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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
So is that!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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What would Stallman have to say about that?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Maybe "GNUS are not Stallman"?
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Who gives a flying Fellini ?
Stallman's a dick.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I read the write-up and, although I generally agree with his views on software patents, he takes other things to a level that reveals absolute ignorance of economics.
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I wonder if this will make the The Insider Gnusletter?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Software Zen: delete this;
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This is fake gnus!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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If no gnus are good gnus then all gnus are evil gnus - which makes extinction a logical choice!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Many years ago I developed a space exploration/resource management/transport management game. It is similar to several games already in existence but I wrote it back before they all existed (I started it in 1990). I ported it to an email game then web-based. I recently wrote a WinForms version that could be used instead of, or alongside, the web interface with more local what-if capabilities - and a faster response. I have been thinking about making it an article but some of the code is so ancient and clunky (translated from Rexx) that I am embarrassed to share it. However, I have written a fairly comprehensive help document of how it should work and was thinking of setting up a collaborative project to refactor it. It is currently written in C# (ported from the original Rexx) and using ASP.NET, JavaScript, jQuery, and SVG (for graphical/interactive space maps, etc). It's fairly crudely written having been originally designed for an IBM VM mainframe system. Recently I have used it to become proficient with SVG (and jQuery support). There is no database, I used text and XML files to store all the data - I am a skinflint and my ISP charges too much for SQL. Plus I load it all into memory at start-up so the files are just to store and retrieve the state of everything (I have that part working pretty well).
Do we have/could we create this facility on CP? - Probably not.
Can I take the criticism? - Probably not.
Any suggestions on how to go about it?
Note: This just for fun and will never be commercial.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Pity is that is pretty abandoned.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Thanks OG, I didn't know that existed.
Hmmm... However, having looked at that it seems a little bit too much like "codez pleez" and/or a little too commercially driven and under-exposed.
I am going to take up Sander's suggestion and put it in GitHub and invite people to help personally.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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That's half the problem with it, not many do!
Do both: spread the love around.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Even better: spread some $$$ around
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Host it in a (private) GitHub / Azure DevOps / GitLab repository and see who wants to join you on this quest
You can ask here and invite people who want to join to your project.
You can use email and/or Skype/Zoom and GitHub issues.
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Thanks Sander. A good suggestion that I will probably follow.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It is the model created by Prof. Neil Ferguson and Imperial College in London, used by the UK and US to justify the shutdowns.
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The 16 March 2020 Imperial College paper, entitled, Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce Covid-19 mortality and healthcare demand, has been one of the most influential papers in shaping policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
[..]
Most countries have responded in a manner advocated by the paper. Which still baffles me. Only one model, not peer-reviewed or scrutinized as one would expect from "scientists". (I posted similar news to you a few days ago)
If that's not weird enough, see Visual simulations show why we all need to wear masks now #UniversalMasking #masks4all #COVID19 - YouTube[^]. So, home-made masks would have been more effective than staying at home. Seems to work for Japan.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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That points to the lounge, yes. Did you have anything specific in mind?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Box's Aphorism: "All models are wrong, some are useful."
Code idealism is just one of the methods of (the many methods) unjustified criticism.
A newer quote would be:
"There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors." Tony Hoare
One can always try back of the envelope calculations to get a feel for clarifying what is the problem at hand.
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You'd expect anything other than severe criticism from a site titled "lockdownsceptics.org"?
Having had a fair amount of contact with (and having to clean up!) academic code, as well as (very successful) modelling code written within corporate environments by engineers/researchers who aren't software developers by trade, I think this post is pretty accurate & relevant.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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