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Re:Ask HN: What're the advantages of becoming an Apache project? on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:53AM (#24176532)
Could you expand more on the legal protections?

Ask HN: What're the advantages of becoming an Apache project?

Posted by talking_panda on Saturday August 15, 2020 @01:43AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have been reading Apache Software Foundation website (https://www.apache.org/#) but I am unable to decipher what are the benefits an open source software gets by becoming an Apache project. As far as I can tell it is not the Apache license; any OSS can use the Apache license. The bar to becoming Apache project also seems pretty high so I am assuming there must be lot of benefits that I am...

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Re:Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large glo... on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:41PM (#21265356)
Thanks mattef.

1. Zipline looks interesting! I've added it to my target companies.

2. I'm a vegetarian and I feel happy to see innovations like Impossible Burgers. But if I understand correctly, biochemists can contribute most to solving these challenges.

3. Do you have more resources for the third bullet? I'm apprehensive of this since some of the existential risks might be speculative and unreal.

Re:Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large glo... on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @07:31PM (#21265265)
haha
Re:Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large glo... on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:38PM (#21264151)
Thanks. Can you share some online resources about the projects?
Re:Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large glo... on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:33PM (#21264080)
True. Starvation is a big problem. I don't know if software can even help here, but do you know of companies taking such an approach to solving this?

Thanks for the pointer about the internet. I will check out Project Loon and Internet.org.

Re:Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large glo... on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:25PM (#21264004)
Thanks. I didn't find any software opportunities in Gates Foundation.

Ask HN: Where can I work as a software engineer to combat large global problems?

Posted by talking_panda on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @02:35PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a Ph.D. in CS and enjoy solving open-ended technical challenges. I have a decent hands-on experience in operating systems and software engineering. I’ve been working as a full-stack engineer building Android products for almost a decade now.I want to switch to work on larger global problems that are also technically challenging. So far I’ve recognized following job profiles-Combatting...

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Re:Why Bother with What Three Words? on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:16PM (#19518307)
Oh interesting I just got to know about w3w from this post. I agree with the criticisms about it not being an open standard.

But the idea sounds interesting. I won't be using it anytime soon, but I can see it can be useful to Ron Swanson who hides his gold arbitrarily under trees in forest. :)