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February 27

Hacking

[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.129.89 (talk) 00:27, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

As near as I can tell, "hack" = ride and cob (horse) = small horse. With that in mind, is this a gelding ? If not, he's more apt to fight with the males and try to mount the females. But, in any case, riding a horse out onto a busy road, when he's not used to traffic, sounds extremely dangerous, for both rider and horse, and pedestrians and drivers, too. StuRat (talk) 02:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Question removed as likely copyvio of above link. Last time we had this happen, the OP kept posting questions from different people on the forums strongly implying they aren't the original author which seems to be repeated here. I have left the replies as I don't want to get into an argument with those who argue against deleting good faith responses. Nil Einne (talk) 12:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

And despite the seeming appropriateness of the title, what the heck is this doing on the Computing RefDesk? Rojomoke (talk) 13:26, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

And not the only one. I deleted another one as the only reply was pointing out it was OT. I think both behaviours add up to something obvious but am sure there are going to be those who disagree. Nil Einne (talk) 14:39, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Not exactly related, but the term "hack" reminded me of another term for London taxis: Hackney carriage. clpo13_(talk) 18:55, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Type of software in bitbucket and github

Is there any difference in the type (size, purpose, community based vs. corporate backed, and so on) of software that you can find in bitbucket and github? Are the differences between both platform just a question of how developers prefer to interact with code? Dikipewia (talk) 18:35, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

In terms of features, they're pretty similar, though Bitbucket offers Mercurial in addition to Git and unlimited private repositories for free accounts, whereas GitHub only does Git and free accounts are limited to public repositories. However, there is a perception that GitHub is better for open source projects while Bitbucket is better for enterprise projects ([2], [3]), especially since Bitbucket, owned by Atlassian, offers integration with Atlassian's other enterprise-oriented services, like Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, etc. ([4]). Ultimately, I'd say it's a matter of preference for the developers. You can just as easily host open source projects on Bitbucket, and GitHub offers paid plans that work for enterprise projects with proprietary projects. More comparison links: [5], [6], [7]. clpo13_(talk) 18:49, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

<hangs head in shame and mutters> I've been using TFS at my workplace... ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:45, 27 February 2017 (UTC)