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Sadkov

28 karma · joined September 1, 2018

Hi, people! I'm Nikita Sadkov, a programmer (in the Lisp/Scheme camp) and a wanted felon (after criticizing Russia at social network), but I enjoy numerous other activities too, like writing poetry, drawing art and game design ( https://nikitasadkov.itch.io/spell-of-mastery-demo )

Wish you a great day!

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Sadkov··on Large single compilation-unit C programs (2006)
1283 = continue 1432 = license 1766 = gnu

So for every loop continue statement there is a GPL license text :D

Sadkov··on Nginx's Igor Sysoev Allegedly Arrested in Russia
Welcome to Russia! Your free one-way ticket to Gulag is right here :D
Sadkov··on Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store
Apple's walled garden system matches nicely with Chinese Communism.
Sadkov··on Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project, effective immediately
Javascript proprietary? Are you, people, all <redacted-expletive> here?
Sadkov··on It's time to talk about post-RMS Free Software
The main problem of Free Software (read GPL) is that it is not free, compared to say BSD. It doesn't promote competition and doesn't help small player, as you have to release all changes back under GPL. On the other hand, GPL increases barrier to entry, so big monopolistic players, like Microsoft and governments, win from it, while small indie devs lose.
Sadkov··on Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Why do people make such a hypocritically huge fuzz out of some pimp, like Epstein? Look at poor neighborhoods - there are literally millions pimps prostituting millions of women in the world. I doubt any of you want to pay for their education, so they could stop prostituting and do useful jobs, and I doubt any of these prostitutes want to work at a sweatshop or a factory, or even in office, doing heavy and unhealthy work in disciplined environment.
Sadkov··on Github restricts public Faceswap repo to logged-in users
Happened to me too, after I published my book criticizing Russia: https://github.com/saniv/text/blob/master/one-life-in-russia... Hi Nikita, Thanks for writing in. Your repositories were set to require a login to view following multiple reports from users concerned about their contents. This was done as an alternative to hiding or disabling the content entirely. Thanks, GitHub Support Russians support freedom of speech that much.
Sadkov··on Terry Davis, Author of TempleOS, has passed away [unconfirmed, mods please rm]
Godspeed, Terry! You was crazily talented and I will miss you :'(