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joejoe638on America's pensions can't beat Vanguard but they can close a hospital

Private Equity doesn’t “own” business in the sense most people understand it.

PE is finalisation of business, its ownership is far more similar to a mortgagee than an owner in every sense of the word.

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

Only for the ideologue every interaction must be burdened by partisan politics.

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

A petition and including your political opinions whenever you engage in your trade or profession is not the same.

This is the entire point and objection with politicisation of everything.

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

Based on arrest of protesters in UK, US, and recent laws passed in Australia; it is fair to say that Notepad++’s freedom to protest would depend on who and what they are protesting.

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

The issue with making something so universal as software, specifically scientific software political is that it operates in such a broad context that every political statement sooner or later will seem comical outside a very narrow scope.

Your comment is a good example of it; who is dictator? The people who hacked the software or the political pole they support? At what point did they become fascist enough to warrant politicalisation of everything ?

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

This take is completely blind to how sciences has worked throughout history of humanity and specifically post major world wars.

Additionally, it is based on a false notion that political banners in software helps in pursuing anyone let alone change political outcomes.

joejoe638on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

This is about being productive and weighing the overall value of things.

The politicisation of software is as harmful as requiring every research paper to be published with a political allegiance banner.

Software like most Sciences, Engineering, and, Trade is a much longer game for humanity than politics de jour.

It is easy to forget the extent of contributions from all sides of politics that has contributed to this trade, from Mohammed Algorithm to English, Russian, Chinese, and, everyone else to computing; but forgetting that and forging that for quick political hack points is a disservice to humanity.