Karam Assany

@karam_assany
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Self-taught programmer
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Bloghttps://karam.neocities.org/
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You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).

You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).

You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).

You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.

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@nixCraft We already have zombie processes though
People in Syria are killing each other for the sake of abstract categorizations (like "sects")...
The relationship that the median person has with tech is so toxic, and is such metastasized exploitation, it's kind of mind-blowing.
Secret Panel HERE 🙏 https://tapas.io/episode/2745305
Nothing pisses me off more than normies equating VLC to WinRAR
Today was a productive day: I threw away 487 lines of code.
@magsol @nixCraft I'm not an economist but I believe this suggested upper bound will do nothing on the long term: It will solve the "billionaire problem" but practically it just shifts into "hundred-millionaire problem". Hundred-millionaires will still exercise (almost the same) power over the population, because they're naturally at the top of the hierarchy. We then will ask to lower the upper bound further, and people in power will adjust just fine.
@stux I think someone should write a "privacy frontend" for LinkedIn (but I guess it's a hard problem due to bot verification that you mentioned)
Reports on the homosexual behaviour of penguins in Antarctica were hidden for over 100 years | CBC Documentaries

It’s just one example of how research on queer animal behaviour has been buried, ignored and dismissed

CBC