« #AaronSwartz planned to publish millions of scientific articles, financed by public money and on which the authors received nothing. Prosecuted before he had published anything, he risked 35 years in prison. Facing this prospect, he died by suicide on 11 January 2013. 11 years ago.

In 2024, #OpenAI will apply its algorithms to any document, online or offline, without the consent of the authors. No one is likely to be prosecuted.

#IntellectualProperty is just a tool of oppression. » @ploum

if AI companies get access to all copyrighted works for free because "it isn't possible to train an AI without it", should we not give free access to all copyrighted works to children because it is not possible to train one without it?

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LWN claims that we'll be switching away from mailing lists for kernel development. I guess that would save us quite a bit on ink and goose feathers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfvRHrOkO5Q

This is the end, so long my friend!

(you have been warned)

https://lore.kernel.org/all/a0511a72-711b-4c8f-b9d7-da95681000c1@suse.cz/

Today, 15 years ago #OTD the person or group with the fictive name of “Satoshi Nakamoto” created the first cryptocurrency named Bitcoin with the thought of it becoming a secure and fast alternative to fiat currency.

Now it's known as the most wasteful use of electricity, inefficient and limiting capability/functionality, as well as being among the most insecure and de-anonymizing ways to transfer money.

However, what Satoshi Nakamoto probably hasn't expected is how many scam-currencies would come after theirs, and how their invention would create a new breed of the most annoying people known to our species: crypto-bros.

Is there an "AI" for soundscapes the same there is for images? For example, I want to be able to give a prompt "middle of the ocean in a small raft with the wind starting to pick up as a faraway thunderstorm approaches" and get a looping sample. It would be awesome for reading books.

When #Russia attacks dozens of cities they think it's "okay" but when #Ukraine strikes back they want an international investigation?

Don't make me laugh.. from sadness

Sorry but what a crap country has Russia become, and with that I mean it's whole "government" or maffia as one can call it

Russia is nothing more then an aggressor that takes whatever it wants and it should be stopped at all costs!

Putler's reign of destruction should be over rather sooner than later

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Oh, okay. Any suggestions for a new language to learn in 2024?

My Santa is from the house of Martok.

A Christmas poem by A.A. Milne read by yours truly.

Merry xmas!

https://on.soundcloud.com/f5XDo

I was always using git branch --edit-description && git format-patch && git send-email, but now I tried preparing and sending patchset with b4 (b4 prep && b4 send). It works great! It is trivial in use and really solves the workflow. I cannot understand why people still Cc wrong people or are unable to send one patchset properly threaded.

Edit: --edit-cover->--edit-description

Crap, my secret identity is out. Where did I slip up?

From CZ to SBF, 2023 was the year of the fallen crypto bro

Going from zero to billionaire to zero is no crypto bro's dream.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/from-cz-to-sbf-2023-was-the-year-of-the-fallen-crypto-bro/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Remember when the only correct thing to do with Nazis was to punch them?

Because #Substack doesn't allow sex workers to post anything "pornographic" means they've decided that there absolutely is a line that cannot be crossed on their platform and they have now said OUT LOUD that literal Nazis do not cross that line.

Un-fucking-believable.

https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.html

"SMTP Smuggling" vulnerability in Postfix allows to spoof senders even in the presence of some DMARC checks. Configuration workarounds exist.

Also, a wholehearted f* you to SEC Consult, who sat on this since June and disclosed it to some closed-source vendors and MSPs, but could apparently not be bothered to give e.g. Postfix a heads-up, publishing this close to the holidays.

Boosts for awareness welcome.

Captain,

When we visit planets 4 and 8 of the Chan system, is the Prime Directive still in effect? They deserve some interference.

Worf