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Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by jqpabc123 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @09:53AM (#32579475)
The capitalist system is bad --- except for all the other systems which are arguably even worse.

The fact that you own a computer capable of making your post is a testament to the evil effectiveness of capitalism.

Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by honkler on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @02:39PM (#32583871)
The nerds who actually made technology possible did not care a bit about money. Now, capital did make mass technology possible. But it cannot have pure innovation, only financial and operations engineering.
Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by jqpabc123 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @06:53PM (#32586924)
The nerds who actually made technology possible did not care a bit about money.

Easily proven false.

I know a lot of nerds/geeks who make technology possible --- I'm one of them. And virtually all of them have a job of some sort working for money.

Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020) by honkler on Thursday August 25, 2022 @10:53PM (#32602846)
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