@elbci

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born... will die
Remember: It's okay for your F/OSS project to be finished. You don't have shareholders who need you to grow every year. You don't have customers who need to be persuaded to buy a subscription or a new version every year by marketing-driven features. If it solves the problem that you created it to solve, you have won. You now have some software that solves the problem that you had. You are allowed to stop now.
Wag the Dog - Mentiras que matan - Willie Nelson - "Good Old Shoe"- Dustin Hoffman - Robert De Niro

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@ikuturso
the Russian maintainers that were banned by Linus for their nationality would beg to differ...

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/115980058808754224

Also dictionaries eventually run out of words to list and they are very useful

@itsfoss

it's not an "org" it's a corporation placed in Germany to munch on EU taxpayers money while advancing the long project of Pottering to enclosure whatever was left from Linux that Linus didn't already sold to corporate control

#OtD 30 Jan 1968 Vietnamese anti-colonial forces launched the Tet offensive. While it was a tactical failure with huge casualties it showed that US propaganda that victory was imminent was a lie and spurred anti-war sentiment, including amongst US troops https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/
E10-11: GI resistance in Vietnam

During the later years of the Vietnam war, a little-known but powerful rebellion developed within the ranks of the US forces. In this two-part episode, we talk about the GI resistance to the war wi…

Working Class History

The Teacher left us today, 24 - 01 - 2026

Michael Parenti

The Teacher left us today, 24 - 01 - 2026

Michael Parenti

@ngate

There's so muck crap on HN to pick on, this one is actually among the good ones regardless what you think about learning by heart vs thinking