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Re:Quien – A better WHOIS lookup tool on Saturday April 11, 2026 @06:34AM (#47729342)
> Does not specify if it's vibe coded or not, which I think should be normal practice now

I am trying to say that when people freely share software with the world, I do not think you are entitled to try to add conditions. People are free to share whatever they like, in the conditions they like - in this case the MIT license. Everybody else is free to take the code AS IS.

There is a difference between a commercial transaction and software which is shared without any expectations in return. With software shared without any expectations in return. I don’t believe that we should be trying to create normal practices on top of existing licences or trying to specify under what conditions somebody can share something

> It's fine when someone cares about that kind of thing. And it's fine if they don't care, too. > We're allowed to like what we like. It's good to have options, and it's OK to prefer one way over another.

I agree and never said anything different, but if somebody wants to share under different conditions, then their conditions will always trump yours

Re:Quien – A better WHOIS lookup tool on Saturday April 11, 2026 @02:15AM (#47727944)
why would it be normal? the code is there for you to look at and use or not. It is open-source, licensed as open source and is very clear about that. Why would you feel that the author(s) should need to specify anything else at all to satisfy your curiosity?
Re:Vite 8.0 Is Out on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:25AM (#47361865)
why? jsx is a great language for templating, the ui being a function of state is an incredible model. i am not a huge nextjs fan but React, mdx and friends are great for pre-rendered static content
well many workers can’t walk out the door anytime they want.

https://www.ilo.org/topics-and-sectors/forced-labour-modern-...

you may want to ask some of them about their experiences before displaying your privilege

Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper on Monday January 13, 2025 @01:52PM (#42687071)
“Costs” often ignore externalities like environmental damage and inequality. Landfilling or dumping plastic may be cheaper now, but it shifts the true cost — centuries of pollution —onto vulnerable communities today. There is a reason the clothing dumps are in Ghana and Chile, rather than wealthier nations like the US or Germany.

If the price to companies profiting from plastics included exteralities I could possibly agree with you but as it stands these costs are normally paid by disadvantaged individuals or marginalized ecosystems.

Honestly, everyone can do what they want with their money but working in tech and being on a site like this and seeing this comment makes me really sad

We all want cool things, secure, where our data is protected and we are not the product, but 3 euros a month is too much?

No wonder big tech gets bigger and the rich get richer. The silicon valley VC funded feifdoms become more entrenched and, in the end, we all suffer for it

Re:Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:35AM (#38261041)
using Kagi is pretty clumsy. We iOS users get to pick from a pretty limited list. In reality we should be able to set search to any endpiont that handles the ‘q’ param
Interesting take. I’ve de-giogled my life so I didn’t think about chrome. Fair enough
People installing what they like on their devices doesn’t change how your device works
Re:Germany Forces a Microsoft 365 Ban Due to Privacy Concerns on Friday November 25, 2022 @08:30AM (#33742180)
Indeed, maddening, especially as the wonderful https://mediasoup.org/ is developed here. Europe will never have great tech companies when the answer seems to be throwing €€€ away instead of investing locally
The monthly Hetzner bill is €484.
Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:25AM (#29691867)
Maybe watching ads would be a fair exchange if there was an option to pay, often (mostly), there isn’t. Additionally to some (most), ads aren’t the problem, its tracking, creation of shadow profiles etc

Never used photopea, hope it works out for you, but I wish website creators stopped thinking that invasion of my privacy is a currency

Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:20AM (#29691838)
Honestly, going full subscription or bankrupt would be fine with me. It’s the publisher’s responsibility to find a business model that works. What exactly am I stealing by blocking ads? I have no moral or ethical oblication to view them or to allow them to follow me round the web… nowhere was I asked or consented to the exchange of my personal information and resources to view their content
The code samples are in typescript...
Re:Silicon MacBook could launch on 27 October and cost $800 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @11:54AM (#24021387)
Bottom of the line laptop cheaper than top of the line phone isn’t too hard to believe... it’s still more than double the price of their cheapest phone

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