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tabular , 1 day ago

Dislexia* /j

tabular , 2 days ago

Could be a Ternary operator.

Now this thread contains more Technology than most Musk ones.

tabular , 2 days ago

Peek Technology ! /s

tabular , 3 days ago

No mention of a license but it talks about being the "official version", suggesting one can fork it.

tabular , 4 days ago

Stack overflow error on recursive function "blame parents" at line 1.

tabular , 4 days ago

I use CoreCtrl to control my GPU, mainly for setting a lower power limit and controlling max fan speed. May not be ideal for a new users as, last time I checked, it is difficult to install.

tabular , 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago)

Innovate means needing to pay for an online service to transfer saves between consoles, saves stored on an SD card?

Do they DMCA fan made games because the game concepts have been fully fleshed out?

When copyright expires for FZero in a century perhaps we can find out if there's more to be done (well, not us personally).

tabular , 7 days ago

Perhaps they add code to split physics and grsphical fps.

tabular , 7 days ago

I now require people who offer me to try out a solar powered car to provide directions to said car, lest your comment be labeled a sarcastic cock-tease.

tabular , 8 days ago

Sorry I can't be much help but if you revert your recent changes does it still crash?

tabular , 8 days ago (edited 7 days ago)

If removing the script doesn't stop it crashing then perhaps it was never the script's fault. Might be worth seeing if others have had your issue: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues

tabular , 9 days ago

Which projects?

tabular , 10 days ago

MIT may attract more people.. but why would that be people who would contribute back in the direct you want? I've seen many MIT extentions for Godot, maybe they would have some insight.

Most indie devs make their MIT Godot games proprietary and I doubt peer pressure has ever stopped companies from taking MIT work and making it proprietary before. If software freedom of your users is important then the copyleft aspect is an important way to protect their freedom. Imo, not worth losing that on the off-chance it all goes well.

tabular , 10 days ago

I get what you mean but at face value that sounds like LGPL is the issue, rather than Apple.

tabular , 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

There are many companies that violate the GPL by not sharing their modified code on redistribution. Eventually they comply on request or lawsuit (in thanks to the Software Freedom Conservancy). It's not the contribution OP is after (direct project interaction) but I consider getting access to their changes to be °giving back to the community°.

If it's one dude not contributing back I ain't that worrried but if it's a big company then that ain't good. It's doing free work which could have been paid for (if not to yourself then to someone else doing the work for pay). Also,
I value software freedom so I consider proprietary software to be harmful in of itself.

tabular , 4 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

A notable part of Evan Boehs getting Truth Social to be AGPL complaint is that they are not the copyright holder, which gives a lot of hope. An "end user" suing for compliance hasn't been concluded in court yet (there is one in process SFC vs [edit] Vizio). If that succeeds then perhaps getting compliance will be easier in the future!

Sadly getting compliance also includes them just engineering the non-compliant code out - so they enjoy the use of free software for some time without ever giving back.

tabular , 11 days ago

That wasn't the "sudo", MS just named something else "sudo".

tabular , 11 days ago

I despise this use of mod power in response to a protest. It's our content to be sabotaged if we want - if Stack Overlords disagree then to hell with them.

I'll add Stack Overflow to my personal ban list, just below Reddit.

tabular , 9 days ago

you’ve implicitly agreed to it when creating your account

Many people would agree with that, probably most laws do. However I doubt many users have actually bothered to read the unnecessarily long document, fewer have understood the legalese, and the terms have likely already been changed pray I don't alter it any further. That's a low and shady bar of consent. It indeed sucks and I think people should leave those platforms, but I'm also open to laws that would invalidate that part of the EULA.

tabular , 12 days ago

In my experience it being easy to just switch back to Windows wasn't always a good thing. When there was an issue or I had something new to learn sometimes I would just take the easier option of switching out the Linux drive for the Windows one, even though I really wanted to stop using Windows.

Not saying OP should go cold turkey, but something perhaps worth considering at some point.

tabular , 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago)

The fact less people of that group actually wear it than do is significant when you want an average sample. When categorizing a collection of images then, naturally, the traditional garments of a group is associated more with that group than any other group: 1/6 is bigger than any other race.

tabular , 13 days ago

If I own the car then either those are all my cells or someone else has abandoned their property in my car.

tabular , 13 days ago

Pay to disable a battery lifetime saver mode??

tabular , 13 days ago

"Software-locked" is a weird way to say you need to install Linux to get it all working properly.

tabular , 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago)

You don’t have to buy the car.

If it's a profitable decision then it has the potential to become the de facto standard, so simply not buying it isn't enough.

The manufacturer using software to lock use of hardware in people's own cars is an attack on ownership rights.

tabular , 13 days ago

If manufacturers made parts available for longer (or perhaps at all in some cases?) then 2nd-hand cars already make for a cheaper option.

I believe artificially limiting hardware is an unacceptable for a health society because proprietary software gives the developer power over their users. Even people with good intentions will be tempted to use that power at the user's expense. A software update could suddenly make that 20 mil commute no longer possible unless you agree to pay more for some subscription, or accept a new terms of service where you agree to forced arbitration if you don't want to lose access to even using your vehicle.

tabular , 13 days ago

Perhaps typical people can more easily understand how a physical device might work. People probably understand gears and electricity more so than "software" (never even heard of source code or binaries).

tabular , 13 days ago

Is the artifical segmentation pricing structure possible without lockout software? Software has wide applications but in the end this is about freedom.

I would like an EV but I want an old dumb car converted as I don't want the modern car computing systems (unless there's one that runs a free OS).

tabular , 12 days ago

I know jailbreak refers more to rooting Apple phones but I think it's a better term than root as it points out you're not in control of your own hardware. You "break out of jail" to gain (software) freedom.

tabular , 15 days ago

Multiple streaming services existing isn't the issue - content exclusivity to certain platforms makes it so. If content was on all platforms then it would just be a choice based on price and service features.

tabular , 17 days ago

Dropball

tabular , 18 days ago

TileMap layers being separate nodes sounds potentially easier to access each layer, rather than the drop downs.

tabular , 20 days ago

But they wanted to avoid being stupid. We need intelligent design (no not that intelligent design, actual intelligence).

tabular , 25 days ago

You don’t choose your childhood education. Microsoft and Apple offer schools deals to create adults dependent on it - after all they’ll be using it in work too.

tabular , 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

Hardcopy images in a book are a bit different from the typical proprietary software doing who knows what on your personal computer. Not saying ads should be illegal but I would argue for software freedom where you can remove ads from any software running on your computer - like you can rip pages out of any of your books.

tabular , 25 days ago

This greatly affects the likelyhood of people choosing a particular OS later in life.

tabular , 24 days ago (edited 23 days ago)

Having control over other people's computing gives you power over them: you can gain from their detriment. It's not like everyone is uncaring or greedy but even people with good intentions do not have infinite willpower to resist temptation. When the user doesn't like a change from an update their choice is usually to put up with it. Defending ads in a menu or opt-outs that should be opt-ins in hidden menus is less mental work than learning what an operating system is and that you can use a different one.

By sharing the source code instead you give up that power - if you fail to be good to the users then other devs can work on it without you.

tabular , 26 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

“I gave my work out for free, no strings attached!”

Using a copyleft license instead gives me a chance to get access to any changes they make if they redistribute my code.

Going proprietary isn’t an option: that denies others helping me and denies my user’s software freedoms.

tabular , 26 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

A universal basic income would better permit developers to choose to create collaborative software, rather than proprietary.

Move on or keep using it is the normal choice when proprietary software changes in a way you don’t like. Trying to make money is fine but that doesn’t make choices immune to criticism. If you value your software freedom then one aught to criticize the creation of proprietary software, even if you never used it.

tabular , 26 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

The issue causing offence and collecting unuseful feedback is surely an issue in every project. Is there sometime unique or prominent when it’s open source software?

We can judge opinions to the degree they appear to accurately represent reality or achieve a goal. I can understand wanting to monopolize your work (without money survival is difficult) but if we agree to the goal of human flourishing then we can same some opinions are better than others.

tabular , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

When you write a copyright notice you aught to specify which code is actually copyrighted and which is AI written? Guess you can just include the code and pretend you wrote it, or just omit which part is actually the non-copyrighted AI code.

tabular , 1 month ago

If Google is broken up what changes? Are there going to two different companies creating a map app?

tabular , 1 month ago

Others might do it for them if they shared the source code 🤷

tabular , 1 month ago

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tabular , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Apple got in trouble for lowering CPU speed with a software update. They said it’s to help old batteries but it made the experience noticable worse so it appeared like they tried to make getting a new phone more appealing by gimping old ones.

Updating proprietary software need not be in the user’s best interests.

tabular , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Apple go out of their way to make it difficult for 3rd parties repair shops to get parts and same goes for “official” repair partners who are also gimped in what they’re allowed to repair.

I imagine this isn’t want you meant when you said say whatever you will about Apple.

tabular , 1 month ago

But their mother’s mother is to blame for their mother!

tabular , 1 month ago

Other than a lack of security updates, what does it matter if the OS isn’t updated such that it is unusable?