FLOSS virtualization hacker, occasional brewer

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  • Alex@lemmy.mltoComics@lemmy.mlWikiPedia:Neutral Point of View
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    1 day ago

    Sure - but the point of usaid was being funded by the US government which has(had?) deeper pockets that your average NGO. Other nation states give more as a portion of GDP but there has been a lot of back sliding. Both China and Russia’s foreign aid budgets are tiny both in absolute and relative to GDP terms. Only a few of the Nordics manage to exceed the UN guide of 0.7% of GDP.






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    1 day ago

    That’s silly - it’s very much the work of humans with all the challenges that entails. However I find the Wikipedia projects aims of providing a globally accessible, multi language encyclopedia a pretty inspiring example of what global communities can achieve.

    You can write it off if you want. There are a number of alternative projects that attempt similar things with their own approaches and political philosophies. Although none so far have achieved anywhere near the coverage that Wikipedia has.


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    2 days ago

    Do you have an approved list of scholars that Wikipedia is allowed to reference on the subject?

    Seriously though the linked article seems pretty thoroughly referenced and it’s not like he’s the only source. He certainly has the academic background to be quoted and his Wikipedia page even calls out his views on Gaza.





  • Alex@lemmy.mlBanned from communitytoTechTakes@awful.systemsBevy's AI Booster trolling explained as the Nazi bar problem
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    4 days ago

    The policy itself is pretty sound and puts the emphasis on human ownership of the code while explicitly forbidding it for communication, commit messages and assets. It’s trying to encourage disclosure and doesn’t force any maintainer to take the code.

    A lot of the drama seems to be around the code of conduct changes which seem to be a result of some very acrimonious debates within the community.






  • Alex@lemmy.mltoMicroblog Memes*Permanently Deleted*
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    11 days ago

    Exactly, there is only one person in control and the helper works under instruction.

    My wife and I have very different cooking styles. I like my kitchen to be clean with dirty things either washed up or waiting by the sink. My wife is more of the style that the kitchen tells the story of the meal preparation and how all the workspace was used.