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wosos··on Why does software cost so much?
Undervalued refactoring/modernization of legacy code, not necessarily implementing a whole new stack. Just paying technical debt.

But some think that if you stop providing features or fixes at the fastest pace possible or if you stop to refactor you're just wasting time or slacking off.

wosos··on FedEx is offering $5 off web orders to enable Flash
Same here in El Salvador, retained my package and after not notifying (got an ISP log of missed/entry calls and no emails) wanted to charge me 40USD aside of the usual "other charges" 50USD.
wosos··on Lasers activate killer instinct in mice
I heard about some Doctor E. Vil, who might be interested.
wosos··on Paper Centrifuge
Yes, putting MC and check it's time after a device-lifetime of use would be quite an interesting experiment.
wosos··on Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into China
Too convenient and the term can be way subjective.

"fake news" for who? For the Chinese government?

For the company that denies that their new phone explodes?

This is getting very ugly

wosos··on Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick
Got it brah
wosos··on Why Spotify’s Discover Weekly is getting really boring?
Same here, still surprises me the songs that has been listed there.

Good experience so far for me.

The only real caveat I have with spotify is the awfully buggy applications.

wosos··on The Age of the Superbug Is Here
Central America here, can confirm.
wosos··on The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956)
True, it's an interesting point.

As it was with Boromir (who wanted it for good) or Gandalf when he denies taking the ring. They could've ended doing evil with initial noble intentions, that's how the ring would've exploited them.

wosos··on The Fantastic World of Professor Tolkien (1956)
This sounds so wonderful, even as a Tolkien fan, I always thought that many at the side of Saruman and Co. were doing what they thought best, and eventually may even refine their arts to match those of the elves.
wosos··on People from Mexico show stunning amount of genetic diversity
Probably an adblocker is breaking the comments component.
wosos··on People from Mexico show stunning amount of genetic diversity
As a fellow latin-american, I find it funny too but very worrying also, looks like a classic dogma and fact denying thing.
wosos··on With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Privacy
Holy cow, really true to their word!
wosos··on How to Compromise the Enterprise Endpoint
I suppose it's only for certain countries, no redirection here in El Salvador.
wosos··on Bitbucket Pipelines Beta: continuous delivery inside Bitbucket
What could have been made better?
wosos··on Giant bags of mostly water: Securing your IT infrastructure
Exactly, I've been annoyed more than once by pure whining on the format/color/navigation of a site and little to no comments on content. [Now going meta whining about the whining, but I'll try not to do it again, I promise]
wosos··on Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
Still suspicious nontheless
wosos··on Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response
Sad but true
wosos··on Dear open-source maintainers, a letter from GitLab
This is just amazing, you're awesome, thank you Gitlab team.
wosos··on Juniper screenOS authentication backdoor - master ssh password posted
True, it could've been easier to use fake credentials from the start
wosos··on Microsoft's Software is Malware
Yes, you're right, in the end is the users fault as they didn't foresee those consequences and some didn't even made migration plans, even when stated clearly.

You can even argue that all of the things there end up being the users fault as they choose so for convenience.

wosos··on Microsoft's Software is Malware
I think the problem is that they won't allow anyone else to continue working on it
wosos··on Slack is Down
It would be great if it supported linux or at least some client like pidgin
wosos··on The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire (2011)
Here if you're asked to register after reading part 1.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4rknDaG...

wosos··on Looking Forward: Support for Secure Shell
Costs?
wosos··on Looking Forward: Support for Secure Shell
So, no security patches?
wosos··on EU study recommends OpenBSD
One could argue that the they can get the GPL project, build over it too and distribute it.

Not much a comparison to proprietary software.

wosos··on We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership
Yes, definitely it would need a closer look.

And makes you think if it would or should go the same way of other non profitable but socially valuable activities, by the hands of non profit foundations and/or government support.

And if that would be a better or worse model than the current one.

wosos··on We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership
Thank you, you're right, I was speaking of a patronage like in the case of https://www.patreon.com
wosos··on We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Idea of Ownership
>(Someone who works for nothing is the definition of a slave.)

I could go and lick the grass on my porch. I won't get paid for that. No matter how much I would like it.

Many things are just not profitable.

Unless you find other models, like patronizing

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