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
Month: November 2019
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 adds live Linux kernel patching
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•The first minor update of RHEL 8.1 adds some major new features. …read more Source:: Linux
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
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•Researchers have adapted a light-based technology employed widely in biology — known as optical traps or optical tweezers — to operate in a water-free liquid environment of carbon-rich organic solvents. …read more Source:: Science
Screen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young children
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•A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use. …read more Source:: Science
The world is getting wetter, yet water may become less available for North America and Eurasia
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•With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according …read more Source:: Science