For decades, software developers have relied on the settled view that a work is not derivative under copyright law unless it is “substantially similar” to a preexisting work in both ideas and expression. We’re asking the Ninth Circuit to uphold that view. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-ninth-circuit-theres-no-software-exception-traditional-copyright-limits
to the surprise of absolutely no one who's been paying attention -- but nonetheless good to know that the data prove it -- the hedge fund and private equity looters are much worse for local news coverage than "regular" capitalists. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3939405
Boeing whistleblower's concerns are finally getting some traction and he decides to off himself in between testimonies...Yup, that checks out. Nothing sus here at all.
My story about how telematics data from people's cars unexpectedly raised their insurance rates is on the front page today...
... and this is where it started: me lurking on car forums and seeing comments like this.
If this story doesn't convince lawmakers we need a strong federal privacy law, I'm not sure what will.
My #smashbysmashwest talk is in less than 24 hours! <3 Please share widely! I'll be discussing the intersection of #teen liberation and #trans #anarchy, and how #radical spaces can be more inclusive of #youth. It'll be gay, bro.
Flyer reads:
queer youth liberation workshop
@ Smash By Smash West
this discussion-based workshop on youth liberation, recently presented at Queers Bash Back 2023, will explore the intersection of anti-queerness and ageism, how radical spaces can be more inclusive to young organizers, and what it means to be, well, an angry queer teenager. organizers of all ages welcome.
facilitated by trans teen organizer mk zariel (they/them) of Debate Me Bruh, THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES, and the Anarchist Review of Books.
7PM to 8:30 PM CT, March 12
jitsi.anarchy.chat/YouthLiberationSXSW
& in-person at Monkeywrench Books
@lightweight @KennetMattfolk Invidious is a wrapper for YT, and certainly a more hygienic way to view YT videos. More convenient, too. Playback settings are sticky, not bouncy, even without logging in. The video component of the Fediverse is #PeerTube. It is in something of a larval stage. Like DIY and open source communications in general, it's not particularly monetization friendly, so don't expect the slick professional production values of the slick professionals. The closest thing to a search over PeerTube instances would be #SepiaSearch, which is particularly larval and not very gratifying, but no-nonsense interfaces like "simply download this" are hella refreshing.
Oh look, more spam sent to my server from Google's Gmail servers, complete with valid DKIM.
This is your reminder that all of the "anti-spam" stuff that Google uses as an excuse to deny inbound email to Gmail users is actually just anti-competitive nonsense that does not work. They're the largest source of spam themselves. The call is coming from inside the house.
It's official. After 3 months of back and forth, a major medical provider has elected to drop me as a patient for not having a Google or Apple device.
It is unclear if this is legal, but it is very clearly discriminatory and unethical.
Any tech journalists or lawyers interested interested in this?
I would like to do anything I can to ensure this never happens to anyone else.
There are a few rituals where the initiation process has nothing to do with if you’re actually good at the job.
1. Dating isn’t a good test for being a good spouse.
2. Whiteboard interviews aren’t a good test for software engineers.
3. Fund raising and presenting pitch decks isn’t a good test for running a company.
The so-called "creator economy" is turning into a clone of the big-corporate one: Making money by using (the precise word) cheap labor from other countries and passing the work off as your own.
https://www.404media.co/email/859d66c7-c3cd-4e28-9af9-cd064e20e216/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
Bill McGuire at CNN (shortened): " I’m a climate scientist. If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too".
"We’re experiencing, in our lifetimes, a heating episode that is probably unique in the last 4.6 billion years."
"In fact, this isn’t a matter of scaring people, but of informing them. As a climate scientist, it is my duty to tell you."
"Everyone has the right to know the facts so as to provide the opportunity to act upon the reality of what we are doing."
https://us.cnn.com/2024/03/07/opinions/climate-scientist-scare-doom-anxiety-mcguire/index.html
The right-wing "think tank" turning out some of the most extremist garbage has some unsurprising bedfellows. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/11/claremont-institute-society-for-american-civic-renewal-links
This report from @briankrebs is really something: A darknet marketplace -- which by definition has embarrassing (or worse) information about at least some of its buyers and sellers -- is extorting them. How? By threatening to reveal what they've bought and sold.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/incognito-darknet-market-mass-extorts-buyers-sellers/
Remember kids, if you oppose "political, economic, and social hierarchies based on class, religion, race, gender, or private ownership of capital" the FBI may (i.e. will) consider you a violent anarchist extremist.
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/07/aaron-bushnell-fbi-anarchism-extremist/
If the see the AGPL licenses on my free and open source work and you think “damn you, I can’t use this to enrich myself or my corporation without sharing back what I’ve built on top of what you’ve freely shared and thus contribute to cultivating a healthy commons where others might enjoy the same benefits from my work that I want to obtain from yours” (a) you really have long-winded thoughts and (b) well, you’d already see the flaw in your reasoning.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa