John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Bad enough that Wired @willknight continues to call Llama 3 "open source", spreading Meta propaganda. Error is compounded when it's in the context of an article where at least one of the other models discussed actually *is* open source (taking Mistral's Apache 2 license statement at face value).

https://www.wired.com/story/metas-open-source-llama-3-nipping-at-openais-heels/

https://opensource.org/blog/metas-llama-2-license-is-not-open-source by @ed

https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme Llama 3 license same problems as Llama 2 license

well maybe someone just silver spray painted a bunch of cardboard and duck taped it together over a 4-wheeler. can't be sure

just saw an actual Tesla truck on my actual road

I guess this is good? But I'm a lot less interested in having companies be required to do repairs than I am in making sure they don't obstruct repairing by others.. in fact, a little worried that those goals will end up in conflict.. https://www.engadget.com/eus-new-right-to-repair-rules-force-companies-to-repair-out-of-warranty-devices-081939123.html #righttorepair

Sorry, "auto brewery syndrome"? This is not real. Or, it is real, and I have it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgian-whose-body-brews-alcohol-170113547.html?guccounter=1

Very much wishing I'd come up with this poem title, "Self-Portrait as Combination Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC" https://poets.org/poem/self-portrait-combination-taco-bell-pizza-hut-kfc #poetry

Today's thing I hate about computers now is the in-browser JavaScript "windows" that can't (easily) be resized. Pretty fun scrolling through a big list of items when you can only see 1 line at a time in the "window".

I think perhaps we have enough #fountainpens with "Nebula" in the name.

Finished "Hello, the Roses" by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Starting "The Rupture Tense" by Jenny Xie. Have not read her before, except for one poem in the NYT magazine. #poetry

a total eclipse but for pollen levels. PLEASE

Don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a spirit than Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A124 #bourbon. If you want notes of chlorine and lawn care, this one's for you.

So disappointing because the previous (C923) was an all-time favorite whiskey for me. I wasn't chasing this release (or Larceny A124) because money is tight, but I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it just sitting there on the shelf -- never see it in the store here. Now I know why it was still there.

I am not that religious but Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond is the best #bourbon for the buck. I really thought it'd be me and Old Forester 1897 forever, but I can no longer deny what's been happening the last several months.

Well this is horrible: https://lithub.com/the-small-press-world-is-about-to-fall-apart-on-the-collapse-of-small-press-distribution/

(Small Press Distribution closes abruptly.)

Visited the NC Department of Revenue in person; now feel like I've also attended a live taping of Severance.

Several years ago I was working on an open letter to Jimmy Fallon and the Tonight Show asking them to drop #Apple sponsorship for exactly these sorts of reasons: https://www.engadget.com/jon-stewart-says-apple-asked-him-not-to-host-ftc-chair-lina-khan-090249490.html -- comedians should be allies of the free software and open source movements.

Amazing idea, Discord, to email out notice about (real) changes to Terms of Service on...April 1. Nothing says you take privacy terms seriously better than that!