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Comment · 7 years ago
Did they try to ask for donation? Linux Journal has a huge reader base most of who probably grew up in the 90s and early 2000s. Most of these readers are now probably working professionals and earning well enough to donate a small amount to Linux Journal on a monthly or yearly basis to keep this journal running.
Comment · 7 years ago
I have travelled to India often but I don't understand Indian politics enough. So if someone here can help me with these questions, I'll appreciate it!
* What does it mean for Lakadh to not have a legislature? Does it mean that this province cannot have elected local leaders?
* Why are the prominent politicians under house arrest? What is their offence?
* Why were these two articles repealed?
Comment · 7 years ago
This is cool. I wonder how outline.com manages to get past the sign-up wall.
Comment · 7 years ago
> Register to read this article in full: Sign up
I don't want to create a new account to read an article? Is there any other option to read this article?
I know one could say that if I don't want to create an account like the website wants, then I have no right to read the article. Yes, I understand that. I respect the website's owners' right to enforce access to the article however they please and I am okay to not read the article if there is truly no other way to read it without creating an account.
Comment · 7 years ago
I like the way Creative Commons licenses do it. First there is a simple bullet-point-wise summary for layman like this: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Then there is the entire legal code for lawyers: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode .
I think all contracts should be written like this. If any clause of the legal code contradicts the summary for layman, then the summary for layman should take precedence during its interpretation in the court.
This practice is not unusual. Books often start with a preface or foreword. Very dense technical or research papers start with an abstract and introduction. But for some reason contracts do not follow this practice.
Comment · 7 years ago
This does not look like the description of "10x engineer" at all. An "immature engineer"? Yes. But "10x engineer? No.
A true "10x engineer" would also care a great deal about documenting stuff, communicating that to the team, and be wise to ensure that a good technology system should not have a single point of failure (either technical or human). The fact this so-called 10x engineer made himself a single point of failure goes against the basic principles of engineering.
Comment · 7 years ago
I am honestly unable to decide whether the original tweets by @skirani were said in seriousness or as sarcasm!