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markhughes

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Boatperson, computer wizard, qualified counsellor, stick twizzler, father, and self enquirer.

Helping those building democratising technology to reverse the corporate capture of online spaces. Ex: #SafeNetwork

Techy self: https://fosstodon.org/@happyborg

Techy blog: https://dweb.happybeing.com

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markhughes, to foss
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We now understand why permissive is bad for .

taught us why is important and , , etc allow corporations to enclose and steal our contributions.

's use of for targeting in , which may also use the code we donated to the commons, shows that we need to be more restrictive if we want to avoid assisting war crimes and probable .

I hope some lawyers are on this, and will help us add exclusions to protect from such use.

onepict, to random
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Personal opinion.

Despite RMS I think of the GPL and using those licences as a gift to the commons in perpetuity.

Unlike more permissive licences you aren't at risk of future releases being locked up in a kinda "Pray I don't alter the deal more" vibe.

There's nothing petty in how I use it.

But then I tend more towards the collective freedoms, than the freedom of anything goes.

I believe future generations should have access to all the code.

markhughes,
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@onepict
Yep. It was only recently I properly understood why I was always reluctant to contribute to a permissive #FOSS project. I knew it was bad, but Redis have given the example I needed to explain it in one word.

All my own projects are GPL and I will never contribute to anything like #MIT, #Apache or #BSD licensed code. If I need a project I'll just fork and switch it to GPL. #Licensing

markhughes,
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@lewiscowles1986
Sure, it won't change the license for earlier code but any changes or new code will be under GPL which is what I mean. It's just the reverse of what Redis have done.

@onepict

glynmoody, to Scotland
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Police spammed with complaints by neo-Nazis under new Scottish hate crime law - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/police-spammed-with-complaints-by-neo-nazis-under-new-scottish-hate-law "First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to ‘overwhelm’ official systems"

markhughes,
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@glynmoody @falcennial wasting police time is an offence and filing a complaint that would need action must also involve giving your identity.

Seems an easy one to deal with.

markhughes,
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@glynmoody @falcennial then it's a non-problem.

dangillmor, to random
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Copyright is a deeply flawed weapon to use against the generative "AI" companies. But the tech industry's arrogant vacuuming up of everything in sight -- ingesting what others created so it can re-sell it to us -- is moving us quickly toward the worst possible Internet, a pay-per-view system that ruins what we've collectively built.

What is clear, meanwhile, it that Big Tech -- including Big AI -- should be broken up, period.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/technology/tech-giants-harvest-data-artificial-intelligence.html

markhughes,
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@dangillmor agree, yet this will lead them to enclose and capitalise what's left, those well curated open sources will be under threat one way or another.

We're seeing it with GitHub. Stack exchange is a bastion of crowd-sourced expertise available free of charge, but for how long?

Ultimately Wikipedia will be crushed too as AI is used to destroy free competitors.

We need to break away from this, create a new form of commons, and new models for rewarding those humans building it:

Green_Footballs, to random
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If I seem pissed off that Meta is unfairly blocking my site on their entire network and deleting any posts that linked to my site in the last 20 fucking years and dishonestly telling people their links were deleted because I’m spreading malware, it’s because I FUCKING AM PISSED OFF

markhughes,
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@Green_Footballs
Meanwhile some here continue to advocate for embracing Meta here 🤷‍♂️

markhughes, to Israel
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I doubt it is coincidence that 's extremists are turning it into a sociopathic pariah state just as the last holocaust survivors leave this world.

They always stood against , but now their voices are forgotten.

neurovagrant, to random
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Meta completely de-platformed the Kansas Reflector for posting a piece critical of facebook - now Threads is removing a separate reposting of the piece as well.

Makes me rethink my decision to not block Threads.

https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social

markhughes,
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@neurovagrant

I hope you and others will rethink acceptance of Meta and other VC / Corporations (notably , , and so on).

Why it was ever a debate given what we know about astounds me.

And they are no different from any other VC / Corporation, so let's get real and stop thinking we can work with them.

We need to bypass them and then replace them.

was a small step towards that, but it will never be enough.

jwildeboer, to random
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The backdoor story is making rounds. The New York Times:

"Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world."

(possibly paywalled) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/prevent-cyberattack-linux.html

markhughes,
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@jwildeboer

And I'll hazard, a dose of neurodiversity.

markhughes,
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@jwildeboer maybe because you see neurodiversity as a pathology. That's a bigger problem for me.

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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A prominent Russian academic has suggested his county should aim to "capture" the one U.S. state that is not covered by NATO's Article 5 collective security guarantee, in an apparent reference to Hawaii.

Andrey , dean of world politics at Moscow State University, made the comment during an appearance on the primetime 'Evening with Vladimir ' show on the state-owned Russia-1 on Wednesday.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-takes-aim-americas-achilles-heel-1886936

markhughes,
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@hanse_mina
Where spent billions building his private apocalypse survival estate. 😂

markhughes, to privacy
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caught planning to sell their own grandmothers...

..wives, husbands, siblings, children, friends, in fact anyone dumb enough to join the Tory party. And they're already selling everyone's sensitive medical records to a dodgy US spy firm for peanuts.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/04/tories-planned-to-make-millions-from-members-data-with-true-blue-app

markhughes, to Israel
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According to UK government lawyers, Israel is committing in which makes those supplying arms complicit in those war crimes.

Joe Biden will escape, the US not being a signatory of the because it commits torture and other crimes in service of its hegemony.

Rishi Sunak and David Cameron better lawyer up.

Kier Starmer can be shamed as a supporter of 's .

Edent, to Health
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🆕 blog! “Viewing my CT Scan in 3D using Linux”

Several years ago, I had a CT scan of my jaw. The dentist wasn't sure if she was allowed to give me a copy of the scan, which led me to ask "who owns the copyright to my medical images?" I still don't have an answer to the copyright question - but I do now […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/viewing-my-ct-scan-in-3d-using-linux/
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markhughes,
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@Edent regardless of copyright, in UK there's a right to have a copy of your medical records for a nominal cost. I've used this twice: with GP records when they were on paper, and for a copy of post-op x-rays so I could see exactly what and how the metal pinning me back together was arranged. I can't see any reason dentist records would be different.

markhughes, to random
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Post Brexit UK means hoping that Britain's next PM is lying as much about what he won't do when elected as he lied about what he would fight to do in his campaign to lead

😱

Bring back Lord Sutch.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random
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    markhughes,
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    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs 👏

    I think about this all the time when I'm trying to change my dog's behaviour, but it's the first time I've seen somebody else spell it out, and the first time I've seen them (correctly) link this to our treatment of neurodiverse people.

    So again I must 👏

    markhughes, to movies
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    Top Gun: Maverick

    rating 8.2!

    Starting shortly on UK (21:10).


    markhughes, to threads
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    Zuckerberg: "First post in the fediverse! 👋"

    Me: Threads.net blocked 👋

    raymondpert, to uk
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    delivers final blow to UAE's hopes of acquiring Telegraph newspaper

    > Britain said on Tuesday it would refer the -led takeover of the for a lengthy review, a move that will effectively kill the deal because a law banning foreign governments owning newspapers is due to come into force in coming months.
    https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uk-decide-lengthy-probe-into-uae-telegraph-deal-2024-03-19/

    markhughes,
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    @raymondpert But wealthy tax avoiders who don't live in the UK are ok because...?

    glynmoody, to london
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    In conversation with Bingbing Zhao: How London has become a top target for tech companies from China and beyond - https://technode.com/2024/03/20/in-conversation-with-bingbing-zhao-how-london-has-become-a-top-target-for-tech-companies-from-china-and-beyond/ "London startups raised over $12.9 billion in venture capital in 2023, the highest of any European city and almost equivalent to the total of the following three European cities" go go go

    markhughes,
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    @glynmoody

    Meanwhile in Ayr...

    ...a new internet is being born.

    lilithsaintcrow, to random
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    “...but there’s a misconception that digital files are safe forever. In fact, files end up corrupted, data is improperly transferred, hard drives fail, formats change, work simply vanishes.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/digital-preservation-film-tv-shows-archives-1235851957/

    markhughes,
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    @lilithsaintcrow A big improvement is coming in the form of .

    PKYo, to boating
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    Living on a boat with a refillable water tank, I've learned to conserve water.

    I wash daily but only shower once a week, because:

    1. It's a waste to run lots of water over your body and then pump it overboard.

    2. Human skin is great at keeping clean and oil-free without any help from Proctor & Gamble IF you let it recover from the chemical abuse of "body wash" etc.

    3. It's environmentally responsible.

    markhughes,
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    @PKYo 👏

    Not for everyone but I also stopped washing my hair years ago, before moving aboard.

    Since boat, I also only change underwear and clothes when needed which means my weekly wash is now about once per month.

    We have been indoctrinated into a consumption culture based on perverse ideas of hygiene and acceptable smells (nothing natural please!)

    markhughes, to random
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    Tories: we take money from anyone and racists are among our biggest fans. 🤔

    primonatura, to random
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    "They Want to Make Palm Oil in a Lab. Without Palm Trees."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/climate/palm-oil-lab-startup.html

    markhughes,
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    @primonatura Unless they're going to make it out of billionaires it probably won't help. 🤷‍♂️

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