“No one seems to be pointing out that Google practically owns the development of Firefox. The browser’s lead engineer and most of the other full-time devs are Google staff.

“The golden years of offshoring (1995-2005) suppressed inflation around the world; goods were getting cheaper because they got made in cheaper places. That is over. Inflation is back.

“Trademark rights are destructive to the cooperation and trust necessary for successful open source projects. An open source project has a large number of authors, but the trademark on it must belong to just one of those authors. US trademark law sucks because it doesn’t recognize legitimate community claim to partial ownership.

“Code is more clear if it is more testable.

“Although software people and library people belong to different tribes, we’re both guild navigators; when we integrate software services and information sources, we are folding information space.

“Using external libraries is awesome when it makes your work easier, but it’s much less impressive when it just circumvents ignorance.

“One often-talked-about event in the history of IRC is the gulf war. In early 1991 [3 years after the birth of IRC], live reports were available and more than 300 concurrent users were experienced for the first time.

“For me, the Crimean War is the “perfect” war. Started for obscure reasons, hopelessly murderous, and accomplishing nothing. Even the charge of the Light Brigade was a senseless exercise.

“If your life is [all] strategy you will be unhappy.

“You are not really diversified unless you own something you’re uncomfortable with.

A hedge is something you hold and hope you’re wrong.