote: post #136

__s wrote: post #95

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Musk

It's funny to me that you think Musk isn't an "always-be-selling" type of person and that you think he speaks his mind without spewing "corporate speak" because to me, "Musk speak" is just another form of corporate speak. Musk isn't so much "speaking the truth", he's more "selling things, his way".

That's cool; I was just answering ghostly_'s question as to whom systemvoltage was implying

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by jaywalk » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

kreeben wrote: post #136

__s wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Musk

It's funny to me that you think Musk isn't an "always-be-selling" type of person and that you think he speaks his mind without spewing "corporate speak" because to me, "Musk speak" is just another form of corporate speak. Musk isn't so much "speaking the truth", he's more "selling things, his way".

You've essentially expanded the definition of "corporate speak" to be "anything a person in a leadership position says"

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by siva7 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

est31 wrote: post #87

joshmanders wrote: post #71

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Microsoft has shareholders, don't they?

In 2018, MS had 110 billion USD in revenue, while Github had 200-300 million USD. So the Github business is <0.5% of MS's revenue.

They don't care about revenue at this league of acquisitions. It's all about strategic power and market share.

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by Apocryphon » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

kreeben wrote: post #136

__s wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Musk

It's funny to me that you think Musk isn't an "always-be-selling" type of person and that you think he speaks his mind without spewing "corporate speak" because to me, "Musk speak" is just another form of corporate speak. Musk isn't so much "speaking the truth", he's more "selling things, his way".

Exactly, his shtick just happens to be the complete opposite of conventional corporate speak. It's edgy "tell-it-like-it-is" trolling, but it's still designed to build a brand and a relationship with the consumer. He's not even the only corpo who does that.

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by nickthemagicman » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

eat_veggies wrote: post #118

nat's only starred gist says drop ice: https://gist.github.com/nat/starred

Interestinf. What's the ICE contract?

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by Apocryphon » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC

jaywalk wrote: post #163

kreeben wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's funny to me that you think Musk isn't an "always-be-selling" type of person and that you think he speaks his mind without spewing "corporate speak" because to me, "Musk speak" is just another form of corporate speak. Musk isn't so much "speaking the truth", he's more "selling things, his way".

You've essentially expanded the definition of "corporate speak" to be "anything a person in a leadership position says"

When you're a corporate leader, the way you speak is by default a form of corporate speak, because as a public figure who is listened to, everything you say is a reflection of the brand.

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by DenseComet » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 4:59 PM UTC

safaci2000 wrote: post #139

"GitHub Actions has become the #1 CI service, used by popular open source projects and enterprises alike." I must be missing something. For whatever reason GH Actions just never appealed to me. Am I missing something? I've used Drone IO more, granted it's better than travis but the #1 CI services seems like a stretch.

Its free for open source projects and integrated nicely into Github. Even if another CI service is better, the bar to get started with Actions is much lower.

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by xook » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

karagenit wrote: post #92

avgcorrection wrote: post #56

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Summary: Leaving.

> n.b.: bye Let's code golf this and see how short we can get it :)

Shortest version might be:

Re: Thank you, GitHub

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Post by e0a74c » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

BoorishBears wrote: post #126

junon wrote: post #107

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> I wonder why it upsets you that someone would complain about this though, do you have a personal attachment to Nat? Please point to where I implied I was at all upset.

That last sentence alone "if it's so bad why read it?" is clearly something an upset person would say. - But this is HN where inferring tone is apparently a step too far in terms of speculation, so here. Have an ML model tell you how upset you sound: https://i.imgur.com/nztQgdY.jpg

I have no dog in this race but it sounds like you're assuming that a sentence with a negative sentiment (whatever that actually means) must have been created by a person who's upset. A bit of a stretch, no?