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Re:Google has been DDoSing Sourcehut for over a year on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:13AM (#31517346)
Guy’s public behavior is constantly abrasive, I’m honestly surprised at the minor following he has.

Being right isn’t the only most important thing in the world, nor does it wash away all transgressions.

Both true! I wonder if you could have one without the other?

(Serious question.)

Ask HN: The week’s X news” for interesting X?

“Ancient Beat”[0] was posted recently and it’s a super fun way —as a non-archaeologist, anyway— to learn about interesting happenings in an interesting field. What other similar sources of curated, topic-specific news do you read?0: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/

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Love the format, love the writing style. Inline images would also be helpful, though I could understand wanting to keep a more minimal presentation.
Re:Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:32AM (#31421471)
If almost everyone uses some editor, then it’s not really “littered”. We do the same and it’s nice for new teammates to quickly get set up. If they are one of the few folks that want to use some other editor, who cares? Files are free.
Re:CEO pay is up 78% over the past decade on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:51PM (#31392703)
They didn’t say “your” model, they said “the” model.

Presumably they meant “the prevailing model”, that you partly (accurately, in my view) describe. And by wrong, I guess they just mean “bad” and not what they want, because the rest of the comment describes some hopes and dreams.

Re:CEO pay is up 78% over the past decade on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:47PM (#31392672)
Maybe if it’s yours, it’s not boring.

Like kids :P

That too will cause social unrest, indeed. But we won’t suffer social unrest today just to make tomorrow easier, however wise that might be. We’ll kick the can.