exaybachae

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[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Funny, the statute $2500 should be for the circumvention act, which was likely singular, not per file obtained during or as a result of the act. And the $150k is ridiculous in and of itself, even if for all files obtained. What a strange world we live in.


Spotify built a system of control in order to profit a few at a cost to many, perhaps everyone else.

Someone broke that system in order to benefit many, possibly at the cost of some of their ability to profit from their system of control--if they didn't lose customers, or prospective customers, they didn't experience any financial loss, or a loss in their ability to maintain their system of control (which is still very much in place and working).

Either way, nobody was hurt.

But the person who acted selflessly to benefit of society in general is punished.

Because... We, as a society, celebrate and work effortlessly to maintain complex systems of abuse in order to satisfy our greed or the greed of others. All despite being taught in school not to lie to and bully each other, and to share with and care for each other.

As a species: We are bat shit fucking crazy!

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Certainly comparable... Less instances of murder, less direct impact on accused social justice offenders, more impact on fellow victims of accused social justice offender.

Likely not as well thought out action, more emotional reaction.

Certainly comparable.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 7 points 3 weeks ago

She should just donate all the profits going forward, and focus on making sure anything on the platform is legit consensual sex work and not people being forced into it. Not that I think that happens a lot, but she sounds like she'd be up for improving the system to better know for sure, and provide better support and resources for sex workers in general.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Meh, in the end US voting rights have mm ratings...

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't you want to also be on your own jury?

Direct and financial influence trumps merely financial influence. It could save the billionaire class millions in donations and bribes.

Look what it's done for Trump.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Let's get strapped!

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Meh, far as I'm concerned they can still talk about all these events and facts but they should always do so in a positive and celebratory manner.

Not, this site remembers whatever genocide, but instead, this site remembers the soldiers/citizens who faught against a ruthless group who were at the time commiting genocidal acts against indigenous people... You don't even need to name the group of assholes. But it's fine to specifically name the heros and their heroic acts.

Perhaps post education signs that talk about positive changes to an area.

Like in 1998 John Soandso lead a campaign to restore the area you see before you to the healthy natural state it's in today. Because of that campaign bla bla birds and native plants have returned to the area over the years since. Previous to John's campaign the area had been heavily over polluted by nearby industrial factories.

Keep any of the bad stuff referenced as a relevant afterthought. Use the good stuff as examples of what to do, of people to look up to.

I saw some similar signs in NC last time I went through, like the ones celebrating the life of a master builder in area who had helped build many of the still standing historic building. Oh yeah, he was also black and a slave, but that wasn't the point, so it was just kinda noted within the context of the details of his life... Instead the sign celebrated his craft and contributions to the community.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was just reading through a couple thousands of the financial statements and reports and scans from 10. Kinda interesting stuff seeing how millionaires manage their finances, private jets, and properties.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website -1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, was pretty sure it was something like that...

I used AI to make a Home Alone themed digital Christmas card last year. It was completely PG. But it was a nightmare to do as I kept tripping over gates on account of Kevin being a child and Home Alone being a copyrighted property.

I went all the way to the dark end of the AI gen spectrum, to where kiddie porn abdolutely happens, but the product I produced there was unsatisfactory. So I went alI went back to the top players with all the gates and worked around them by reworking my prompts for what seemed like forever.

1 year earlier I would've gotten the results I wanted with my first prompt, maybe tweaking fonts for the words, fixing spelling errors, or making minor visual features. 5min tops.

It really turned me off from continuing to play with AI.

Those gates have gotten really nasty.

It's as though users are treated as guilty in advance and then denied the opportunity to prove themselves innocent.

Completely backwards attitude and practice.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, Costco is in the stone ages still in a lot of ways, it's pretty unsettling sometimes. But also using tried and true methods and waiting decades to adopt modern tech saves a ton of cash... Which doesn't just benefit the stock holders when you're a company like Costco.

Go in in person on a weekday before 3pm and sign up at the service desk.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But somebody else already mentioned another case that set up CU to succeed. Without that CU wouldn't be an issue.

There may have been more steps before too.

But really, initially, there were very early US cases that actually properly treated corps as property, not people. Even forcefully revoking their business charters when they were found to no longer be serving the community but harming it.

I don't understand how it could be law that corps had to be incorporated as legal entities, with the people's permission via the gov of the people, that for centuries their right to exist was utterly temporary and revokable, and that they were legally only treated as owned tools, but then recently courts decided they had personhood and human rights?

Seems like earlier precedent disagrees.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I have upgraded to USB-C headphones...

But, years ago I got a handful of USB-C to 3.5mm adapters as manufacturers were starting to discontinue the 3.5mm jacks by default.

I was of course used to needing a USB adapter for headphones because I had a RAZR v3 for many years, which I also used as an mp3 player. I believe it only had a micro USB port.

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