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hwestbrook··on USFS decision to halt prescribed burns in California is history repeating
This would be true if the federal allowed more than a nominal amount of logging. Most trees and logs come from private land. See page 8: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45688
hwestbrook··on Show HN: Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text
+1 on this. I use Tower which has really nice submodule support.

In demoing Sublime Merge — if I move branches that use a different submodule or different submodule version, I get uncommitted changes, either a folder where the submodule was or commit change on submodule.

Other than this it looks great!

hwestbrook··on Open-source infrastructure is not venture-backable
Are you taking my argument and projecting it onto how people are valued within a society, and even onto how I value people?

That would stretch my argument to encapsulate a much broader topic than was intended. You would have to make a lot of assumptions both about me and my argument to do so.

hwestbrook··on Open-source infrastructure is not venture-backable
Seems as though she undermines her whole point with the "Here’s what is true about the “open source is really well funded” myth" section.

The open source projects that people/businesses really care about are funded. Isn't a non-funded open source project just one an open source project that no one really cares about?

I think there is a really subtle line that she has missed by assuming all open source projects developers use are really important. There probably should be at least three categories: (1) really important projects (funded / managed), (2) projects that are not really that important (not funded / managed by community) and (3) those that are not important (not funded / not managed).

hwestbrook··on GoPro cutting 7 percent of its workforce
You may want to check out: http://www.dashware.net/
hwestbrook··on Yahoo planning 10% layoffs as early as this month, report says
I wonder if 10% is enough of a cut to make the business viable again, or if this is just pandering to the market. Seems likely that someone picked this number out of the air to make a statement.
hwestbrook··on The Refragmentation
A (mostly) golden age in the US was caused by conditions that forced the population to work together.

The conditions have disappeared, so the economic and social order is unraveling.

Let’s acknowledge the issue and let that acknowledgment guide our policy decisions. We want this golden age back(?).

hwestbrook··on f.lux for iOS is no longer available
I've installed on a 6S, works for me!
hwestbrook··on Interview with PCH Founder Liam Casey
If Liam is reading (or anyone else who can answer), I'd like to know how he plans to release hardware quickly and stay in compliance with the FCC. Seems like this is a pretty big stumbling block in between the steps of creating a prototype and then later shipping / selling that hardware.

Breaking down this wall would bring hardware prototyping significantly closer to how web development is done with iteration.

hwestbrook··on Show HN: I got tired of missing new music releases, so I built this
agree with this comment
hwestbrook··on PayPal Trumps Square’s Deal With Starbucks by Partnering With Discover
this is my first reaction too. I don't see how this makes it easier for the consumer. I don't especially want to type my user name and password into one of those terminals.