(webdev Tory) @worldsendless@qoto.org

@dff Big amen on that. Funny I hadn't thought about it; I just assumed data was private, code was public (like Facebook Llama), but being transparent about the training data would be marvelous too. Now we need a legal hero, #eff we need you! @eff

I just used #jitsi for the first time, both thanks to #zulip and also because of the ongoing issues with #Zoom and privacy (which should be a surprise to no one, except my employers...). Jitsi worked like a dream: no lag, sharp video, and totally functional screen sharing #SatisfiedUser #OpenSourceWin

@dff I'm so confused... isn't AI forcing software to go "closed" because it is exploitative and gluttonous?

When it was first born, the enemy of #OpenSource was incontestibly #ClosedSource (#proprietary). That enemy has morphed, though, and now seems to be large-scale appropriation, especially (but not exclusively) in the name of #AI. And I'm really not sure what can be done about this exploitation. Further discussion that actually does not mention AI: https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/01/21/Open-Source-Discrimination

@serioga @nikitonsky we gave up on Immutant years ago because of broken dependencies and a codebase so big and complicated that I couldn't fix it myself.

@vedang But I am confused -- is it mastodon or not? In what senses is it or isn't it?

@freemo

I spent an hour with the toddler and infant watching https://youtube.com/@msrachel. The 6-month old liked this, too. Definitely made me think of @DrFreemo #BabyTalk #ChildAboos

@marcolas For URL shortening I've used #yourls https://yourls.org/ for years. They are open source and, being PHP, work fine on my shared #BlueHost hosting.

Upgrading the PHP version on my sites broke my URL shortener. Rather than reverting, I finally did what it has been bugging me about for years and upgraded the system. Now I am back to being able to take a url string in #emacs and, with one keystroke, convert it into a #ShortUrl off one of my domains, which I can then check stats to see how much my link was visited. Of course, as soon as I finished the upgrade it was telling me, "There's a newer version available."

I also just discovered the "always hide media" option

I used to think it silly how many #images were #sensitive on #Mastodon. Then I realized it's not just for trigger warnings and objectionable content, but to respect the structural integrity of people's streams. There is a lot to say in favor of being able to move down your feed without images blatantly wrestling for your attention all the time. Probably it shouldn't be misnamed "private" but maybe just "hidden" #distraction #QuietPeace

Stupid #javascript errors. Forgot I needed to insert single quotes in my transpiling. But THEN I found out that you can't have - dashes anywhere in variable names in js. My #Clojure heart is really #hiccup ing in sadness.

apparently magic.link now requires blockchain for its solution. Yech. I didn't sign up for this.