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No, it's not a huge issue within the OSM community. But surely you see why it's an issue for large companies looking to use the OSM basemap in their projects.

Overture could be seen as hostile to OpenStreetMap, but I do not think they are washing any licenses here. The article explicitly says that the CDLA license applies to data provided by Meta and Micros…

I'm really excited about this. Gnome already fits my needs nicely, but the changes this article suggests would make the experience even smoother. A lot of the comments here seem to be from people…

Editing OpenStreetMap isn't quite equivalent to commenting on a post. OSM allows you to edit anything, which is fantastic but also allows for more serious vandalism. We have seen major cities r…

Ah, great catch. After posting my comment I came across this GitHub issue that touches on this point as well [0] As always, I will be vigilant about checking licenses before adding data to OSM! [0] h…

Yes, exactly. Overture is, for better or worse, looking to create a dataset that is more difficult to mess with / contribute to. I'm big on OpenStreetMap, but I can't deny its a bit o…

> I’m not sure my personal repository is the best place to do that - we are looking for a better forum and will update when we have found one. I'm curious what "better forum," if any…

This is great to know, thanks!

> I was hoping to polish it a lot more and even add some more content before posting on HN later next week :) That's on me, I'm a fan of your work and saw this pop up on my GitHub feed. I…

If this is what I think it is, I can't wait. My bank's Zelle experience is abysmal, and it's annoying to manage a Venmo balance. I will strongly consider switching banks if it means a c…

This week in GNOME https://thisweek.gnome.org/

I vouched for this comment and brought it back from being flagged/dead/whatever because I think you're making a great point, and not calling anyone specific out. I would caution you fro…

> it would be nice to know which interventions actually affect adult intelligence sure, that would be nice. it does seem pretty clear that as a general rule, well-resourced students are more likely…

Anecdotally, I heard a story from a teacher I worked with who spent a lot of time with a student who was lagging behind their peers in school and was given extra support through the special education …

> But does it matter? Yes, it does. It matters a lot. "The Word Gap ... has important consequences for children’s later vocabulary, literacy and school performance" [0] Even if this whole…

Yeah, at the individual level this isn't cut and dry. When I wrote my comment I was talking about aggregate groups of students, apologies if that wasn't clear.

Well here's an easy* win for any new parents reading this: read to your kids. As much as you can. They will start school with a significant leg up! https://journals.lww.com/jrnldb…

Respectfully, I think you're missing the point too. You are right that many folks who get access to these top resources don't then go on to become so successful, however you might define suc…

I'm glad they do that. But those kids still have to get in. Which is much more difficult for a kid graduating from an under-resourced high school. I went to a very privileged high school. There w…

I think the point about college mobility rates was an interesting one. But then the author lost me a bit: > what is the economic rationale for having a bunch of educational resources and top studen…

I love Racket, re-wrote my website in it and a few other projects. I'd call myself an advanced beginner, I guess. > Racket excels as a programming language for young learners and beginners. I …

Perhaps custom ROMs will only ever exist among a relatively small group of "hackers" or whatever you want to call us, but I do really hope we can grow this community in the coming years. You…

I wonder how practical it would be to serve slippy map tiles as SVGs, dynamically generated out of a PostGIS database kind of like this

That may be true. But as a whole, it is worth noting that Lyft hires a significant number of people to edit OSM. Here is an interesting 2021 post by Jennings Anderson discussing paid edits on OSM, and…

It may be antagonistic, but Google Maps really isn't the one-stop shop it used to be in the mapping world. Companies like Lyft have been looking for alternatives for a while now.

Lyft is one of the biggest contributors to OSM. Here is a list of OSM accounts related to Lyft [0]. In many places where I've edited OSM, Lyft employees have contributed quality data where there …

The linked comment is something of an in-joke on Hacker News. BrandonM famously provided some quick, critical feedback on a Dropbox announcement. Dropbox of course went on to see a lot of success. Edi…

c'mon HN, don't flag this. it's a perspective piece about being a trans developer in a harsh political landscape. we upvote and discuss this stuff quite often.

This thing looks sweet. Wishing they sold it as a kit for a bit less than a grand...anyone know an open hardware project that provides some nice silicone drum pads with some sequencing logic inside?