06:30 <brolin_empey> Why does it matter in practice if Microsoft owns/controls GitHub?

06:31 <Joerg-Neo900> for the same reasons why it matters who owns skype or whatsapp

06:32 <Joerg-Neo900> eventually decisions about changes in provided services and applicable policies will depend on that

06:37 <brolin_empey> OK but does that matter in practice in the context of the Neo900 project?

06:37 <Joerg-Neo900> no

06:39 <brolin_empey> Then why does the Neo900 project need to discontinue use of GitHub?

06:40 <Joerg-Neo900> Neo900 project never used github for all I can tell

06:41 <Joerg-Neo900> I always been aware of the risk that comes from centralization of gitblub, and so all genuine Neo900 stuff is self-hosted

06:44 <Joerg-Neo900> I'm trying hard to not sound condescending or arrogant, but: it once again been the ignorant masses that thought free-as-in-beer was a normal thing and smart to use. Like with whatsapp, like with facebook, like with google mail etc pp

06:44 <brolin_empey> OK, I guess this is my misunderstanding. I was replying to:

06:44 <brolin_empey> I guess I incorrectly thought that houkime was hosting Neo900 work in GitHub.

06:44 <brolin_empey> <houkime> Microsoft acquired Github, so it's time to move my code outta there.

06:45 <Joerg-Neo900> I don't know what houkime is hosting, and where

06:45 <Joerg-Neo900> I also don't know to which "my code" he was relating when writing this

06:47 <Joerg-Neo900> she? they* - dang, this still happens to me

07:10 <brolin_empey> It seems that many computer users are not strongly interested in the technology itself but are primarily interested in its benefits or applications, like with many consumer applications of technology.

07:35 <Joerg-Neo900> of course, and that's normal and probably a good thing

07:36 <Joerg-Neo900> technology never is a value in itself - except for geeks - and always should be a means to an end

22:51 <houkime> Do we have a component for IR receiver?

22:55 <houkime> ok, looks like we have

22:56 <houkime> but there's an strange _not_a_component_ on IR receiver though

22:57 <houkime> oh, this looks like a wire teleporter thingie

22:58 <houkime> but one wire is out of place though

22:58 <houkime> bq-gpio just end at the boundary.

22:58 <houkime> *ends

23:01 <houkime> emmm... ok, i guess i understood.