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  1. Re: much ado about nothing on Python Joins Movement To Dump 'Offensive' Master, Slave Terms (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    As all software devs know, naming things is both important and difficult. Master and slave mean exactly what they are supposed to mean. Any attempt to replace them will likely lead to the use of inappropriate or linguistically akward alternatives.

  2. Slavery war largely introduced to the medieval world by Rus and other Vikings. They operated the trade between the Middle East and Northern Europe during the period after the Muslim "conquest". Muslims at the time were largely operating among other followers of Abraham, whom it was forbidden to enslave.

  3. The word "slave" derives from "Slav", not the other way around.

  4. That's slave talk. No need to pay it any heed.

  5. Yeah, I'm trying to understand what was "better" about American slavery.

  6. More likely your shitty family support system killed your sister. Stop blaming strangers for your own failures.

  7. Re: Making money is not a "moral requirement" on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It'sa fiduciary requirement though.

  8. Were they retired workers or were they "retired" workers. Is retiring something the workers did or was it something that happened to them?

  9. Re: Solve the problems that can be solved on Giant Trap Is Deployed To Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    In San Diego, dozens of people have died from a Hep outbreak which was traced back to the fee on bags, which were previously being used by the homeless to safely dispose of feces.

    How many people have plastic straws killed?

    There are unintended consequences to decisions like this. They are usually bad consequences for people, because the people - when they had the freedom to choose - chose the status quo.

  10. Re: This is kind of hilarious on Trump Tells Apple To Make Products In the US To Avoid China Tariffs (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Well it's good he's trying to address the $20 trillion of debt he created, but it would be much more effective if he didn't treat the U.S. like trailer trash with a credit line and continue to seek handouts for his welfare queen friends.

  11. Re: Or, they could buy them in Canada... on Trump Tells Apple To Make Products In the US To Avoid China Tariffs (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    GST is a VAT.

  12. Natural reaction to a shitty web on Should Webmasters Resist Google's Push For AMP Pages? (polemicdigital.com) · · Score: 1

    While there are problems with AMP, the real problem - which AMP does well to combat - is shitty, bloated, ad-vomiting websites.

  13. Sound self-assessment probably. on Study Finds 58% of Tech Employees Feel Like Frauds (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    These numbers seem to jive with how many I feel are frauds.

  14. Yeah, right, Linus got "confused". Sounds more like Linus got sick of being in charge.

  15. "Deep State" is just a way of saying "competent government apparatus". Bring on the deep state.

  16. What happens when Amazon disputes it? Most likely, the government will have to provide a name so Amazon can refute the claim.

  17. Re: Thus disproving their own premise, it exists on Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Are Useless, The Economist Says (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    You've probaly burned more fossil fuel on airplane flights than are used for many crypto mining operations. Crypto-mining is concentrated around hydro and geothermal energy sources. Economics does more to help the environment than your indignation ever will.

  18. Re: We still treat the oceans like "too big to af on Will Future Nuclear Power Plants Float? (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    So, there are multi-generational colonies of boar thriving in this level of radiation.

    Souds like our tests need to be recalibrated...

  19. Re: A fundamental misunderstanding. on How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    If I open source some work, selling that work under a different license does not impact the fact that the work is open source.

    Making money isn't an ideological exercise, it's a practical one. You may ideologically think we should live in a socialist utopia, but if you simply complain that our laws are not socialist enough, you will get nowhere, because no one will want to work with you.

    In other words, before you introduce a new license, you'll need to introduce a thought revolution.

    Good luck.

  20. Re: Open source doesn't mean free software on How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I work on infrastruture ("DevOps") for a startup in the mobile communications space. Whenever I work on a new project, I spin off the majority of the generic stuff into reusable MIT licensed modules, which I then tie together inside a small proprietary project. In the end, most of my work ends up open source.

    Every module gets fully documented and tested before publishing, so that puts the code a step above the typical proprietary code from my colleagues, which often relies on institutional knowledge. If I'm going to publish code for others to use, it's gotta be solid enough and well documented enough that I don't have to spend time supporting it.

    My boss is happy, because it gives him something to point at for prospective hires to see not only that we support open source, but to also see high quality, documented, tested work being done at our company.

    We've even received a couple of unsolicited bug fixes.

    This is the model software development used before MS came in and introduced the software world to copyrights. Keep your critical secrets close, but release all the plumbing and infrastructure for all to use. MIT enables that traditional model within the modern litigious world.

  21. Re: Open source doesn't mean free software on How Can We Fix The Broken Economics of Open Source? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    PET can be safe, but is know to shed chemicals at higher temperatures. It's not recommended you put hot beverages in PET for this reason. There is a significant difference between a hot beverage sitting in the bottle for an hour and a quick hot wash, though.

  22. Re: YMMV on The State of Agile Software in 2018 (martinfowler.com) · · Score: 1

    Agile does not teach devs how to do their job. If your devs can't do architecture, you should immediately stop all development until you can find ones that can. Bad devs are worse than no devs, because they make the job of good devs way harder.

  23. Re: YMMV on The State of Agile Software in 2018 (martinfowler.com) · · Score: 1

    If it takes more than a sprint to write an XML library, then merge/rebase master after the first week, ensure all test are passing, then continue working on it.

  24. Re: Microsoft seen this threat before on Is Chrome OS Threatening Windows? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought it was coming, but the Canonical cancelled Ubuntu Touch and I gave up.

  25. Re: Microsoft worry? Not in my world... on Is Chrome OS Threatening Windows? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have numbers, but the last three startups I've worked at had no sign of Office outside of Excel for the CFO. I never hear about anyone ever having any issue with collaboration with outside companies.

    Office has no features people want. It only has features they can sell to decision makers.