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Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by rmunn »

jdub wrote: post #88
rmunn wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's end this conversation right here before it descends any further into ideological battle. And in the interests of peace, I shall hold my tongue about what I think about Marx, or of you for recommending him in a positive light.

Ha, if you think Marx is objectionable then you really need to read Das Kapital.

Ah, something I can respond to without engaging in ideological battle. Instead, let's look at history.

I think Marx is objectionable because he was, objectively, an awful person. I mean, just to take one single example, look at what he wrote about Ferdinand Lassalle in this letter to Engels:

https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1862/l...

... Yes. That's literally what Marx wrote.

The first two paragraphs are particularly revealing on the question of whether Marx was, or was not, motivated by envy.

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by SwellJoe »

aljgz wrote: post #87
SwellJoe wrote: post #75

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Pedantically, they're wrong, but the two are closely related. They both use the parent's hash together with the contents of the block/changes in the commit to compute hash of the current block/commit. Git supports many parallel branches, while Blockchain uses decentralized consensus mechanisms to keep the entire network in agreement and resolve branches as soon as possible. So yes, the mathematical problems in the tw…

Y'all love to pretend blockchain is important and useful for all kinds of things. Just stop. It's shady to try to take credit for anything good in the hope that some of the goodwill rubs off on blockchain.

Git predates Bitcoin. It is also useful and efficient, things blockchain is not.

You cannot claim everything that uses hashes is a fucking blockchain, it's ridiculous.

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by smegger001 »

philistine wrote: post #92
cdud3 wrote: post #57

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Feels a lot like the Mozilla Foundation which also ended to do everything but there Browser.

Yeah but with the Linux foundation, I read the list of things they fund and I see important projects. What is it that Mozilla does again?

Lets see; a phone os no one used, and ad on installed without user permision as a tie-for a TV show, browser integration with a thirdparty bookmarking service that should have been an optional addon, a VPN, an abborted browser based video confercing service based on open standards that they killed for non obvious reasons, a bunch of social justice initiatives, an email masking/forwarding service killing their addon APIs in favor of googles more limited api.

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by [deleted] »

CursedSilicon wrote: post #72
siren2026 wrote: post #23

I have some experience with the CNCF and oh boy is it a huge powergrab with excuse of inclusivity, wokeness and all the stuff that comes with it. Rarely seen so many self serving people that are in it for themselves as in the CNCF. Yes, downvote away.

This isn't Reddit. If you're getting "downvoted" it's because you aren't contributing to the discussion. Bemoaning "Downvotes" is also frowned upon directly

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Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by walrus01 »

smegger001 wrote: post #103
philistine wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but with the Linux foundation, I read the list of things they fund and I see important projects. What is it that Mozilla does again?

Lets see; a phone os no one used, and ad on installed without user permision as a tie-for a TV show, browser integration with a thirdparty bookmarking service that should have been an optional addon, a VPN, an abborted browser based video confercing service based on open standards that they killed for non obvious reasons, a bunch of social justice initiatives, an email masking/forwarding service killing their addon A…

To be fair to the vpn product, at least they did it through a partnership with mullvad, one of the least-terrible (not even in the same ballpark as the likes of nordvpn, etc) commercial vpn service providers in existence.

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by zeroCalories »

queenkjuul wrote: post #80
zeroCalories wrote: post #67

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No one really "needs" anything. You can live perfectly well on minimum wage. But really, you could survive perfectly well as a slave. Infact, the world is content for you to die and get nothing. All "need" is "want". All you deserve is what you have leverage for.

You absolutely cannot live perfectly well on minimum wage lmao

What you mean is that you can't have everything you want on minimum wage

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by jdub »

rmunn wrote: post #101
jdub wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha, if you think Marx is objectionable then you really need to read Das Kapital.

Ah, something I can respond to without engaging in ideological battle. Instead, let's look at history. I think Marx is objectionable because he was, objectively, an awful person. I mean, just to take one single example, look at what he wrote about Ferdinand Lassalle in this letter to Engels: https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1862/l... ... Yes. That's literally what Marx wrote. The first two paragr…

Seriously, you'd do better to engage with ideology and philosophy rather than the personal letters of flawed human beings.

Re: Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

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Post by slowmovintarget »

smegger001 wrote: post #103
philistine wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but with the Linux foundation, I read the list of things they fund and I see important projects. What is it that Mozilla does again?

Lets see; a phone os no one used, and ad on installed without user permision as a tie-for a TV show, browser integration with a thirdparty bookmarking service that should have been an optional addon, a VPN, an abborted browser based video confercing service based on open standards that they killed for non obvious reasons, a bunch of social justice initiatives, an email masking/forwarding service killing their addon A…

The video conferencing would have bitten in to Google's Meet and Google was their primary source of funding.
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