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  • Nice to see Lemmy is not just a place for complete nerds!

    FOSS is free and open-source software. In simple terms, it is any program for which the source code (i.e. the actual code that forms the program, its entire backbone) is available for anyone to see and modify as they see fit, without any technical or legal limitations.

    This is normally seen as very positive, because everyone with the knowledge of respective programming languages can inspect the program to see it doesn't do anything malicious, and everyone can change the program to their needs. Also, the original creator of the program does not have power to put any limitations on its use, like introducing payment requirements, or deleting important features, because everyone can immediately spawn a version of the program that doesn't have these changes, while still having the rest.

  • In Russia, this is basically a default option alongside straight black tea with lemon.

    It goes so far that even some name brands made international series based on Russian Earl Grey (btw, none I've tried capture the correct taste, but the general direction is right):

    So, in my case this was just growing up on those great teas

  • Lemmy still relies on upvotes for ranking the feed, so, farming them makes sense, it's just isolated per each post.

    And I believe the issue might get worse as Lemmy grows. The reason Reddit came up with karma and all that is because the more people you have on your platform, the more baddies you have to account for.

    For now, Lemmy is small enough for a basic interpersonal reputation to mostly just work, but as it grows, we need something else. Presumably, not karma.

  • What I read was "don't let these bastards stop you", as in "whatever they do, you have your place in science or any other pursuit you make".

    It doesn't mean "no change needs to be made". Rachel didn't give up, and was right about it, and it's good she spoke up.

  • For a lot of things to truly flourish, copyright law has to be appended. But the exception is made specifically for AI because that's the thing billionaires can afford to develop while the rest cannot. This is a serious driver for inequality, and it is not normal some people can twist the law as they see fit.

  • So are many parts of the Netherlands or France, for example

    Local residents are not Europeans, they don't necessarily even use euro despite their mainland countries doing just that, but they are residents of the European Union.

  • I don't think the game wanted to paint an "unbridgeable gap" here, as the author says. The way Mio and Zoe get more into each other's stories is exactly the testament to the way this gap can be closed through a unique shared experience, and to the way one genre can enrich the other.

    I play Split Fiction with my girlfriend, and she is a fantasy fangirl, while I am very sci-fi, so the characters land just perfectly. And I can't help but notice that, as Mio and Zoe get more open-minded and try to look into the root of how those two preferences formed, me and my girlfriend also get more passionate for each other's interests.

    And that's one of the most powerful things about the game. It helps to deconstruct our notions and perceptions about both genres, and become more open to each other's vision.

  • Basically, it allows you to steal all the code and use it in your closed-source programs, giving a green light for corporations to use open-source code without giving anything back.

    GPL doesn't allow that, forcing you to open-source anything that was produced using other GPL-licensed code. That's, for example, why so much of Linux software is open-source - it commonly relies on various dependencies that are GPL-licensed, so there is no other legal option other than sharing the code as well.