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Kellen Moore dodges Alvin Kamara retirement question, mum on Saints' plans after Travis Etienne Jr. signing

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/alvin-kamara-future-saints-k…

I've been talking before why money won't solve the burnout problem. But let's for a minute assume that you really wanted to help people maintaining #FreeSoftware by paying them. The problem is that:
1. You have to pay them a living wage.
While all monetary help is appreciated by developers, they need a living wage. Not "that should prevent you from starving to death" but the kind of money that can support a honest (but not lavish) lifestyle: pay the bills, feed your family, cover other living costs such as repairs, clothes, appliances, and let you save enough for future emergencies.
It's simple as that. If you can't do that, they're going to need a dayjob. If they're lucky, it won't collide with their #FLOSS work. If they're not, it will kill them. Or they'll fall somewhere in the middle, slowly burning out until they can neither maintain their projects, nor work.
2. You need to guarantee that the payouts will continue.
People need security. They're not going to stay unemployed, let alone quit their job or turn down a job offer, unless they either have good guaranties or substantial savings (or they're in a really bad shape and wouldn't be able to handle the job anyway). The job market is hell, and people just know that when the payments stop, they may not be able to find a job soon, let alone a good job. Even "passively" looking for a job can burn you out.
So yeah, one-off payments and pinky swears won't do. And it isn't even a matter of whether we can trust you; it's a matter if you'll actually be able to continue paying us. And honestly, I don't really know how to solve that. Perhaps by paying up front, but for how long? Finding a job may take more than a year, finding a good job may be once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
3. It can't end up being a job.
Perhaps most difficult of all, these payments can't really come with explicit obligations. I mean, that's the whole point: you want to support FLOSS, not turn it into a corporate project. You want the maintainer to remain free and enjoy the work. That is unlikely to happen if their livelihood is now dependent on your satisfaction. And even if it isn't, I for example would still feel indebted to whoever's paying me to do FLOSS, even if they really didn't expect anything in return, and would fall into a spiral of guilt-inflicted burnout if I failed to maintain the software satisfactorily.
#OpenSource

Former Raiders RB Decides to Retire From Football https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/william-stanback-retirement/

Interrupting weekend chores to say: I like this flat mop bucket system. It spray-rinses the mop as you push it downward, and then you remove the excess water via the other hole. Easy peasy. Just wish the water reservoir was larger. Returning now to our regular programming.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Worsleyy:
🎵 Northern Step (feat. Chimpo)
#Worsleyy
https://worsleyy.bandcamp.com/track/northern-step
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uN8qtXFOl8j91njYZmW5w

I have returned from @…’ State of the Browser (#SotB #SotB26) feeling incredibly grateful to have been able to attend (and speak). An urgent and everg…

Sen. Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/steve-daines-montana-senate-retirement-2026-election-00813633
http://www.memeorandum.com/260305/p41#a260305p41

Took the day off to head up to Natural Bridge State Park with my wife. Pictures don’t really do justice to how massive it is.
Then there are the Blue Ridge Mountains, always gorgeous. Will return to Skyline Trail later this summer, as it’s an official International Dark Sky viewing location. Perhaps in August for the Perseid meteor shower season.

Bewährte Strategie: Was man nicht misst, existiert auch nicht.
Dem Verein #ProQuote fehlen nach dem Stopp der #Bundesförderung 600.000 Euro. Projekte wie die #Leitmedienzählung

ProQuote verliert Bundesförderung: „Ohne das Geld müssen wir viele Aktivitäten einstellen“
Das Familienministerium lehnt den Antrag vom feministischen Verein ab. Die vermuten dahinter ein politisches Motiv.

Kirk Cousins on 4th NFL stop with Raiders: ‘I’d like to still do this’ https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/04/08/kirk-cousins-on-4th-nfl-stop-with-raiders-id-like-to-stil…