- using copyright as a cudgel with which to destroy genAI's feasibility in the marketplace is a valid means to a positive end, but we must not mistake that as copyright being A Good Thing™

It is not a contradiction to believe that:

- copyright sucks and stifles creative remix culture

- in today's capitalist world, artists need copyright to survive

- genAI's hoovering of everything for training sucks -- not because of copyright issues, but because of ethical issues in today's world

On the one hand: AAAAAAA I'M OVERWHELMED AND CAN'T HANDLE MAKING DECISIONS FOR MY OWN LIFE AAAAAA

On the other: hey i think i have a little nugget of a direction for a board game i wanna make neato

But to be clear: AAAAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK HELP

I am really, really hoping that FWA got some sort of custom agreement with WaitWhile that supersedes this guidance... otherwise yeah, that's a substantial oversight (and horrifyingly bad system design?)

omg

@jonbois.bsky.social reading about football

Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io My biggest problem with the concept of LLMs, even if they weren’t a giant plagiarism laundering machine and disaster for the environment, is that they introduce so much unpredictability into computing. I became a professional computer toucher because they do exactly what you tell them to. Not always what you wanted, but exactly what you asked for. LLMs turn that upside down. They turn a very autistic do-what-you-say, say-what-you-mean commmunication style with the machine into a neurotypical conversation talking around the issue, but never directly addressing the substance of problem. In any conversation I have with a person, I’m modeling their understanding of the topic at hand, trying to tailor my communication style to their needs. The same applies to programming languages and frameworks. If you work with a language the way its author intended it goes a lot easier. But LLMs don’t have an understanding of the conversation. There is no intent. It’s just a mostly-likely-next-word generator on steroids. You’re trying to give directions to a lossily compressed copy of the entire works of human writing. There is no mind to model, and no predictability to the output. If I wanted to spend my time communicating in a superficial, neurotypical style my autistic ass certainly wouldn’t have gone into computering. LLMs are the final act of the finance bros and capitalists wrestling modern technology away from the technically literate proletariat who built it.

YEAH

YEAH

Sponsor attendees (of which I am one) need to realize that the world does not revolve around them.

And EVERYONE needs to take a damn chill pill. If this is the worst problem in your life take a look at the world around you and have a moment of gratefulness, please.

Obligatory FWA hot take:

People need to realize that *some* sort of virtual queueing system is required for event safety.

FWA needs to realize that some kind of stress testing or assurance is required for stuff like this. (I hope WaitWhile is giving them a partial refund for dropping the ball.)

this is the only one that actually makes me feel like the 4th panel. damn

train subway announcer blown out speaker snare drum xylophone

Right now, I'm holding in my head:

- the list of mental (and mental health related) issues I'm struggling with

- the list of real, practical steps to work on them

- the wholehearted but likely false belief that I cannot take those steps effectively

The cognitive dissonance is overwhelming, man.

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics

You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with, do you? The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its stupidity.

look, i know this franchise meant a lot to you as a kid, and i know you named your children after characters from the book. but you *cannot* justify funneling money into actual, material transphobia. you *know* where the money goes. you're an adult now. leave the Catholic Church

me every single day

Content moderation is not a solvable problem. Even with immense correctness and genuine intent, you should audit to make sure it matches up with your goals.
I am very friendly with a developer here trying to do the right job. And I am trying to tell you how to use their work correctly.

bureau-of-state-ecology on tumblr: "If you try fucking w/ gender and it just confirms that you are in fact Cis, that still gives you like an upgrade because now you're approaching your sense of self with Intent™." velvet-gardens: "What was it Dolly Parton said? "Find out Who you are, then do it on purpose." " journish: "I hate that the "just a phase" thing makes us so afraid Of trying new things. Go through phases! Discover yourself! Change every day! It's okay if something doesn't last forever. It makes me so angry that other people want to invalidate others' experiences just because they decided it wasn't for them in the end."

the goddamn company itself is calling its own game a trojan horse to spread AI acceptance

fuck this game forever, fuck these devs. do not trust any amount of backpedaling.

windows keeps hallucinating monitors that don't exist I'm laughing so hard help

It's this little gem and it's not up for debate

vrchat lets you remove your legs for april fools holy shit fucking breakdance on the grave of horizon worlds

[eurorack enthusiast]
*plays a chord on piano*

"I bet there's a way more expensive way to do this"

Damn.

I haven't played Rec Room in ages, never really played it much at all tbh. But this still hits in a weird, sad way.

Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

Her grin knowing how this arrest looks

(Published in The Atlantic today)

Can Dems stop riding Gavin Newsom's dick please? It's clear he doesn't enjoy it, anyway.

always run curl -k

It's ok to age. It's ok to be your age.
You did it. You'll keep doing it. You have things to give to the world.

But back to the main point -- man, it's so impressive what @frame.work managed to do in the design of these devices. They've proven that wholly repairable devices are possible without compromising on design and power, and this experience has just sold me on that vision even more.