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Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:42PM (#26182942)
> If you translate an existing project into Rust, it is a derivative work and should retain the original license.

By this logic, WINE is a derivative of Windows and should retain their license.

Re:Ask HN: Do You Miss IRC? on Saturday February 15, 2020 @10:25AM (#22335784)
> but you didnt put a disclaimer in your post saying rizon was the most toxic network on the internet

We're not all assholes. Just most of us.

Re:Exposing the Wayland lie (2018) on Sunday February 10, 2019 @03:21PM (#19129761)
> I want the window manager to be the one deciding where windows are positioned

It still can, the client merely gives size hints. It is entirely up to the window manager whether it honours them.

Re:Announcing unlimited free private repos on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:52PM (#18848593)
What gives you the idea GitHub weren't already doing that?
> And I had e-mail contacts (Google Mail is covered by GApps) appear as suggested profiles, etc. in Google+ (then not covered by GApps).

It's still a Google service tied to your account, gsuite or not. It doesn't surprise me one bit that there's still a bit of integration there. They already have your email and the emails of others in your address book that you willingly gave them. It's not like they're mining you to steal those and give you creepy suggestions.