| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 11:23 |
|
sivoais |
Oh, wow, pdurbin, that was a great share. Will save that post for future use. |
| 13:16 |
|
pdurbin |
It's pretty interesting. I saw it at https://botbot.me/freenode/sandstorm/msg/77373410/ |
| 14:18 |
|
aditsu |
hey, a former coworker asked me to help him with a reference letter; the requirement says it should be "printed on company letterhead or the applicant’s official workbook", what's "official workbook" supposed to mean? |
| 14:25 |
|
pdurbin |
aditsu: that doesn't make any sense. A workbook is something my kids use to learn math or whatever. |
| 14:27 |
|
pdurbin |
sivoais: in addition to Matt Armstrong's post, there's interesting stuff in that "Preview: portable dumper" by RMS ( https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-12/msg00004.html ) and Karl Fogel ( https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-12/msg00079.html ). |
| 14:36 |
|
sivoais |
aditsu: all I can find is "A government issued work record that is a legal requirement for workers in some countries." from <https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/site-information/glossary> |
| 14:36 |
|
sivoais |
pdurbin: thanks, will read when I get back! I remember that Karl Fogel wrote that one book about running OSS projects, right? |
| 14:37 |
|
sivoais |
Ah, yes: <http://producingoss.com/> <--- this one |
| 14:57 |
|
pdurbin |
yep, I just finished that book and it's great |
| 14:59 |
|
pdurbin |
especially for anyone who wants to get a sense of what people who have been hanging around open source communities for decades feel in their bones |
| 16:04 |
|
pdurbin |
"A little bit of anarchy has been critical to the success of the Internet. There has been a rare freedom to experiment on the Internet." https://web.archive.org/web/20000523130719/http://golem.sobco.com/nww/1996/08-restrained_anarchy.html |
| 19:40 |
|
aditsu |
sivoais, pdurbin: thanks |
