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guy-brush··on Ask HN: Should I publish my research code?
In my view and personal experience, the pros outweigh the cons:

* You increase the impact of your work and as a consequence also might get more citations.

* It's the right thing to do for open and reproducible research.

* You can get feedback and improve the method.

* You are still the expert on your own code. That someone picks it up, implements an idea that you also had and publishes before you is unlikely.

* I never got comments like "you could organize the code better" and don't think researchers would tend to do this.

* Via the code you can get connected to groups you haven't worked with yet.

* It's great for your CV. Companies love applicants with open-source code.

guy-brush··on Show HN: CLI tool for saving web pages as a single file
Related (the idea of having android-like permissions for desktop linux): https://github.com/open-source-ideas/open-source-ideas/issue...
guy-brush··on Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party
I just updated the article to include further emails from truecaller and wileyfox.
guy-brush··on Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party
My main point is actually that I am forced to use this dialler without my consent. I am not trying to say that users shouldn't be able to customise the system but I am opposed to manufacturers forcing data-hungry 3rd party programs on customers.
guy-brush··on Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party
> Maybe he shouldn't have bought a device with such a small userbase?

Yes, I think I did a mistake there. On the other hand, there are small brands which are incredibly open about hardware and software development, such as [1]. I want to stress that the current state of compatibility to smartphone operating systems is really not satisfying.

[1] https://www.fairphone.com/en/