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Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by koheripbal »

MatekCopatek wrote: post #103
koheripbal wrote: post #55

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I'm not French, but even if I were and were a NF voter, I doubt I would care about his political tweets let alone uninstall the software as a result. ...as someone not involved in that political fight, I slightly worry that this will serve as a distraction for him in future project development, maybe lead to a broken release or a dev path and force me to look for a new tool - zeal often crowds out focus. ...but hey,…

Excuse the hyperbole, I don't want to judge, I just genuinely think it's an interesting dilemma. Would you write software needed to support a genocide? Would you consider someone complicit if they did? I'm assuming no and yes, but where do we draw the line? How much bad stuff can I do in the name of professionalism before I should start worrying about moral aspects?

I'm honestly trying to imagine what kind of software would be needed to commit genocide...

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by [deleted] »

johnisgood wrote: post #154
johnisgood wrote: post #142

I use Notepad++ on Windows. Never cared for its author, let alone the author's beliefs.

Why the down-vote? It seems related to the other comments, and I do not see why I must care about the author of the software or their views. If ReiserFS was good (for my use cases), I would use it, although in that case I know some about the author, but only because it was quite the news around some circles.

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Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by breakfastduck »

Despacito2019 wrote: post #62
breakfastduck wrote: post #3

I really, really wish I could run this program natively on macOS. Previously I had a windows computer for work (though I am a mac user generally) and this is the only thing I miss since I managed to get a mac for work. I know there are plenty of text editors available but Notepad++ just ticks all the right boxes for a simple text editor. Edit: CrossOver for mac (fancy version of wine) is way cheap than I thought (30…

I used to be like you but I started to (wo)man up and read the emacs tutorial with the fantastic doom-emacs and now I can get myself around with Emacs and do OK with it! (on a second thought I do miss n-pp)

There are so many things on feature parity, but the button layout and general jist of np++ is just perfect.

If I could run a swiftUI style np++ with the buttons in exactly the same places & exact feature parity it'd be a dream.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by breakfastduck »

est31 wrote: post #78
breakfastduck wrote: post #54

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It's no harder to install a non app store app today than it was when I got my first mac. So I'm not sure why this opinion is held so strongly. It wouldn't be lucrative, because all the pro users (basically the mac userbase) would just not buy one. What's the point in getting one over an iPad?

> What's the point in getting one over an iPad? Better keyboard, larger screen, more connectors. And despite a lot of devs using macs, most of the userbase aren't devs, but are instead designers, artists, or just average people like college students etc. Most of those don't need third party stores, or execute any type of software outside of an apple approved list. Give them their specialist DAW, Adobe suite, etc. and…

Irrelevant. If developers abandon a platform (no matter how small a percentage they are) then the platform dies. Especially one like macOS where the only true environment to develop native compatibility is one of their machines itself.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by breakfastduck »

pulse7 wrote: post #77
chungus_khan wrote: post #44

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Even if they don't the notarization requirement is a strong first step to at minimum a games console-style licensing program, or further integration with the existing developer program. It would be nice for Apple to not do this, but if they can keep their ARM chips highly competitive it would be insanely lucrative to do so. Corporations are for-profit entities first and foremost.

And there is another strong factor: stock holders want to maximize the profits. Apple has learnt how to earn from AppStore. So the natural way would be to try to earn the same money on OS/X with Mac AppStore...

It's irrelevant. Apple could stop this any second by making homebrew break. They havent, it works fine on M1 and it can run x86 through rosetta.

If apple wanted to shut down alternative app stores macports and homebrew would already be dead.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by MatekCopatek »

koheripbal wrote: post #161
MatekCopatek wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Excuse the hyperbole, I don't want to judge, I just genuinely think it's an interesting dilemma. Would you write software needed to support a genocide? Would you consider someone complicit if they did? I'm assuming no and yes, but where do we draw the line? How much bad stuff can I do in the name of professionalism before I should start worrying about moral aspects?

I'm honestly trying to imagine what kind of software would be needed to commit genocide...

There's a book called IBM and the Holocaust[0] covering one such example from WW2.

I really meant anything where you are fully aware that your work will directly cause people to suffer. Like someone asking you to run a simulation to determine where to drop a bomb for the highest death count.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by minikites »

jeofken wrote: post #153
EwanToo wrote: post #123

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Standing against discrimination, whether it's taking the form of racism, sexism, homophobia, or something else, isn't a political act. It's a human rights act.

Humans have a right to ownership of their property which includes their bodies and who they interact with. That includes having the right to discriminate. While it may be unkind, it is a greater evil to force someone to interact with someone they don’t want to, even if it’s for reasons of race, sex, living gay, or just being ugly, mean, old or young, or any other reason. Only in an unfree world there is no discrimina…

Do you think it should be okay for businesses to hang "Help Wanted" signs in their windows that also say "no Irish need apply"?

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by MatekCopatek »

koheripbal wrote: post #159
MatekCopatek wrote: post #117

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To me, it's an integral part of celebrity. We expect them to be role models, give up their privacy and generally hold them to higher standards, so why shouldn't they be able to use their fame to support something they believe in?

> We expect them to be role models This seems like an odd expectation since so few of them have functional relationships and are an endless source of scandal. Also, literally nothing about their profession makes them an authority on any political, social, or human rights issue.

Agree on both counts, I don't think worshipping celebrities is doing us much good. But the fact is that we (as a society) currently do it, so it seems unfair to be upset when they use their platform for something political.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by jeofken »

minikites wrote: post #167
jeofken wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Humans have a right to ownership of their property which includes their bodies and who they interact with. That includes having the right to discriminate. While it may be unkind, it is a greater evil to force someone to interact with someone they don’t want to, even if it’s for reasons of race, sex, living gay, or just being ugly, mean, old or young, or any other reason. Only in an unfree world there is no discrimina…

Do you think it should be okay for businesses to hang "Help Wanted" signs in their windows that also say "no Irish need apply"?

I will judge the business owner as prejudiced - but it does not make it ethical to send armed men forcing them to trade money for labour with Irishmen. Government laws in the end require enforcement, otherwise they are just nice words. It’s not moral to force someone do act against their will, even if they are unfair, as long as they themselves are not using force against others.

The same principle holds for borders and other forms of property.

Issues of right and wrong often are issues or greater vs lesser evil.

Re: Notepad++ 7.9.1 – pour Samuel Paty

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Post by vbezhenar »

jfacoustic wrote: post #52
vbezhenar wrote: post #39

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English articles "a" and "the" are weird. I'll never understand them.

Specificity. "The" implies one specific subject. "A" implies that there are multiple instances of the subject, and in many cases such subjects are used to categorize things. "The dog is a golden retriever." --. "The dog" is the specific dog being mentioned, and "a golden retriever" is its category. "He was the victim" implies he was the only victim. "He was a victim" implies that there were other victims. What's your…

My first language is Russian. I just don't have mental wires in my mind to fully understand the differences. I know them in theory, but it's hard for me to fluently apply and understand the nuances which is not the case with other language constructions.
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