China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report by zephyr in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

And I was just asking yesterday what would you feel if someone evil used your FOSS software: https://lemmy.world/post/16898871

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FOSS programmers, what do you think of horrible people using your software? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I just learned that Nmap is almost GPL except that they revoked the license specifically for SCO group for their SCO–Linux disputes.

This got me thinking, what do open source programmers think of evil companies or horrible people using their software?

Don't get me wrong, FOSS software by its nature can't be controlled or strictly prevented of being used. But in case of companies like SCO, that is a thing that at least can cause them headache and they risk getting into legal trouble. A programmer for example can modify GPL to make so that his software can't be used by Microsoft or Facebook, but it is GPL for everybody else.

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Commandline memes (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I found out that this tool http://www.convertlit.com/ provides a program with a funny name. I wonder if there are similar programs with offensive names or puns like this one. For example, I remember reading a fortune output saying something along the lines of

man Why did you get divorced? 
man: Too many arguments.

And of course, there is the cliche touch grass.

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It would be ironic for song writers to have annoying earworms of songs they wrote (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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People named "Frank" always pun when they say "to be frank, ..." (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Everyone is talking about rm -rf / and damage to storage drives, but I read somewhere about EFI variables having something to do with bricking the computer. If this is possible, then it's a lot more damage than just disk drives.

Edit: this is interesting SE post https://superuser.com/questions/313850

Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out by zephyr in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

Yet another reminder that the cloud is just a fancy name for someone else's computer.

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Yin Yang cats (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/aww@lemmy.world
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Making something for everyone is so much more work than making something just for yourself by zephyr in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure I'd call it a problem. In the end it's the developers' choice.

Btw, I think this applies in general to opinionated software. Suckless is just a subset of that.

vim by zephyr in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

Vim keybindings aren't memorization as much as they are muscle memory.

What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Thinkpads.

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Suggest me self-improvement accounts on the Fediverse (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I used to follow on Reddit:

  • GetMotivated
  • GetStudying
  • GetDisciplined
  • Productivity
  • Etc

are there similar communities or Mastodon accounts that you suggest?

What have you witnessed or seen that would sound like a conspiracy theory if someone else told you? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

"You will own nothing. And you will be happy"

Most people unconciously associate the pause symbol (Two vertical lines) as currently playing and the playing symbol (sideways triangle) as paused. by zephyr in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 90 points 10 months ago

Ah, the old debate of "display current state" vs "display current action"...

What kind of Telemetry do you allow? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago

Manual bug reporting by manual log selection.

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How do you shell expand your variables and why? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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Which way do you expand variables? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Was there an alternative adjective to "clockwise" other than "the rotation you take around left hand"?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of "clockwise" is?

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A place for Fediverse content recommendations? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I think this is one of the best ways to make the Fediverse mature.

Are there subs or Mastodon account for recommending content or showing what's currently popular in the Fediverse?

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You can hold a poop while peeing but you can't hold a pee while pooping. (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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List of eminent accounts that moved to the Fediverse (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Not Fediverse, but free software:

What something you actually miss from reddit? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Yes. I keep checking https://sub.rehab for my niche communities.

If Lemmy code is written by people who love to code, Lemmy marketing can be made by people who love to market by zephyr in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Intimidating? I think it's simple enough and got used to it quickly after I switched to Reddit.

https://old.lemmy.world is an awesome recently-pushed feature btw

What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? by zephyr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Your skull acts as an antenna

How?

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