Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-16 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Thu Jul 15 12:42:45 2021 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 >>> Joe wrote: >>> >>> (...) >>> Back when we had TV advertisements for beer, it was

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-15 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-14 11:29 a.m., Christian Groessler wrote: > Here in Germany, near Munich, we have a beer brand (from Munich) which > doesn't advertise but is the "standard beer" all around :-) > WoW That's pretty cool, a "standard beer". Everyone get used to the same beer and you don't risk being

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-15 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 09:55:50AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: [...] > > If they didn't pay [for ads], companies would have stopped sinking vast > > amounts > > of effort and expense into them a century ago. > > You're giving (big) companies a

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 14 iul 21, 08:02:19, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 > > Joe wrote: > > > > (...) > > > >> Back when we had TV advertisements > >> for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. > > > > her

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
Jeremy Ardley [2021-07-14 12:52:10] wrote: > On 14/7/21 12:09 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Ma, 13 iul 21, 20:54:22, Brian wrote: >>> On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > BTW, for those who don't wan

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Brian
On Wed 14 Jul 2021 at 12:53:00 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 02:59:27PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > May I suggest we get back on-topic. > > > > There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that w

Re: [OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-14 Thread Christian Groessler
On 7/14/21 5:02 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure > you that the advertised brands (its not up to me to decide whether > they are rubbish or not) are the ones that are available virtua

[OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-14 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Tue Jul 13 16:50:38 2021 Michael Lange wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > (...) > >> Back when we had TV advertisements >> for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. > > here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure > yo

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-14 at 10:17, Stefan Monnier wrote: > PS: Your reply's text was oddly "hidden" inside your signature (as > defined by the old convention that "\n-- \n" separates the main body > from the signature). Looking back at the preceding mails, I suspect that what may have happened is not that

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 12:53:00PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > For what it's worth - I had a check on IRC in debian-www > > The wiki isn't as tightly policed and is more of a free for all: if you see > something that's wrong, you can change it. There's a creative tension between > what shoul

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 08:00:20AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:45:08 +0100 > Joe wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:17:37 -0400 > > Celejar wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 > > > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, they

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 02:59:27PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > May I suggest we get back on-topic. > > There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't > even get back to it with a compass. > > > Greg Wooledge (he who

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:45:08 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:17:37 -0400 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 > > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > > > > > > > No, they’re not submitted to network effect, Debian is not a social > > > network. Moreover, Debian

Re: Working for free

2021-07-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > Are you fishing for quarrel ? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > This was a joke. > Also, playing the victim is never a good way to go ;-) Your second sentence could be understood that your answer is "Yes". Greg Wooledge has noted that his recent tone was not well receive

Re: Working for free

2021-07-14 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-14 3:44 a.m., Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> I "disappeared" because I had nothing more to say. Also apparently >>> any time I say anything, I'm perceived as a jerk. Or maybe it's just >>> when I stand up for myself, who knows. > > Polyna-Maude Racicot-

Re: Working for free

2021-07-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I "disappeared" because I had nothing more to say. Also apparently > > any time I say anything, I'm perceived as a jerk. Or maybe it's just > > when I stand up for myself, who knows. Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Are you in need to be nurtured ? Are you

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-14 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-13 2:59 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > I "disappeared" because I had nothing more to say. Also apparently > any time I say anything, I'm perceived as a jerk. Or maybe it's just > when I stand up for myself, who knows. Are you in need to be nurtured ? -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summersid

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Joe
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:17:37 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > > > No, they’re not submitted to network effect, Debian is not a social > > network. Moreover, Debian is non-lucrative. Currently nobody can > > get *power* from it. >

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 14/7/21 12:09 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 13 iul 21, 20:54:22, Brian wrote: On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still other reasons

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 13 iul 21, 20:54:22, Brian wrote: > On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:31:33 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 16:09:50 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 > > > > Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 20:00:44 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 > > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 >

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:59:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Also apparently > any time I say anything, I'm perceived as a jerk. be asssured, that is not the case. Best regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Vulcans never bluff.

[OT] Selling beer (was: Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names])

2021-07-13 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:25:17 +0100 Joe wrote: (...) > Back when we had TV advertisements > for beer, it was always the rubbish beers that got the publicity. here (Germany) we still have those TV ads for beer, and I can assure you that the advertised brands (its not up to me to decide wheth

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 03:54:22 PM Brian wrote: > On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > > other reasons to avoid Github: my r

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-13 20:47, Brian wrote: On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:59:27 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > May I suggest we get back on-topic. There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't even get back to it with a compass. Yo

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Joe
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:31:33 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > The mail you answer to sadly didn’t explain concretely what is the > payement, and how you can make money from it. The answer is: selling > personal data. Both what you output, what comes from you, and what > is inputted to you

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 15:38:26 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is to try and opt for the > > underdog so as to foster

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:59:27 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > May I suggest we get back on-topic. > > There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't > even get back to it with a compass. Your OP was important and inte

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 11:27:03 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still > other reasons to avoid Github: my rule is to try and opt for the > underdog so as to foster competition. +1

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Alexandre Garreau
Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 16:09:50 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonabl

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> We are in basic agreement. I'm not really a "developer" - I just host > some relatively simple projects on Github. I agree that a deeper use of > something like Github is something I'd have to carefully consider. BTW, for those who don't want to run their own server, there are still other reason

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Alexandre Garreau
Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 20:00:44 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 > Alexandre Garreau wrote: > > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > > Reco wrote: > > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:32:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > May I suggest we get back on-topic. There's a topic? I think we're so far from the topic that we can't even get back to it with a compass. > Greg Wooledge (he who has > disappeared) could just sensitively edit the wiki page he has > an int

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Jul 2021 at 14:00:44 -0400, Celejar wrote: [...] > Hey, for that matter, Debian is not gratis, since by using it, we grant > considerable power to the DDs, their committees, and the DPL! That's stirring it even more! May I suggest we get back on-topic. Greg Wooledge (he who has disapp

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:39 +0200 Alexandre Garreau wrote: > Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > > > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200,

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Alexandre Garreau
Le mardi 13 juillet 2021, 14:01:58 CEST Celejar a écrit : > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > Working for free. > > > > > &g

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:27:03 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > We are in basic agreement. I'm not really a "developer" - I just host > > some relatively simple projects on Github. I agree that a deeper use of > > something like Github is something I'd have to carefully consider. > > BTW, for those

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:08:53 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > > regardless of whom is controlling them.

Code Hosts with sights on the inevitable [Was: Working for free....]

2021-07-13 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/13/21, Brian Thompson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >>If you maintain a local copy of your code and just push it to Github >>for serving it publicly (which is what I do, and what I assume most >>developers do), you haven't lost control of your code - if / w

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Reco
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > regardless of whom is controlling them. > > What do you mean by calling them non-gratis service

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Thompson
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >If you maintain a local copy of your code and just push it to Github >for serving it publicly (which is what I do, and what I assume most >developers do), you haven't lost control of your code - if / when the >host does anything you don't li

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:54:43 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Working for free. > > > > > > Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and alike. > > > >

Re: Working for free

2021-07-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 12:00:34PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, [...] > (Nevertheless, one doesn't need a worldwide git repo service to train > an AI by examples of free software. Read on GPT3. Even if you throw away the marketing-foo (of which there is copious abundance), it's... scary.

Re: Working for free

2021-07-13 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Times have changed. Now Microsoft *loves* free work... That's the problem with living after the future has already passed. Even my enemies aren't what they used to be. > done for them [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub_Copilot] Ahhh. Some things don't change, t

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:22:48AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: > > Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > > non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > > regardless of whom is controlling them. > >

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:22:48AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: > > > >Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - > >non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them > >regardless of whom is controlling them. > > > >You need t

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread john doe
On 7/13/2021 10:54 AM, Reco wrote: Github (Gitlab, Sourceforge, etc) were and are non-free (as in - non-gratis) services, so it's only reasonable to stay away from them regardless of whom is controlling them. You need to be in control of your code - *you* host it. Always was, always is. It's no

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:20:12AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Working for free. > > > > Yes. This aspect was always annoying to Microsoft and alike. > > Times have changed. Now Microsoft *loves* free work... done for > them [1]. Nothing had

Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:01:20AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Gregory Smith wrote to me: > > You're a bunch of fa*gots. > > I think this asterisk is an insufficient surrogate for a classical "bleep". > But thank you for the plural. This enhance