@mxtthxw the youtuber channel boyboy did a recent video about it .
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Julian Assange is locked up on some bullshit.@mxtthxw it's not a good thing when the press are so happy to sell their sources and partners out.
Look at David McBride jailed for 6 years for whistleblowing on war crimes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McBride_(whistleblower)Some journalists and press organisations need to take a long hard look and themselves and consider the breech of trust.
Courting power for access will blowback on you eventually by the same power you suck up to.
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New mega crush crocs@Tattooed_Mummy ooh those look so cool
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.@sarajw yeah it's my favourite illustration.
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.Although now I wonder who'd be cast as Brunel
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.@c0debabe it's an awesome book. It's worth getting a copy.
Especially the historical notes. I'd have linked to the website but there's a wordpress error.
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.@sarajw I have a hardback copy of that book. I bought a copy for a friend's daughter as well.
It's so awesome.
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.
Although I'd be happy with an adaptation of this:
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Seeing some rather recognisable attitudes in arguments against NetBSDs stance against AI generated code.@mirabilos I'm honestly feeling so disconnected in our major Orgs .
They don't represent me or my #FOSS communities values.
But perhaps as others have suggested more grassroots orgs with loose affiliations makes more sense.
Good on you.
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What happens when you mandate masks at a conference now that most people no longer wear them but medically vulnerable people are still at risk because #CovidIsNotOver? In the case of #PyConUS, the conference sells out.@smach Thank you.
It is why conferences like Pycon and Bsdcan give me some hope.
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One that I really don't like about the fedi is that there is this underlying need to view bigots as redeemable, to the point where those of us who are not friendly to people who harass us are chastised for not being ‘nice enough’ in the hopes a serial ...@are0h I do apologise for that.
I'll leave it at that.
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One that I really don't like about the fedi is that there is this underlying need to view bigots as redeemable, to the point where those of us who are not friendly to people who harass us are chastised for not being ‘nice enough’ in the hopes a serial ...@are0h We do see it more on the fediverse because that is where we are.
I didn't comment to downplay your experience.
I do think we need to be honest that it is everywhere and the fediverse isn't the utopia some folks would try to paint it as.
Mainly because I've seen tech communities try to paint themselves as that, then pivoting to freedom of speech while ignoring the freedom of association part. All the while harassing others who are trying to moderate their communities.
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"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing".Joe McMillianHalt and Catch Fire Pilot.@deadsuperhero every single series of it also shows the push and pull of community vs business.
Even in the first series when Cameron left.
We see it even more so as the idea of how communities form online expands.
Which you know very well. It's why scale is a practical consideration, but we loose what makes our online communities great.
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What happens when you mandate masks at a conference now that most people no longer wear them but medically vulnerable people are still at risk because #CovidIsNotOver? In the case of #PyConUS, the conference sells out.@TimWardCam @smach @pycon Indeed, it's why it would be nice for UK and EU conference organisers to consider a public health policy.
Which realistically needs our more prominent FLOSS folks to consider seriously asking for public health policies and if there aren't any not attending and saying why.
But a more likely thing is the rest of us politely asking for these policies and if an event has a code of conduct as well.
Slim pickings.
FOSS conferences and COVID
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"Computers aren't the thing. They're the thing that gets us to the thing".Joe McMillianHalt and Catch Fire Pilot.@ImakeIcecream it really was.
It's a great series, there's definitely character inconsistencies series to series, but that's what happens when you're combining several stories of innovation together.
It was also eye opening after having encountered people like Joe.
Here's to the builders.
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One that I really don't like about the fedi is that there is this underlying need to view bigots as redeemable, to the point where those of us who are not friendly to people who harass us are chastised for not being ‘nice enough’ in the hopes a serial ...@are0h yeah... Not just Fedi it is endemic across tech, and elsewhere.
It hooks into the same status quo stuff as wanting to federate with harmful networks like threads.
People want to redeem abusers because they still see or directly benefit from the value they get from them.
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Seeing some rather recognisable attitudes in arguments against NetBSDs stance against AI generated code.Well it illustrates a lot of antisocial behaviour. It shows it's about what they want to do at the expense of the wider community.
It's entitled. It's kinda predatory as well.
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I'm sorry WHAT and none of you told me?????@grimalkina But it is gatekeeping, and I do know it's affecting my career and my opportunities.
Plus calling it out also does it. So it's great you do ask for those considerations on your speakers page.
I don't think advocating for your health is a bad thing to ask for.
I wish others saw it that way. But the more of us who do so, despite the cost, the more we normalise this idea.
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I'm sorry WHAT and none of you told me?????@grimalkina @phpledge I wish more conferences would consider this.
Including various @EC_NGI events that also don't have codes of conduct.
You can't build a diverse secure ecosystem of professionals if you don't want to put the effort into making it safe for that community to attend.
Who's voices are you ignoring? How unsafe down the line do you make it for yourself and your projects in the future.
It's nice US and Canada events are starting to do so. Be nicer if more European folks did.
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Seeing some rather recognisable attitudes in arguments against NetBSDs stance against AI generated code.Seeing some rather recognisable attitudes in arguments against NetBSDs stance against AI generated code.
*How do you know*, *how would you stop it*. *You can't stop us*.
Like aren't we meant to be better than that?
Disturbingly similar attitude to when we ask folks to not scrape folks posts on the fediverse without asking.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Plus there are some very real licence considerations which will affect copyright (and copyleft).
https://blog.brettsheffield.com/all-your-base-are-belong-to-llm