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OSS has two fundamental problems:
- Dependencies
- Maintainers dropping their product
These two issues are creating an environment where OSS is becoming more and more vulnerable to cyber-attacks and the attendant data breaches. Both are solvable, but the OSS community is so fractured that internal community politics may prevent this from occurring.
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I'd add 'popularity' to the list of problems; as that always paints a bigger target on a technology, drawing hackers. Also, there is no one OSS Community, but dozens (or maybe hundreds) that sometimes intersect.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: No. Next question Are we approaching the end of clickbait article headlines?
(I cannot make the '/s' big enough, so I won't try.)
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Are you sure?
/s
Had to edit and reduce 3 times to avoid breaking the layout
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Good job! Still not big enough!!!
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If so, it's only by name, even though it smells as sweet.
Potentially new names:
x source (is "x" in a name still popular?)
meta source (same question)
next source (too cliche-ish)
free source (nothing in life is ever free)
community source (too long?)
I know! Acronyms never die.
COS. Cuz it's Community Open Source
I'll stop now.
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Marc Clifton wrote: x source (is "x" in a name still popular?) Don't make me blow my wine through my nose!
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X to collect more user data as Musk teases plan to offer video and audio calls. Scan iris before posting 140 characters no one should bother with
Or is it 280 these days? /shrug
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I have never installed tweeter, but if I had, I would be deleting it right now (if I would have stayed until today)
I hope I got the sentence gramatically correct...
M.D.V.
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Coming soon: banking info requirement.
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David O'Neil wrote: Coming soon: Coming soon?
Is it not an option to pay for the blue "verification"?
M.D.V.
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The clause '[contractee] gives X the right to withdraw any and all funds from [contractee]'s permanently linked account at any time' will be new.
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Slack has forced Microsoft to unbundle Teams in key EU markets. It's Officexit
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So Salesforce is now going after Microsoft. Not sure how this helps the consumer. (Slack is owned by Salesforce.)
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A new kind of Bing pop-up appears for some Windows 11 users, apparently generated by a Microsoft-signed executable separate from the OS's notification system. "A-B-C. A... Always, B... Be, C... Closing. Always be closing."
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Turnabout is fair play. Go to any Google site in a browser other than Chrome and you'll receive a nag message to install Chrome.
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A slight difference: Google's site is free, whereas Windows costs money.
We may have forgotten that, given the "free" upgrade to Windows 10, and from 10 to 11, and to each point release for both. But at some point, you (or your company) will have paid Microsoft for a Windows license.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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If you've bought a PC in the past 20 years you've paid for Windows, even if you never install it. About the only people who don't pay for Windows licenses are those who specifically order their PCs with Linux.
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Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported for another 12 months, until August 31st, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple. Bad news for...well, I'm sure someone is upset
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I know a guy... I think who knew another guy who might have used that, maybe...
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Llama 2 avoids errors by staying quiet, GPT-4 gives long, if useless, samples This is my shocked face
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Quote: Perhaps AI is going to take away coding jobs – of those who trust this tech too much It would be interesting to know if the volumen of questions in the Q&A did reduce since the ChatGPT story started
About the subject of the article... I wouldn't have any problem if that happens. Some will really deserve it.
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It seems the saga still continues over at SO...
Quote: I wouldn't have any problem if that happens. Some will really deserve it.
Indeed, the Q&A seem to grow with posts that you can clearly define that the issue posted is related to AI generated code, poster has no idea what the code is suppose to or are doing and then dump tons of code with - "This is not working, help. Please supply code urgent..."!!!
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Andre Oosthuizen wrote: saga still continues over at SO... referring to ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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