The OwlChemist

“Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.” -Hunter S. Thompson

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2024-09-12 15:11:28 UTC

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I just got curious about Bluesky and made an account a couple days ago. I had a follow within minutes, and more replies in an hour than I’ve had my whole time on mastodon. Plus, with multiple feeds, I was able to easily follow good accounts quickly.
I love the grass roots feeling of Mastodon, but it’s often like screaming into the void. I posted a simple Linux question with the popular hashtags and got zero replies here. There, I got 5 replies.

2024-09-09 18:55:31 UTC

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so, if those rights have been transferred to the publishers, we should respect the publisher’s rights to the works, right?
The authors and publishers are both opposed to the NEL. Help me understand how you think NEL should continue without limits while not respecting the wishes of the people holding the rights to the content.

2024-09-09 18:51:44 UTC

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and their Covid policy was actually fine. It was the post-COVID policy that shot them in the foot.
IA was providing, successfully, a very needed service with the CDL model. They went out of their way to disrupt this service by straying away from it.
By partners I was referring to the authors whose books they lend. Give me some good reasons why they shouldn’t be in control of the works they produce

2024-09-09 06:20:17 UTC

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No, IA was perfectly legit when they functioned like a library, providing 1 digital copy per license (book owned). They ceased functioning like a library knowingly when they said to hell with it and opened the floodgates, against their partners wishes.
Unless you’re suggesting that people’s art should just be freely distributed against their will, which I don’t agree with.

2024-09-07 04:05:52 UTC

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even more, the mastodon mentality of hating AI for stealing copyrighted works and redistributing them without authorization is a stark contrast to “fuck copyright law! IA should be able to do what they want with creative works!”
I see almost no middle ground or consistency in the arguments.

2024-09-07 03:37:59 UTC

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You got it twisted with Internet Archive. They were successful and above board while lending digital versions of books they owned.
They purposefully began lending more copies than they owned, and refused to stop when requested to. They really shot themselves in the foot by moving away from what protected them.

2024-09-06 19:33:37 UTC

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I was speaking specifically to the idea that the delay may have been to curb violence of his mob.
Trump wants this delay and asked for it. My guess is getting sentenced before the election would have been the worst case scenario for him. There may be some slight benefit to honoring his request, but it’s likely very little compared to the shitstorm of being sentenced. He didn’t need sentencing to incite his mob previously, and he doesn’t need it now.

2024-09-06 19:21:42 UTC

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the sad truth is that the Trump supporters don’t need sentencing to do the thing they already did. They’ll do it no matter why Trump loses.
Giving special treatment to a prolific criminal so they won’t do what they’re already planning is a bad decision, imo. Maybe there’s a better reason this is happening, but catering to the worst of the deplorables is not a winning stance.

2024-09-06 19:05:46 UTC

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literally nobody cares about the Hunter Biden case except people already voting for Trump.
It’ll do nothing for the general public.