EnsignWashout

@EnsignWashout@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh… So no gift. Got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just tell him respectfully, sometime.

  As a parent, myself:

  • I totally don’t mind if my kids tell me they can hear me. I appreciate knowing our communication lines are open.
  • I am still going to continue having (probably still loud) sex in the house. Unless my kids fully paying a roommate’s share of the costs to run the home, they’re still kids, not roommates.
  • I’ll probably buy the kid some nice noise suppressing audio headset as a shopping surprise, sometime soon.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Oscars officially don’t care if films use AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds entirely reasonable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m constantly amazed that this is a hard subject for people. As the golden rule says:

  “I’m not going to reach into your pants, without an invitation. And I prefer no one reach into my pants, because we barely know each-other. Whatever someone tells me is in their pants, I’ll take their word for it, as long as they haven’t flashed me in public. Also, shitting in practically transparent stalls is awful for everyone, and showering with strangers sucks. Let’s all just do less of both.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are most people here left-wing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Great analogy.

  I think it’s fair to tweak it and leave that second library with full accountability for the lack of desirability.

  Domain names don’t start out undesirable, they build their reputation from the content and users.

  So it’s like building a second library in a perfectly nice spot, and having that library attract people who dump pollution into the surrounding area, making it undesirable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any politician launching their own media network is a reprehensible piece of shit.

  Prove me wrong.

  Counterpoint?

  Obviously I don’t have any examples here. I’m sorry if I got anyone’s hope’s up I hope this was a brief, fun, moment of mystery for a few of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A manufacturer phone pre-installed with LineageOS would be awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Voiding all IP law would cause a huge loss in the creative community.

  I agree. I wouldn’t be in favor of “burn it down” if I thought we could negotiate better terms with our current IP oligarchs.

  If people can no longer pay their bills by creating then they stop creating and work.

  I’ll still be available to do creative work. It wouldn’t change my current work-for-hire efforts.

  Very little valuable IP is held by actual creators, today.

  Why dump years and your heart and soul into a great book just to have it distributed for free and be poor.

  Are you an actual published creator, or a temporarily embarrassed future billionaire? Is there a version of success for you that isn’t just selling to a big IP company to get enough money to retire? That’s what it looks like, to me. The peak of my possible success would be to write something that threatens/tempts the big IP holders enough to force them to buy me out. If I don’t take the buy out, they eventually bury my thing with their advertising power.

  I don’t really disagree with you. I’m actually in favor of keeping and fixing IP laws, if that’s possible.

  But I believe the IP laws we have now only serve our billionaire employers. So, as a creator, I won’t fight to keep our current IP laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your utopia is every creator’s nightmare.

  I didn’t say “utopia”. We need IP laws. But since we continue to let Disney (and other mega corporations) dictate the entire terms of engagement - we need to bring “burning the whole thing down and starting over” into the list of options under consideration. It’s the only way to bring Disney back to the bargaining table, at minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollywood Is Cranking Out Original Movies. Audiences Aren’t Showing Up.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Movie theaters are really expensive, so I’m not paying attention to what Hollywood is making right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also doesn’t the GPL use IP law for enforcement of copy left?

  That’s very probably Jack Dorsey’s motive in this. Briefly void all IP law, then restore it in a messy way that leaves everything owned by his lawyers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve created lots of things. The moment I finish creating it, I sign over my IP rights in exchange for money for food, and never have a right to it again.

  Without IP law, the thing I created would at least be in the commons where I can still legally use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what stops them from replicating my thing with more money and resources?

  That’s what happens today, anyway. Most of us cannot afford the lawyers to make the law work for us.

  In contrast, if we re-use an innovation the billionaires have purchased, we go to jail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the best acted scenes and performances you've watched in TV?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard trying to teach Brent Spiner’s Data how to play poker at the beginning of Picard.