okprod

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Comment · 3 years ago

So Markkula didn't sell his ranch to the Wildlands Conservancy? Confused as to what inaccuracies you're talking about.

Comment · 3 years ago

To be clear, the difference between the NFL (when it was a 501(c)(6)) and Mozilla as a 501(c)(3) is the former tax status specifies an entity's purpose as serving members of an association, while 501(c)(3)s have a purpose to serve the public good.

Strictly from a nonprofit financial perspective and from reviewing its most recently filed public 990, Mozilla doesn't pay its senior staff an exorbitant amount; it looks to be an entity with $20-$30M in revenue and double that in assets, so seeing its highest paid employees making $200-$300K isn't out of the ordinary. It does look to pay quite a bit to Upwork, which I assume is their rent expense. It can be difficult to tell from a 990 if there is fraud going on however.

Comment · 3 years ago

Agree on the Lamy Safari drying out very quickly; I use it about once a week, and it is always dried out at first use. I know Montblanc can be overpriced, but it's the only pen I have that writes immediately without skipping after a time, even if I haven't used it in a month.

My daily drivers are a Lamy 2000 with a TWSBI Eco in different color ink for highlighting/commenting; I also carry a Pilot 823 on me as a backup to the Lamy 2000 but I have never been able to get used to the vacuum mechanism.

Comment · 3 years ago

I find people who like working with plain text tend to love Emacs or similar editor ecosystems. I really enjoy having almost all my workflows in one place, and once you get a handle on some keybindings you can manipulate text so fast and so cleanly it can be satisfying. I also know people who love things like shared editing of tasks, reminders with color highlights, etc. and they tend to not like Emacs. PS: I don't listen to music or plain text browse the Web in Emacs but I know people who do :D

Comment · 3 years ago

One of the issues with this is not everyone is able to ignore conspiracy stuff, they take misinformation for information, and you get something like "masks don't work". Sort of like saying Fox News is harmless because we recognize it's news entertainment rather than news; there are many who believe it (or other sources) as news.

Comment · 4 years ago

I believe Red Hat gets most of its revenue from subscriptions and maintenance/support. They don't really have an incentive to try and protect software they've developed; instead, they benefit the more of the software they maintain is deployed.

Comment · 4 years ago

The reason most devs have told me is basically security by obscurity, or they "don't care" about monetary gain/competitive advantage of their package/product.

Comment · 4 years ago

He did and said something to the effect of "we know what that means".

Comment · 4 years ago

So the only thing you take seriously are mathematical statements? I hope you don't have a pet, spouse, child, elderly relatives, etc.