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by dlikhten 5364 days ago
Honestly I love the comment on reproduction. TBH single cells can reproduce, but having a child who is happy, healthy, and well educated is harder than any computer programming I have or ever will do. So in the end that person should take time to spend with his child.

However:

"It's like demanding that an atheist pray, lest he not "respect" the religious people he is surrounded by." in response to the outrage at Stallman's lack of caring for people announcing birthings. I think this is a great response. It also is true for Stalman's response to Jobs' death, he may shit on him all he wants, it is his rights, appearing to be a nut-case is a side-effect but that does not change a lot of his actually legitimately good beliefs. And Jobs definitely was in major conflict with OSS (see VLC trying to get on the iPhone, which concluded that Apple's app store is not compatible with OSS license requirements)
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tzs 5364 days ago
> see VLC trying to get on the iPhone, which concluded that Apple's app store is not compatible with OSS license requirements)

That's incorrect. The App Store is not compatible with GPL license requirements. It is compatible with most other OSS license requirements.

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kragen 5364 days ago
It's not that it's hard; it's largely out of your control.
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dlikhten 5364 days ago
Parts are, parts are not. I know kids of wealthy individuals who are terribly unhappy, and kids of dead poor individuals who are the happiest kids I've ever met. Its about the time spend with your kids and the caring you put into your child's needs.
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kragen 5364 days ago
A lot of it is about random chance. Your kid could get kicked in the head by a mule and spend the rest of her life suffering from severe brain damage, and that's not your fault. Your kid could hang out with the wrong group of kids in high school and end up as a stockbroker or otherwise doing something worthless. You can't control who your kids hang out with in high school or even in elementary school, you can't control their genes (much), you can't control most of what happens to them.

Of course there are lots of kids who suffer because of things their parents did, and you can avoid some of that. But mostly your child's life is not in your control. And that's a good thing.

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bdunbar 5364 days ago
But mostly your child's life is not in your control.

The parts that are in your control affect how the child acts for the rest of his life.

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