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I hate this meme. Someone says "think about what you are doing prideful fool". And the other person still decides to use lethal force. That is diabolical, not funny.
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Re:How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking on Saturday December 13, 2025 @06:58AM (#46253947)
Unfortunately, Torvalds supported tivoization: https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/13/289
Re:Pebble Watch software is now 100% open source on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:17AM (#46042846)
From the article:

>Another important note - some binary blobs and other non-free software components are used today in PebbleOS and the Pebble mobile app (ex: the heart rate sensor on PT2 , Memfault library, and others). Optional non-free web services, like Wispr-flow API speech recognizer, are also used. These non-free software components are not required - you can compile and run Pebble watch software without them. This will always be the case. More non-free software components may appear in our software in the future. The core Pebble watch software stack (everything you need to use your Pebble watch) will always be open source.

100% should mean 100%

Re:.NET 10 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:25AM (#45901335)
I can confirm that (several years ago at least) free PDF libraries were lacking, and Telerik was always non-free.

However, aren't Moq, Avalonia and MassTransit free software?

As for Automapper and MediatR, their owner changed from a free software license to only an open source one (Reciprocal Public License), but these are probably the simplest libraries of the ones you mentioned and have either been forked (MagicMapper) or have alternatives.

Have you heard about Safing's "SPN"? Could you comment on that?
Re:Build your first iOS app on Linux / Windows on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @01:06AM (#44373777)
Touched upon here: https://forums.swift.org/t/xtool-cross-platform-xcode-replac...

We need to get EU on this case.

Re:Airpass – easily overcome WiFi time limits on Saturday June 21, 2025 @02:30PM (#44339663)
While I appreciate criticizing bloat (why are we packing Chromium in every app again?), I would like to warn against watching every "pound". Images, for example, "weigh" a lot more than code but that doesn't mean they don't serve a purpose and add value.

That being said, the fact that quick maths can give you a 6 orders of magnitude difference between functional code and the package is probably reason for concern.

Re:100 Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @12:44PM (#43027697)
Jai has been in development for a decade. I would appreciate if it were finally open-sourced.
While the situation with tracking in the West is awful, there's a huge difference between having a choice, however impractical, and being spied on in secret.
Re:Sanding UI on Sunday September 22, 2024 @05:44AM (#41615911)
Might be a good idea to record clicks that have no associated action. If you could display all of such clicks visually, the problem might become obvious.
Re:The Objects of Our Life on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:54AM (#40996147)
If goodness is a necessary sacrifice for something, that something, whatever it may be, is not worth the sacrifice
I am a man, and the name of this language is repulsive to me as well
From the article:

>We did think about it for about three seconds - was it a betrayal to my parents, to my father's [wishes]? And we decided, yes, it was a betrayal. But that's what children are for.

Re:Kagi search reached 20k paying members on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @08:34PM (#39125119)
Suggestion for Kagi: If you haven't made the t-shirts yet, offer users to request/reserve one first. That way you won't ship to those who don't want it (though you won't ship to some who do, so maybe save some t-shirts on the side for those willing to contact you to ask if there's any left after the deadline)
Re:Cursorless is alien magic from the future – Xe Iaso on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:39PM (#38215111)
Strange Loop presentation by the author of Cursorless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcUJnmBqHTY
Re:Breakelse: When Compiler Developers Get Bored on Sunday October 15, 2023 @06:52AM (#37888668)
Restricted to `.case(:else: breakelse))` in the conditional, there seems to be no advantage to this over optional chaining.

And allowing `breakelse` in the branch obscures control flow.

Disclaimer: I am a return/break/continue skeptic. I think they obscure control flow too.

Re:GPT-4 System Card [pdf] on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:06AM (#35197243)
It could give better reasons not to do it and warn that affection is an issue without instructing you how to cut.
How does preventing the murder of a child in the womb (which is what that is, by definition) restrict reproduction? I think you meant to use the phrase "reproductive rights", a euphemism for abortion which itself is an euphemism for killing a human being (which is what that is, biologically speaking).
Re:Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics? on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:11PM (#29913449)
Makes me think Matomo's doing something right
Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice? on Monday December 27, 2021 @11:32AM (#29703849)
Same here. Lauds before work, Vespers in the evening. I'm currently praying what I think is a Franciscan Secular Order variant. I also pray a short prayer at 15:00 (Our Father and Glory Be) which is purportedly the time when Jesus died on the Cross for us, which is also very beneficial. Sundays I read Scripture, following what is really a daily Coming Home Network schedule [1] - a couple of chapters from the Old Testament in order, a Psalm or a a short excerpt from one of the books of wisdom, a chapter from the New Testament

[1] https://chnetwork.org/free-resource-updated-version-of-our-r...

The two Dublin schools (not far from each other) adopted different approaches to the sign language as it was being developed. That's unfortunate
Hello from the censored side.
Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:58PM (#14195539)
I must say you're conflating my conversations, and misinterpreting my words. I don't think it needs explaining, but if you disagree, I am willing to say (and repeat) exactly where and how.

Instead, here I will just point out that you're now equating talking about sin to bullying. This is harmful because it puts reconciliation with God out of sight and out of mind, but also because it tells bullies they are "no different" than those fighting sin: With blowing things out of proportion like this, you are doing an additional disservice to those sinners you're purporting to support. Note that I was generalizing because your argument allows it - at least to, say, pre-marital sex. And while there is a difference in subject sensitivity, I am not being a bully by simply countering the world when it claims either of these things are acceptable. One's cross is much greater another's, but so is the reward. No surrender, try again.

Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:15PM (#14187168)
I don't use this forum with the intent to spread such persistent truths as that gay acts are gravely sinful or that human life possesses inherent dignity (something that popped up a few times as well). However, I do and will proclaim and defend truth provided I see a need. I hope to do this to the benefit of any readers, not simply to counter. To this end, and because of the importance, I hope never to let myself be pressured into desisting regardless of how unpopular it may become to resist.
Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Monday April 24, 2017 @12:23PM (#14185568)
I didn't say this shouldn't be of interest. I was defending the author of the original comment, which in light of the fact that both accounts belong to you means my intention was ensuring your attribution.

I felt no discomfort here, though granted I haven't read the whole comment. "Same-sex network connections" gave me a chuckle - I assume a reference to the "male" and "female" hardware connectors. I was actually weighing on commending you for the joke before I found out the same words were used elsewhere by another account.

I am surprised by the tone of your reply. I kind of hope most of my downvotes are from you then, as I would hate to see a rise in reposts. I also hope you have an automated way of finding non-positive comments, because knowing you went through them by hand would be somewhat discomforting.

Now, my morality certainly should influence how I view things - that's what it's for. If it is the case that here lies your problem with me, you should be aware that when I say gay I don't have in mind the mere attraction to the same sex, but indulgence, the practice of sexual acts of this nature (which is closer to the original sexualized definition of the term). The distinction may appear subtle, but isn't really. The grave difference is between temptation and sin. In recognizing the difference, one may become accepting of the human without in process compromising that human's soul.

Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:41PM (#14180841)
You shouldn't be. We have links for this. This is plagiarism.
Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:38PM (#14180830)
Wow, nice catch, how did you do it?
Re:Njalla – A privacy-aware domain registration service on Sunday April 23, 2017 @07:58AM (#14177812)
Note that Peter Sunde is the co-founder of the company: https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-launches-anonymo...

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