NostraDavid

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Nice! I didn't go because I couldn't find anything I really wanted to see, but my co-workers enjoyed themselves, which was nice :D

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Oh, I also really like Mammonism: "the greedy pursuit of riches", from the Biblical "Mammon".

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

I've got six of them:

  • Tittynope: "A small amount left over; a modicum."
  • Cacography: "bad handwriting or spelling."
  • Epeolatry: "the worship of words."
  • Kakistocracy: "a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens."
  • Oikophilia: "love of home"
  • Tenebrous: "dark; shadowy or obscure"
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

True, but that sounds boring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I was referring to Borderlands: The Movie, not Mario.

And I'm blaming him a little as he still took the bag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I understand; I was just being transparent with the fact that I'm a lazy motherfucker and that I used it to "translate" the text.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ThePrimeagen invited Matt to explain what's going on.

TL;DW Matt's claim is that he tried to get WP Engine to pay for a Trademark license (or whatever it's called - I'm recalling from watching yesterday), over several months, and they tried to legally block him in every way. Their self-claimed contributions to Wordpress were (as he tells it) that they held conferences where they promoted their own stuff only - code contributions have been minimal.

So the combination of not willing to pay for the trademark + not contributing back (not in code, not in helping the community) is Matt's reasoning for blocking them from using Wordpress' resources.

He also mentioned that he has good relations with other Wordpress hosts, so it's not like he's trying to block anyone else from hosting, but they were all willing to pay for the use of the Trademark (and/or contribute back).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There are YT courses available to support the book. Or rather, the book exists to support the courses:

Don't mind the ages of these series - I watched them in full, and they're generally still relevant. I say generally because I'm not sure if I'll ever use a Tango Tree, but who knows!

PS: If you're not sure if you don't know the required Math, I created a graph of all MIT courses with YT videos here. The courses on the left are dependencies for those to the right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"“It was very annoying,” says Ms Rosenberg. “I had 10 minutes to do that and nobody saw the last ones that I did were much better.” Jane Rosenberg was much happier with this sketch of Caroline Ellison which attracted far less attention than one she had 10 minutes to draw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Well, she did tell that she didn't get a budget, so they just effectively stole from other departments. Want a table that's not bolted down? Take it.

But that's Navy internals, (arguably) not a massive for-profit company that's going it out of sheer greed.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does this work here as well?

~~:.|:;~~

edit: eyy, it does!

 

Ladybird, the browser from SerentityOS, now has a non-profit behind it! The guy in the video is not Andreas, but Chris Wanstrath (former CEO from Github), and he's pumping some financial backing into this non-profit.

I for one am happy we're getting an alternative to the Chrome/Firefox duality we're stuck with.

https://ladybird.org/

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