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Open-source is broken: the sad story of Denis Pushkarev (core-JS)

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Re: Open-source is broken: the sad story of Denis Pushkarev (core-JS)

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Post by congac »

The actual details of the killings Denis Pushkarev committed are different to what he claims. The girls were on a pedestrian crossing and he ploughed through them anyway. I have no sympathy for this guy and I hope he gets what is coming to him.

Reminds me of that other guy, Steven Degutis or whatever, who flashed his penis at children multiple times over many years and then expected us all to feel sorry for him and give him advice and $100k+ job leads.

You are all being scammed by false sob stories from evil criminal men. Wake up HNeeple.

Re: Open-source is broken: the sad story of Denis Pushkarev (core-JS)

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Post by bentobean »

rini17 wrote: post #37
bentobean wrote: post #14

I myself am the beneficiary of many open-source projects. I readily acknowledge this. That said, where my mind keeps going to is that open-source software is in many ways similar to communism. And communism failed for a reason . If you want to freely give away your work, then by all means - do so. But do so with the understanding that you are promised absolutely nothing in return. No one owes you anything. This man w…

> had he pursued a paying career and spent a reasonable amount of his free time working on this Please refrain from such unsolicited advice. Everyone has different values and alignment you don't know about. There are so many cases where idealists followed your advice, were in turn drained by mismanagement and burned out of IT completely.

Please refrain from such unsolicited advice.

Re: Open-source is broken: the sad story of Denis Pushkarev (core-JS)

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Post by maxloh »

congac wrote: post #41

The actual details of the killings Denis Pushkarev committed are different to what he claims. The girls were on a pedestrian crossing and he ploughed through them anyway. I have no sympathy for this guy and I hope he gets what is coming to him. Reminds me of that other guy, Steven Degutis or whatever, who flashed his penis at children multiple times over many years and then expected us all to feel sorry for him and g…

Any sources for what you claim?
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