Adobe did the thing companies that host and sync data keep doing: they updated their terms in what is a reasonable way without a) giving advance warning and a thorough explanation and b) realizing that the legal niceties sound horrifying to an average person. Adobe can’t legally safely host your content without a license. This updates mostly adds compliance issues that are govt focused—and should be examined. https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use
@mcc As long as companies have to handle your data in some fashion with your permission in some circumstances, they have to obtain a limited license. Adobe isn’t always handling your data (some people don't use sync or cloud services at all), but they have a generic license that covers if they do. As far as I can tell, their TOS is very similar to Dropbox, Apple, etc., in terms of the copyright liability that they need you to grant them a limited license that applies only to hosting.
“It’s just stated as fact that Apple ‘has fallen behind in the AI arms race’ (that’s from yesterday in the WSJ) but the companies Apple has supposedly fallen behind are, on their own, described with words like unpolished, embarrassing, hallucinating, untrustworthy, and even baffling." — @gruberhttps://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/06/nyt-humane
These two images I just managed to find in the last few days are critical to a part of my upcoming book, How Comics Are Made. Both show people coloring comics in the transition era between the elaborate Ben Day process that required a lot of time and the early digital coloring period in the 1980s.
How about you bring back 10,000s of civilian Palestinians to life and restore their cities and reverse the devastation and starvation before asking students to tone it down?
Musk would shout on his way out, “I’m gone! Let that stink in!” while carrying a bag of old garbage, storm over to his CyberTruck parked in a disabled permit space, jump into the vehicle after several tries to open it, and then slam the door—causing all the panels to fall off in cartoon-like succession…and then a pause, and then all four wheels. https://mastodon.social/@verge/112571252769186651
I'm not happy with the new owners of macOS's Bartender app’s transparency about their purchase and actions. I've installed Ice (free, open source), but it's still on the road to the features I need. Anyone like a third path that's got clarity about ownership and privacy?
“Instagram confirmed it’s testing unskippable ads after screenshots of the feature began circulating across social media." Federated photos, here I come.
I rarely try to warn people off from watching some piece of media. Usually, only if it’s traumatic or explicative. However, I make the exception for Bodkin, the Netflix series. It has some very strong acting and narrative elements, but nothing ever resolves, and the last episode was ridiculous. Terrible. I am angry about how they wasted their opportunity. No blame on the actors at all! It is not worth watching. If you do watch it, you can tell me if you agree with me. But I urge you not to.
@glennf I thought Forte was miscast and didn't present a believable character. Some of the other actors did great work, but overall I agree that it wasn't worth the time.
Why did they use the multiple perspective plot mechanism in such a limited inconsequential way? The visit from the wife seemed completely pointless, too. Like they watched Ted Lasso and thought this story needed a similar plotline. It was almost like they switched writing teams partway through the script.