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   …might work for coffee… (mwfc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:08:13 JST …might work for coffee…

   I will never give a group a point in a Hackathon that deals with disasters and talks in their pitch about a "product" that you can buy and potential many costumers.

   Fuck you.

   Here: Forest fires.

   You lost all respect from me when you consider stuff that you build for disaster as a product and not a service. Terminology matters.

   You just gave the impression that you would not support poor countries w/o subscription. In a fucking disaster. You allied with Disaster for money. Money over people.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:08:12 JST Aral Balkan

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     @mwfc Oh, man, I’ve been there. Was judging some EU-funded thing not too long ago. And the grifts… and I was (surprise, surprise) the only one calling them out. And then you wonder about all the ones you’re not invited to judge…

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:19:48 JST Aral Balkan

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     @mwfc You’re spot on.

     There is So. Much. Wrong. With. How. “Free”. Software. Is. Funded.

     If you haven’t seen my talk at the EU Parliament, I touch upon that rather forcefully.

     https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

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     …might work for coffee… (mwfc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:19:50 JST …might work for coffee…

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral
     Well, I was a participant.

     And given another group won in my field (rightfully) I will do our approach by grant stuff.

     I just do not get why, if you have mainly students as audience, you do not promote this path more.

     You had out shitty low prices (100-300 EUR per participant if you win is nothing) and only promote the get rich or die trying way?

     Why not:you managed to get something nearly meaningful done in a weekend, what about good funding for a year and have it floss.Awesome world