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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like how the cellular module is proprietary and locked down, even on something like a Librem phone. Or like how DVD players had use proprietary software to comply with DRM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “It’s impossible” is often used not to literally describe a logically impossible event but instead as an exaggeration. “I can’t possibly fathom why” is also not literal, it means under regular circumstances.

  I cannot imagine why anyone would prefer grass that cuts your skin over regular grass means for typical people using grass in typical garden/field situations. That could be someone’s person preference but that it’s not typical, it’s unexpected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a GPL compliance lawsuit where they’re suing NOT as a copyright holder of contrubtor’s code but as a user of the software (a 3rd party beneficiary, under contract law). The GPL was intended to give standing to users of the software, so hopeful this makes presidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Google Pain Services

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to blame the voting system for the lack of meaningful voting options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the incentive to do this sort of stuff?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An offsite server is not under your control and accessible by who knows. Surely it is still a privacy concern.

  Privacy is like security in that it costs time. Most people don’t spend time on even having a conversation like this but if something bothers you then finding a spare day is easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are many other cameras but most have the same potential to do this sort of shit. Sending video to some server you don’t control, on cameras you don’t control because it’s proprietary, isn’t going to cut it if privacy is your goal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People who claim they don’t value privacy are simply ignorant of how this can affect them. They don’t consider the data falling into the wrong hands. Surely they don’t want criminals with unauthorized access at least. It should be obvious that governments don’t always have their best interests either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password manager by Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One master password to rule them all, One server to find them, One password to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

  Yeah I use 2FA with the master notebook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password manager by Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve not found anything better. Storing on my computer, or worse someone else’s computer, doesn’t seem safe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Worse still it’s not even clear what is being discussed. It implied “violence” but that is a wide range from just pushing to serious shooting.

  % can also be misleading when a scale is arbitrary. A temperature increase measured in Fahrenheit will be a rather different % when converted to Kelvin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought this commented would have gone down better. It’s a banger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In UK you can’t buy high caffeine drinks without ID.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Headline should have been: pornsites gave no spunk. Screw the government, and just plug the whole country. Though we’ll no longer have easy access various VPNs will still allow us to reach around with IP protection, just like consuming BBC service without a license. Cum on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge dismisses authors' copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “hallucination refers to the generation of plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or nonsensical information”

  Is an output an hallucination when the training data involved in the output included factually incorrect data? Suppose my input is “is the would flat” and then an LLM, allegedly, accurately generates a flat-eather’s writings saying it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney's AI Paradox: Pursues OpenAI Deal While Suing Rival Firms⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Artificial neural networks are simple versions of the neurons arranged in a brain. It’s a useful solution when you know what the output should be but you don’t know what algorithm would produce it from a desired input. To claim “AI” is learning the same way as complex human brains seems a bit farfetched. If you want to say human brains are ultimately just an algorithm then fine, but look at the outputs between the two.

  AI art may not look like duplication but it often looks like derived-work which could trigger copyright infringement (to my non-artist eyes). AI code on the other hand looks much closer to duplication to me and it doesn’t seem right they can use other’s code to produce code while ignoring the license because the algorithm had “learned like a human”. Many software licenses are there to protect users, rather than monopolize, and get totally ignored for profit.

  “Innovative” these days seems to means new ways to fuck-over users, rather than the past where it meant products got better and/or cheaper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  KOS is “kill on sight”, a video game term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re using the minimum amount, in a transformative way that doesn’t compete with the original copyrighted source, then it’s still fair use even if it’s commercial. (This is not saying that’s what LLM are doing)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right. I even corrected that typo before I posted, or so I had thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just noticed KOSA starts with KOS. Was that international, like DOGE?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub is Back in France.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We agree, I said “if they can’t”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon: New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume most licenses out there which are irrevocable? They’re certainly a feature of copyleft licenses.

  If someone posts copyrighted material they were not allowed to share then 3rd party servers still need to deal with DMCA takedown requests and false reports, regardless of TOS. An explicit license might help but by how much? It may also push some users away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub is Back in France.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s so many reasons trying to force companies to implement age verification is a bad idea, and “to protect the children” is a nonsense excuse. That said, it’s kinda scary if a government can’t regulate business behaviour when interacting with their citizens (who are inside the country).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If one limits their scope to the nutrients or taste of food on their plate then they wouldn’t consider the well-being of other conscious creatures. Only considering system requirements to complete an activity misses out the freedom of the user(s), apparently.

  It is a given that humans suffer due to the unjust power that proprietary software gives devs over their user’s computing. Even the best dev does not the the willpower to always resist the temptation to use that power at the expense of the users. Many devs are oblivious they are doing anything wrong and many are malicious/anti-consumer.

  There is also the impact it’s use and promotion has on others - money/feedback/promotion given to the non-free projects are boons not given to the freedom-respecting projects. I am better off when others start to move away from proprietary software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure that’s correct. Richard Stallman would be a good example of that, sadly. I do doubt anything noteworthy has been said in this thread, or site. Seems more like people feel attacked when free software advocates point out uncomfortable issues. Like how people get annoyed with vegans talking about animal cruelty (I eat meat, saying that to avoid theonejoke).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To continue the metaphor: a partner can have many alluring qualities (income, hobbies, looks) but what does that matter if the relationship is abusive. Leaving (and dating someone “worse”) can be more difficult that just staying in the relationship, but the priority should be clear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If those in the know on software choose not to use software that’s open source because of comments on some thread… were they intellectually thinking about their own best interests? It’s like no longer enjoying a show because some fans did something cridge - anything popular enough will have weirdos (from someone’s perspective).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A picture of the character Toad from the platform game series Super Mario. The image is cropped to only show Toad’s face. Toad is sweating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s it from?