• mbp@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Linus is based as fuck as always. Level-headed and agreeable as always.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      What would you use for a synonym for based? I keep seeing that used. I always thought it was just some alt-right meme bullshit, but I’m learning I was wrong. I still don’t get the use. My mind always thinks “based on what?”

  • Puls3@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One great thing about about software is you don’t have to agree with or care about what the creators thoughts and beliefs are, software is at the end of the day just software.

    Doesn’t get any less political than that.

    • honk@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I disagree. Of course it’s political to some degree. It might not really make a difference whatever a software’s authors stance on gun control is as it’s not directly related to the software. But of course the political beliefs of a person might influence the product itself when it’s more related like for example the licensing. FOSS software enables the user of a software to effectively maintain ownership of their own device which is 100% a political thing.

  • GadgeteerZA@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Every human opinion is essentially “political” in some way, and is even interpreted differently be country? But open source software as a technology should not be taking any stance for or against gender, guns, rights, race, etc…

    • swnt@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Well, it’s not any official statement by the Linux Devs as a collective.

      It’s simply the personal opinion of Linus - who also happens to be the person who created Linux and still manages it.

  • FuzzyDunlop@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    When the only thing that continues to work on you ad-filled web site is the captcha, I’m not interested in supporting your journalism any more.

    Protip: You can crash self-driving cars by purposefully misclicking during Captcha checks when they ask you to identify what is a bicycle, a car, a pedestrian, etc. Keep misclicking, your are poisoning the AI with each misclick. Just stay safe on the sidewalk.

    • juergen@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      don’t think you can make a big difference as an individual, given that captchas are used by probably billions of users per day