Just got this from Microslop GitHub:
> We're updating how GitHub uses data to improve AI-powered coding tools. From April 24 onward, your interactions with GitHub Copilot—including inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—may be used to train and enhance AI models unless you opt out.
I barely ever use GitHub. When I do, it's when I am forced to because some project I rely on only uses GitHub.
If your project is only using GitHub, please consider migrating.
@jbowen heck, maybe even self-host Forgejo or sourcehut itself, or find a hoster.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend sourcehut.org (sr.ht) simply because of its affiliation with Drew DeVault, the person behind the Stallman Report, who has been revealed through his reddit and image board account(s) to support stuff like:
- "14 year old girls should be required to have an IUD installed. Ten years of contraception that requires a visit to the doctor to remove prematurely"
- made a reddit bot called SourceHunt in order to source anime images uploaded had r/pomf on its allowlist (r/pomf was a pedophilic subreddit, it had many loli images)
- has a Platinum account on danbooru and translated many japanese to english text from specifically loli imagery
(sourced from https://dmpwn.info)
So, it's funny when the guy that wrote the Stallman report which (rightfully) put RMS on blast for being a misogynistic fucking creep and his objections towards banning CSAM, is also one of those creeps that interacts with loli.
@rysiek Are there other stores for Linux (which without Github)?
Or do you not use Flathub and download it manually like https://codeberg.org/Arcticons/Arcticons-Linux/releases ?
@mkljczk not to use Microsoft GitHub Copilot, nor Microsoft GitHub for that matter.
There is a lot of reporting on how using genAI in coding is actually detrimental to productivity and quality of work, and how it leads to de-skilling.
Here's a great long read that doesn't mention Copilot, but rather looks at the effects of using these tools from a more long-term perspective:
https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/89367
This post was initially written in French, Si personne ne paie pour la preuve, tout le monde paiera pour le sinistre Let’s start with a truism. In ordinary life, just as in economic life, we have to make decisions without ever knowing everything. Every decision involves some uncertainty, and therefore some risk. Some risks are … Continue reading If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss →
@rysiek got the same. Important extra bit:
If you previously opted out of the setting allowing GitHub to collect this data for product improvements, your preference has been retained— your choice is preserved, and your data will not be used for training unless you opt in.
It's still stinky, but less so than you made it seem.
I can confirm my opt-out was still in-effect, for what that's worth.
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@gunchleoc/116291750001930706
@draeath doesn't seem to reliably be the case.
https://mstdn.social/@gunchleoc@mastodon.scot/116291750053271270
@rysiek @draeath Maybe it's because I was an early adopt-out-er and they changed how the settings work in the meantime 🤷
That's one thing Mozilla definitely finally did right (aside from the topic whether they should offer an AI bot chat panel in the first place): An AI off-switch that includes all possible future features. Set it and forget it, reliably.
@rysiek I hate the network effect with GitHub so much. It can sometimes be really hard to contact maintainers outside of it.
When I finally find a mail (often gmail for bonus centralization points, but that's another issue), they almost always end up saying something along the lines of "you should have opened an issue on GitHub"
GitHub has shadow banned (I'm pretty sure) my account and other accounts I created after realizing. I could open an issue, and I'd be the only one who can see it.
Is it because of geoblocking? Tracking JavaScript that I won't allow? This platform is just so hostile and I'm so sick and tired of dealing with it.
Right now, I managed to get a "working" GitHub account, but how long will it last?
Considering how generous Codeberg is to open source projects, or that almost anyone can just set up a Forgejo/GitLab instance, I'm really starting to wonder why some won't move away from GitHub after complaining so much about features, slowness, AI, etc.
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