cwood

I came here for his full-throated support of Apple Music staying installed no matter what and I am so sorely disappointed.

A really good lesson on offline backups of things like issue trackers, though.

This whole festival sounds like it could have used conflict of interest subtitles. When somebody's voice is saying "I actually think that AI (blah, blah)" there's one subtitle with the words and another with phrasing such as "(Person)'s annual stock award will be increased by (number)% if paid subscriptions to (company)'s AI product rise by (number)%."

So that's why people are getting Amazon to give them ANFO instructions.

https://bigshoulders.city/@wakingrufus/112091215389890653

Earlier:

https://indieweb.social/@emilygorcenski/112090714963183481

I know that crowd's politics are ultra-reactionary, and yet it's still fascinating just how few ideas the tech revanchists have that aren't "this thing is bad and should be rolled back". Do they have any ideas developed from socially acceptable principle at all?

I haven't paid that much attention to the software and platforms behind all this. Now that you mention it, yes, they are all products not underlying technologies. A bit like if somebody was a Zeus web server admin versus AOL web server admin without anybody being just a web server admin. Or like if somebody had to choose between Windows or Solaris without just considering operating systems.

Then again, what with all the compute and storage and ongoing development needed I'm not convinced that AI currently can be a gratis (free as in beer) thing in the same way that they just hand out web servers.

So pretty much like playing Hexen 2 on a P100 in 1997 huh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II

I haven't read the book but the article is definitely in the list.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

Edit: Wait, turns out I had another article in the list. I will add this one above.

"If you've ever wondered about the Libertarian response to having one's neighbours killed by bears, it's about halfway down this article."

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

The sheer comedy of libertarians rules-lawyering international law for their intermittently flooded microstate though. As opposed to, say, using free contracts between individuals.

Now I have another example of libertarianism for my list if I actually need to talk about libertarianism instead of just point and laugh.

I think you've nailed it.

Found a startup, get paid C-level salaries for a few years, exit or not, repeat.

"This brought back memories of the crush and electrical injuries I've heard of when there's insufficient datacentre safety."

Of course originally at: https://octodon.social/@cwood/111055481742842480

That was a bit surprising to me too, apparently no floor scale in the airlock leading to the server floor, or not even an airlock just a door. Also no security supervision, or at least one which was letting things slide.