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xmjon Fractal cells – FreeBSD-based All-In-One solution for software startups

Thanks!

I was considering that for a while, but then - the startups I worked with used Google Apps.

For setting up mail servers on FreeBSD it would probably be easier to have someone port Zimbra.

xmjon The EU Is on the Verge of Collapse–An Interview with George Soros

>The national state is not exactly living a revival.

...unless you look at Eastern Europe. Poland and Hungary show that homogenous nation states are not as much a thing of the past than you'd thought, and that their 'revival' (they were never dead though!) is doing just fine.

xmjon As Angel Investors Pull Back, Valuations Take a Hit

Technically - $50k gross is, at current exchange rates, around EUR 3800 per month (before tax).

But yes, once you reach EUR 2000 net, you can have a very comfortable lifestyle.

xmjon As Angel Investors Pull Back, Valuations Take a Hit

Time to move to Tallinn. ;-)

xmjon As Angel Investors Pull Back, Valuations Take a Hit

With the difference that $100k is easily reachable in Silicon Valley for engineering positions even before reaching senior levels.

Here in Tallinn, not so much.

xmjon Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default

I've been maintaining the FreeBSD port of the Flash 11 linux software for a year or so.

The one thing I have learned during that time is:

How to write a good VuXML entry.

I agree with the general sentiment of removing Flash, and will do my part in convincing others that FreeBSD (and, derived, PC-BSD and FreeNAS) should probably consider setting an expiration date for Flash, then at that date delete it.

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

> This will solve the issue partly.

On the contrary; it will turn the whole thing into something that can be gamed even better by those who are good at rallying, organizing mobs, and shaming people into doing what the mob organizers can't do on their own.

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

It's all stated on the list ;-)

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

Yes, that's why I trust GitHub to come up with a (proprietary, unreleased) algorithm a la PageRank that won't easily be game-able.

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

Bingo.

And this is what makes the way he handled it -genius- :-)

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

> You could probably write a bot to filter them out, very similar to the ggautoblocker whose perl sources *are on GitHub, just, the other way 'round.

I just did that, actually.

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

Maybe relevant:

We're bringing GitLab to FreeBSD. :-)

Check the ruby@ list for current status, things left to do, etc.

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ruby/2015-July/t...

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

Based on lines changed, merge requests accepted/rejected, etc etc.

You know, GitHub developers are quite smart.

They could just write their own weighting algorithm if they wanted to. :-)

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

Meh is a genius in handling those people, you do have to admit that.

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

The recent witch hunt against projects that don't have Code of Conducts.

'meh' did a masterful job with those:

https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941 https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/942 https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/945

xmjon Ask HN: How do you deal with social media pressure on your GitHub project?

> When your project faces this pressure how do you act to ensure that meaningful discussion happens and decisions are made that are the best for your actual users and contributors in the long run?

Make sure you know who your users are.

Keep in touch with them, reach out, do "community building". They will tell you things about your product/software/system you would otherwise never hear.

That way, you can also filter out issues from known troublestarters as noise, and, much like in Casablanca, it's a "round up the usual suspects" thing.

You could probably write a bot to filter them out, very similar to the ggautoblocker whose perl sources *are on GitHub, just, the other way 'round.