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- Comment on The Web is Going to Die 1 hour ago:
Why Gofer when Gemini?
- Comment on Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions 2 days ago:
I’m biased towards all software being open sourced.
Certificate marks look potentially useful if many more people cared about the value of open source (software freedom). People who do care probably already know common licenses, and custom licenses do not inspire any confidence (law ain’t easy).
Itt’s difficult to tell when people are internationally misleading others saying “open source” because ev ever n many devs just say it to mean you can see the code. Some would sincerely, without ill-intent, call Unreal Engine open source. Would certificate marks promote an understanding?
- Comment on Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions 2 days ago:
Trademark is for customers to kniw who made a thing, not how it works or what you do with it.
- Comment on New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new t 1 week ago:
If you are free and willing, please tell more.
- Comment on Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened 1 week ago:
To authors of works getting compensated for sharing their efforts. So here it’s a video content on a website, but also any other works on any other protocol.
- Comment on Indeed updated terms: Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent 1 week ago:
“Binding arbitration” = “we’re taking away your right to sue us”
Not something they should be allowed to do, just because being sued for illegal activities is expense.
- Comment on Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened 1 week ago:
Paying to access content makes a lot more sense that hoping someone willingly watches an advert on their own hardware.
An indirect, alternate could be universal basic income - which makes it easier for people to choose less profitable options.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Is that real or parody?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Given the bad incentives on parties from our two party system then even Greens would eventually become bad (unless they managed to fix the voting system they just won on…).
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 weeks ago:
“Innovation” used to mean better prices and/or better products. Adding adverts to a product you already own isn’t innovation.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Was hoping we’d stop all that after the Queen died. Doesn’t feel the same saying “King”.
- Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates 3 weeks ago:
Microsoft is so wealthy they could do that, and would even support such legislation if it could hinder their competitors such as smaller Linux distributions.
- Comment on Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site” 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, I wanted to say that but I couldn’t figure out how to spell it.
- Comment on Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site” 3 weeks ago:
Given Reddit’s past unreasonableness, I wouldn’t be surprised if this otherwise reasonable explanation has an alternative motive.
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 3 weeks ago:
When I ask car people about that they say (basically) “no, it won’t fit”.
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 3 weeks ago:
Personally I think it is cool to not give money to anti-consumer companies, which I assume all car companies have become by now if they all have computers. Certainly they cannot forever resist the temptation to use the power they have over users when they control the software running on our hardware.
- Comment on Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions. 4 weeks ago:
Is it hypocrisy to be for EULA enforcement on reading when it’s machines, but no when it’s humans? Crawlers “read” on a massive scale that doesn’t compare to humans.
- Comment on Roblox continues efforts for child safety by expanding age estimation to all users by end of the year 4 weeks ago:
I estimate that won’t do much.
- Comment on House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias 5 weeks ago:
Nothing stopped someone writing a bogus paper claiming an MMR vaccine causes autism. It being a paper likely gave it undue credit to people who were convinced by it, not that they read it…
- Comment on House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias 5 weeks ago:
I’m not writing a paper or essay… so my standards are different.
Conversely I’ve tried following a paper to implement an algorithm and suddenly found it used math terns that I couldn’t find an explanation for and unlike the rest of the paper it didn’t explain shit.
- Comment on House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias 5 weeks ago:
That sounds like a generic issue, one should expect. I wouldn’t consider this a specific party’s talking point until they suggest a solution that isn’t just more reason, more logic, more evidence.
- Comment on House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias 5 weeks ago:
How often?
- Comment on House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias 5 weeks ago:
The answer to any bias in Wikipedia is to cite more verifiable sources, use better sound reasoning and update when newer evidence is found.
The answer is probably not the wishful thinking of one of USA’s unrepresentative main parties. To learn about public misrepresentation in government check out a page from Wikipedia.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 weeks ago:
I doubt the concept of anonymised data. Companies and governments have bad incentives to know who you are, and collect data from brokers to make correlations and educated guesses.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 weeks ago:
If we’re talking about a hard copy ID (passport, drivers license) that’s one thing. A digital ID over the internet is asking for trouble.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 weeks ago:
I’d rather not have the law, or if law then big business pay but exclusions for smaller businesses/hobbyist.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 weeks ago:
That means being paid by the tax payers.
The free option is to trust your children.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 weeks ago:
Age check happens via trustest entity (your government)
Bold of you to assume a government entity is trusted. In the UK we have a large misrepresentative error due to our voting system.
- Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store 1 month ago:
Verify my balls, Google.
- Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux 1 month ago:
Obligatory Steam Deck runs Linux BTW.