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5 days agoCompanies are already resisting because they can’t figure out a good way to interview people. “We tried nothing and are all out of ideas”. Hopefully more companies like Fuck Leetcode pop up to force a change in interview techniques.
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7·12 days agoFuck… off the list they go then. Bamboozled, I was.
Thank you for sharing Post Open. I like that idea. We need a solution to companies just leeching off of opensource projects and not contributing back. It looks like a good initiative.
Seeing as you have money (you bought a mac), there are probably more than enough linux laptop and desktop brands out there.
Linux Preloaded has an overview. My favourites (because Europe) are:
- Tuxedo Computers 🇩🇪
- Slimbook 🇪🇸
- Starlab Systems 🇬🇧
There’s no need to give your money to anti-competitive business like Apple, HP, Lenovo, etc. You can contribute to an alternative, more open, competitive ecosystem. A new macbook pro costs ~2k€. You can get something roughly similar for 1.2k€ from tuxedo computers: infinity book. You can configure that to have 96GB RAM and 6TB storage and you’re now at about the equivalent price tag. If you want a version with a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card here you go. Or here with an AMD graphics card. Both with 64GB RAM and 2TB storage (4x that of the default macbook pro). Go NVIDIA if you want AI/ML stuff, go AMD if you just want to game.
Those were tuxedo computers laptops, and they have more, but Slimbook has similar laptops (example). Starlab Systems books are more expensive, but still provide more bang for the buck than Apple and are very customisable.
Governments and enterprises using these distros should be funding them and paying for security audits. They are really dependent on them.
I’m curious what an attack on NixOS would look like. It would be a good candidate for reproducible builds but it doesn’t seem like they really care about that.
52·14 days agoAs an example: a company starts a free tier offering with no promises. It can sustain that because there are enough free users that convert into paying users - enough to sustain the free tier. But times change and the cost of free tier users surpasses that of paying users. Should the company continue providing the same level of service for free tier users?
Also, what other term than entitlement would you use for somebody gets something for free, is not promised that it will stay free forever, the free offering is cancelled or limited, and the user starts complaining?
341·14 days agoThis is the text is suggested to be added
## Open Source Maintenance Fee This project requires an [Open Source Maintenance Fee](https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/). While the source code is freely available under the terms of the LICENSE, all other aspects of the project--including opening or commenting on issues, participating in discussions and downloading releases--require [adherence to the Maintenance Fee](./OSMFEULA.txt). In short, if you use this project to generate revenue, the [Maintenance Fee is required](./OSMFEULA.txt). To pay the Maintenance Fee, [become a Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/<YOURORGNAME>).The EULA template can be found here. This is the part I find important
- Conflicts with OSI License
To the extent any term of this Agreement conflicts with User’s rights under the OSI License regarding the Software, the OSI License shall govern. This Agreement applies only to the Binary Release and does not limit User’s ability to access, modify, or distribute the Software’s source code or self-compiled binaries. User may independently compile binaries from the Software’s source code without this Agreement, subject to OSI License terms. User may redistribute the Binary Release received under this Agreement, provided such redistribution complies with the OSI License (e.g., including copyright and permission notices). This Agreement imposes no additional restrictions on such rights.
I think it’s a good attempt, but I’m not sure how it can be enforced. It would also need to be applicable to different jurisdictions. The project maintainer would have to know that somebody requesting a feature, commenting or participating in discussions is doing so in the name of the company 🤔
Thank you for sharing this. It’s food for thought.
Is this dude complaining that an offering he pays absolutely nothing for is reducing how much free stuff they give out? Seems quite entitled… like the people demanding opensource devs implement something and never contributing back.
They opened the ticket with thanks and appreciation, and made respectful factual arguments. Far from “whining incessantly”.
The initial user yes, but read the rest of the comments. There are a few friendly ones voicing real concerns, but the majority I’d definitely not place in the “nice” or “constructive” category.
Good on the developer. The users complaining are really a bunch of spoiled children. Someone provides you with a free product, a donation button is introduced and you start whining incessantly.
Those just don’t get installed. I refuse to install stuff that way. It’s to reminiscent of installing stuff on windows. “Pssst, hey bud, want to run this totally safe executable on your PC? It won’t do anything bad. Pinky promise”. Ain’t happening.
The only exception I make is for nix on non-nixos machines because thwt bootstraps everything and I’ve read that script a few times.
Do you have another computer @bpt11@sh.itjust.works ? I’d make this my main if I didn’t have one. I’d use it as a builder for applications or host a CI server on it. Woodpecker or similar. I know codeberg is looking for CI hosts. Maybe @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com might also have some input on joining the AI horde :)
Or, seed some torrents from the internet archive or Anna’s Archive.
Vivaldi? The closed source browser? How do you know it shares nothing?
The eternal problem of open source: people will happily pay for proprietary software and services, complain that open source isn’t ready. Then when it is, they will not donate a single cent to continue development but instead create passive aggressive posts and issues demanding features or shitting on the project.
The comments on phoronix are written by moronix. Good grief, it’s like watching idiots brawl in the mud. But I can’t look away for some reason.
IPFS rant
I wanted IPFS to be successful 5 years ago. I wish it had been successful, but barely anything has changed. It’s a resource hog with a terrible UX. There’s nothing easy about it and the documentation is straight to “here’s our HTTP API”. Gee, thanks, what about the people who don’t want to immediately write an application?
Uh… Where do you get that it uses IPFS? I checked the seedit repo and it doesn’t seem to mention it in the dependencies nor readme.
This way, if the third party starts doing some bullshit like trying to lock me in, donating to a dickhead, or whatever else I disagree with, I can cancel my subscription, move to another third party, and keep all mails on my server.
I would like to be able to change providers and have the emails available on multiple devices.
IMAP allows multiple devices but leaves the emails on the server. POP pulls them from the server but that means they aren’t available to other devices anymore.
The solution (I think) is to pull using POP onto a shared server, then make the pulled emails available using IMAP.
Does your POP mail client sync across android and Linux (3 devices BTW)? Do share it!
I’m curious how that’ll work out. SELinux was so difficult, multiple talks and sites had to be dedicated to explaining how it works. Unless they added some kind GUI or other interface to make it easier to configure and debug, I don’t know how much trouble it’ll be adding…
It took me a while to find, but the newest, best supported phones on the device list are
The pixel 3a is not well supported and has problems with wifi, battery, audio, camera, calls, and NFC, so IMO don’t base your impression of PostmarketOS on the pixel3a.
Anti Commercial-AI license