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Re: Order a burned CD of your own public GitHub repo

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Post by GaProgMan »

endgame wrote: post #99

How do we know this is real? Most online form providers will host all forms on their own domain, so it could just be a great way to get some data harvesting going on the .microsoft gTLD.

While it's not full on 100% proof, one of the Senior Dev Advocates posted about it on Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/cassidoo.co/post/3mpp2vh3oyk2b

Re: Order a burned CD of your own public GitHub repo

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Post by oliwarner »

endgame wrote: post #99

How do we know this is real? Most online form providers will host all forms on their own domain, so it could just be a great way to get some data harvesting going on the .microsoft gTLD.

I hate how Office 365 forms have no simple way to verify where your data is going.

Through companies and schools using them for essential functions, they've normalised posting sensitive data without checking.

Re: Order a burned CD of your own public GitHub repo

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Post by brador »

ninjin wrote: post #79
vlovich123 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Put in a request for the OpenBSD src repository, which is too big to fit on a CD these days and I am looking forward to see if/how they square that circle. From literally the first few sentences: > If we can make you a CD, it may take a few weeks to reach you. They just won’t send it to you. Also keep in mind that they say it has to be your repo - not sure how they’re verifying that but you probably won’t get it fo…

Riddle me this, what was the cost to me in terms of trying? If I feel like treating this like the fun we used to have online, what is the point in sucking all the fun out of it by "going lawyer" on the conditions? If I get a CD (or even DVD), it will be a fun story to tell (like when I asked Schneier to write a true Schneier Fact as opposed to his signature when I ordered a signed copy of one of his books). If I get…

This attitude is why we don’t have these things.

Increased risk profile, now they need to pass legal and finance, meetings are booked and cancelled, never seen again.

Only way to slip them past is if you’re the primary shareholder or line item on the marketing budget.

Re: Order a burned CD of your own public GitHub repo

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Post by smgpie »

paxys wrote: post #38

Fun joke at Sony's expense but it's going to spectacularly backfire when Microsoft inevitably announces that the next Xbox won't support physical discs.

Dont know about other places, but in my place, almost every xbox user I know already play all digitally now. Literally xbox is the first console platform to drop physical disc long before sony, though not officially stated.

Re: Order a burned CD of your own public GitHub repo

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Post by jfoks »

vlovich123 wrote: post #98
ninjin wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Riddle me this, what was the cost to me in terms of trying? If I feel like treating this like the fun we used to have online, what is the point in sucking all the fun out of it by "going lawyer" on the conditions? If I get a CD (or even DVD), it will be a fun story to tell (like when I asked Schneier to write a true Schneier Fact as opposed to his signature when I ordered a signed copy of one of his books). If I get…

You speculated wondering how they’ll manage it, I gave you an answer. If that ruined the fun for you, you may want to rethink how you say things on message boards.

So many ways for splitting across multiple discs... git bundle, split tar files, etc.

Now if it came with a userfs layer that lets users disc jockey and use the repo without copying it first, with some smart mapping making disc swaps seldomly needed, then serious respect would be in order.

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