sunnie@sopuli.xyz to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years agowhat's the difference?sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11.5Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1imagewhat's the difference?sopuli.xyzsunnie@sopuli.xyz to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarecobra89@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoGit = bittorrent GitHub = the pirate bay Code = content Even that’s not the perfect analogy but it’s better than the OP.
minus-squarevinhill@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoThough OPs example is easier for the general population to understand.
minus-squareCmdrKeen@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYes, but mostly because the general population likely isn’t super familiar with Bittorrent and PirateBay. A better, yet similarly correct explanation would be to say GitHub is to Git what GMail is to email. This also doesn’t confuse protocol and content, and it doesn’t require knowledge of piracy.
Git = bittorrent
GitHub = the pirate bay
Code = content
Even that’s not the perfect analogy but it’s better than the OP.
Though OPs example is easier for the general population to understand.
Yes, but mostly because the general population likely isn’t super familiar with Bittorrent and PirateBay.
A better, yet similarly correct explanation would be to say GitHub is to Git what GMail is to email.
This also doesn’t confuse protocol and content, and it doesn’t require knowledge of piracy.