{"id":11056,"date":"2008-02-11T20:55:19","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/11\/a-blessing-and-a-curse\/"},"modified":"2008-02-11T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T17:55:19","slug":"a-blessing-and-a-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/11\/a-blessing-and-a-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"A blessing and a curse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quoting comment<\/a> in Slashdot discussion<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The truth is both a blessing and a curse. It takes a lot of work to realize the truth and most people will not challenge themselves. Once you learn the truth, however, you are cursed with trying to explain it to others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This clearly explains the high density of Open Source advocates, as well as many experiences of my own.<\/p>\n

By the way -\u00c2\u00a0 happy birthday, Open Source!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Quoting comment in Slashdot discussion: The truth is both a blessing and a curse. It takes a lot of work to realize the truth and most people will not challenge themselves. Once you learn the truth, however, you are cursed with trying to explain it to others. This clearly explains the high density of Open … Continue reading A blessing and a curse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[2912,237],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-open-source","tag-quotes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7260,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2003\/10\/11\/2003-10-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":11056,"position":0},"title":"2003-10-11","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 11, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Went to the movies to see \"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl\". 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