Mastodawn

futures i still believe are possible:
- civilization no longer depends on fossil fuels
- food, housing, physical and mental healthcare for all
- no billionaires
- full reparations to the colonized and the enslaved
- computing without big tech
- an internet without advertising
- total liberation for gender nonconforming people

Danny 1d ago

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Solo la 🌍 salva a la 🌎3d ago

@Noortjevee @stux

The only things JKR brought to the table were cruel interconnects between the much better sources she stole from, plus lawyers.

When I read the first HP book, I thought it was a fanfic homage to the Worst Witch series or maybe Chrestomanci series. Or Books of Magic for the protagonist. Or Agatha Christie for plot. Nope. Complete rip-off.

OK, time to watch some Worst Witch! Or Owl House!

A pretty good summary of the wherefroms and examples:

https://elftor.medium.com/harry-potter-and-the-possible-plagiarism-of-one-j-rowling-c19f1b05595c

Harry Potter and the possible plagiarism of one J. Rowling

Note: Rowling’s middle name is not in fact Kathleen, that is part of her pseudonym, she does not seem to have an actual middle name. J.K…

Medium

Danny 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116312860335778514

The problem still as that the populace at large don't know about this connection. Until more than just the Verge scream it from the rooftops that hateful human being will continue to profit and will continue to destroy innocent lives.

Danny 4d ago

Khrys 4d ago

the moral arguments against using AI for open source development are just too large to ignore.

https://kusma.xyz/blog/2026/03/26/open-source-and-ai/

Our entire ecosystem is on the line here. Not just the open source ecosystem, but the entire, global ecosystem. And I feel there’s not enough voices speaking up about it.

Make your voice heard! Allow yourself to be angry; there’s enough nonsense going out there! We need to stop this madness.

by @kusma

Open Source and AI

More and more frequently, I get asked about my stance on AI in the context of programming. This is my attempt to summarize my stance for those who wonder.

Erik “kusma” Faye-Lund

Danny 4d ago

Ron Dyck 5d ago

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Psychology Today

Danny Mar 16

Brian Tatosky Mar 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPPlmJAU368

Well, I guess smart bricks suck ass. Even if the tech has a little potential.

#LEGO

Smart Bricks: The Worst Product LEGO Has Ever Released

YouTube

Danny Mar 13

Glyph Mar 13

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116219642373307943

I wish I could recommend this piece more, because it makes a bunch of great points, but the "normal technology" case feels misleading to me. It's not _wrong_, exactly, but radium paint was also a "normal technology" according to this rubric, and I still very much don't want to get any on me and especially not in my mouth

Danny Mar 13

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Glyph Mar 13

2. If it is "nuts" to dismiss this experience, then it would be "nuts" to dismiss mine: I have seen many, many high profile people in tech, who I have respect for, take *absolutely unhinged* risks with LLM technology that they have never, in decades-long careers, taken with any other tool or technology. It reads like a kind of cognitive decline. It's scary. And many of these people are *leaders* who use their influence to steamroll objections to these tools because they're "obviously" so good

Danny Mar 13