So, serious questions. I keep seeing people in tech talk as if they don’t see the difference between indexing media to aid in the discovery of said media and indexing it all to replace it and deprive the creators of revenue.

Is it really not obvious to people in tech why people in the arts and creative industries might be fine with the former but extraordinarily furious about the latter? Or that the legal framework surrounding the two might actually be different?

Guerrilla Radio — RATM

https://music.apple.com/us/album/guerrilla-radio/192816635?i=192816698

RE: https://mastodon.social/@annaecook/116313411969753640

The more I see this kind of thing (Karp's comments), the more inclined I am to believe the continued proliferation of such thinking is the legacy of initiatives like Project Paperclip, where we rehabilitated the image of Nazi scientists and engineers in pursuit of technological advantage.

"Sure, they are Nazis, but they'll get us to the moon," is the same kind of rationale we see today.

systemd-censord.

*Slow clap*

From: FloofyWolf
Recently, a proposal has been made to implement an API for a new California censorship regulation, "On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states" by Aaron Rainbolt. I believe the approach outlined to be very short-sighted, in that creating a bespoke API for each of the hundreds of government censorship requirements that debian will presumably now be following...
https://jwz.org/b/yk41

A slopfondler walks into a bar.

They: Hey. I found a good use of AI!
Me: No you didn't.
They: Wait let me tell you about it.
Me: Please don't. I'm begging you. Stop talking.
They: No, you'll like this.
Me: I assure you, I will not...
https://jwz.org/b/yk4i

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ninlyricbot/116230962327277829

How I feel about the AI bubble