It’s much better to fund projects using a nonprofit foundation. There are plenty of examples of this. The problem with corporate muscle behind it s that development priorities end up being driven by the corporations doing the funding. In some cases, like the Linux kernel, there can be enough alignment so that it’s not problematic. However, Chrome is an excellent example of how corporate backed open source goes horribly wrong.

oops fat fingered the link, fixed

Thing is that prosecutors need concrete evidence to secure a conviction. They will have to demonstrate that the accused individual was indeed present at the scene of the crime. This will likely make it extremely difficult to obtain a guilty verdict. Just imagine the potential debacle it would be if they attempt to convict and fail. I would also imagine that many defense attorneys are willing to work pro bono for this case.

likely yeah, but personally I couldn’t care less about jewellery :)

It’s not just a problem of stuff getting acquired. Companies exist to make money, and they have to chase new customers. No matter how good the software was originally, sooner or later you’re going to stop being the target demographic. This happens all the time, every single proprietary product I’ve used eventually changed in a way I did not want it to change. At that point I either have to adapt or find a new product. On top of that, companies go out of business all the time. At that point you lose support for your product, or if it’s an online service the product itself disappears.

With open source the situation is much better. As long as there’s a community of users who want it to work a particular way, then it’s always possible to fork it and keep it working the way you want. A perfect example of this was when GNOME started moving in a direction a lot of people didn’t like, and now we have Cinnamon and Mate desktops.

For sure, long term sustainability is a big aspect of making open source great.

The goal here is to make diamonds for industrial purposes. Most diamonds are produced for tech nowadays.

That’s an incoherent position to have.

You sound really upset that Syria was getting in the way of genocide.

Also worth noting that EVs include public transit and transport vehicles, China leads in all areas by a wide margin https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-heavy-electric-vehicles

looks like, at least they haven’t taken the post down yet

Nice way to get rid of trolls who make personal attacks without contributing anything.

Please don’t project your blood thirst onto me. Thanks.

Lat I checked, NATO is the organization that has been responsible for non stop mass murder for decades on end. The only people whom death of innocents makes happy are NATO stans.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

It is important to keep in mind that any software ends up being a living thing. Even if you know all the requirements up front, which you almost never do, they’re inevitably going to change down the road. Customers will want new features, business might pivot what they’re doing, and so on. It’s pretty much inevitable that the software will keep evolving. It’s key to recognize this and design things in modular fashion so you can evolve things in a sane way as the need for changes comes up. That said, I find you can start small and figure out what the MVP looks like, then go from there. You can draw out the bare minimum and then use that to interrogate the project manager to make sure it matches what they’re expecting.

CIA are the handlers, gotta have a degree of separation.

I expect Syria will be carved up by Israel and Turkey now.

I find most people start out with the aim of baking a cake, but end up making an onion in the end.

they’re called HTS now, get with the times