mcc*Company makes my life worse through their product*
I will boycott this product
*Company continues making my life worse, now through externalities*
How do I boycott an externality
passngrin
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Electronic Frontier FoundationFor nearly 30 years, journalists have relied on the Internet Archive to see how stories were originally published, before edits, removals, or changes. We need to safeguard that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record
Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....
@msh @cwebber
Anyways, if Local AI does involve Big Corpo data, then I want to repost this article talking about how exploited African workers are used to support AI: https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
Anyways, if Local AI does involve Big Corpo data, then I want to repost this article talking about how exploited African workers are used to support AI: https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
@msh @cwebber
Could someone inform me regarding the "Local models" talking point? My understanding is that it would involve the NPU and some amount of storage space. I'm not even sure if it would be entirely local or if it would involve downloading some data from corpos.
As for GenAI:
1. "Local LLMs" might he useful for word-prediction when typing. I really doubt it would have a positive effect for communicating, storytelling, or even generating prompts
2. "Locally generated" visuals or audio seems even less likely. Maybe a studio would use it to make soundfonts?
3. Local code generation or analysis is the one that I have trouble predicting, despite my experiences in coding.
Could someone inform me regarding the "Local models" talking point? My understanding is that it would involve the NPU and some amount of storage space. I'm not even sure if it would be entirely local or if it would involve downloading some data from corpos.
As for GenAI:
1. "Local LLMs" might he useful for word-prediction when typing. I really doubt it would have a positive effect for communicating, storytelling, or even generating prompts
2. "Locally generated" visuals or audio seems even less likely. Maybe a studio would use it to make soundfonts?
3. Local code generation or analysis is the one that I have trouble predicting, despite my experiences in coding.
Ericka Simone
Should your internet provider cut you off over accusations alone? The Supreme Court says no, and that matters for everyone online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/supreme-court-agrees-eff-isps-dont-have-be-copyright-enforcers
Supreme Court Agrees With EFF: ISPs Don't Have To Be Copyright Enforcers
If your ISP can be liable for huge amounts of money for not terminating your access to the internet because of accusations that you—or someone in your household or college network—has committed copyright infringement, that is dangerous. We live in a world where high speed internet access is a...
Citing fear of authoritarianism and invasive surveillance - and after urging by EFF and other groups - California lawmakers voted this week to audit the operation of joint intelligence centers where federal, state, and local agencies share information. https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/03/california-opens-fusion-center-audit/
404 MediaHackers paid to make a malicious link the top Google Search result.
https://www.404media.co/a-top-google-search-result-for-claude-plugins-was-planted-by-hackers/
Section 702 should not be reauthorized without additional safeguards or oversights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa
Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big...
Hynek Schlawacksince I see a lot of gloom re Astral x OpenAI:
⁃ Even if Astral actively (malice) or passively (neglect) ruins uv, Python packaging is 1000x better today than 2 yrs ago.
⁃ Ruff is nice but only nice to have—ty is barely usable. We'll be fine if they vanish today.
⁃ Channelling Buddhism: it’s OK when things change or go away! Expecting things to last forever is an unnecessary source of suffering. But, worst case is that we get the community-maintained pkg mgr you always wanted!
Chill, y’all 🧘