Using the first new method in half a century for measuring the size of the proton via electron scattering, scientists have produced a new value for the proton’s radius in …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 6, 2019
New model for the way humans localize sounds
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•One of the enduring puzzles of hearing loss is the decline in a person’s ability to determine where a sound originates, a key survival faculty that allows animals to pinpoint …read more Source:: Science
Open source and the free-rider problem
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•By Dries Buytaert In part 2 of this article, I focused on how Takers hurt Makers in open source, as well as how individual actions—no matter how rational they may seem—can have …read more Source:: OpenSource
How takers hurt makers in open source
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•By Dries Buytaert In part 1 of this article, I introduced the concept of open source Makers and Takers, and explained why it is important to find new ways to scale and …read more Source:: OpenSource
A cure for unfair competition in open source
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•By Dries Buytaert In many ways, open source has won. Most people know that open source provides better quality software, at a lower cost, without vendor lock-in. But despite open source being widely …read more Source:: OpenSource
3 suggestions for stronger open source projects
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•By Dries Buytaert In part 4 of this article, I covered how economic theories of collective action can be applied to open source from a conceptual perspective. In this final part, I’ll …read more Source:: OpenSource
3 models for open source governance
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•By Dries Buytaert In part 3 of this article, I detailed several economic theories on common goods management. In this part, we’ll explore how to apply these theories to the issue of …read more Source:: OpenSource