●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, May 20, 2024 ●● ● May 20 [01:16] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:18] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [02:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qezxp5nudz5uq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [03:09] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● May 20 [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> I just got an email from you? [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> What is this? [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> Something involving the lobster. [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> So why did you send me this? [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> The Lobster is still in the anime channel crapflooding it. [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> Clearly unemployed. [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> Did ? [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> I'm certain this would not reflect favorably. [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> Lobster is posting about how to start a cult. [04:26] schestowitz xxxxxxxxxxx> "The Cult of Brandon Lobster" [04:45] schestowitz " [04:45] schestowitz By the way, there was nothing deliberate in this [04:45] schestowitz I simply can't think of any reason why anybody would want to [04:45] schestowitz deliberately credit a Mozilla guy for the bad jokes of a guy at IBM. [04:45] schestowitz Nonetheless, sorry for the inconvenience. [04:45] schestowitz Please let me know your thoughts on the best sequence of updates or if [04:45] schestowitz you just want to take it down [04:45] schestowitz " [04:59] schestowitz >>> Thanks for this feedback [04:59] schestowitz >>> [04:59] schestowitz >>> I updated it and fixed a couple of other things too [04:59] schestowitz >>> [04:59] schestowitz >>> Another mistake: the link tohttps://www.DebianProject.org should have [04:59] schestowitz >>> been a link tohttps://www.DebianGNULinux.org where their Swiss lawyer [04:59] schestowitz >>> wrote I am "illegally" distributing a copy of Debian GNU/Linux [04:59] schestowitz >> [04:59] schestowitz >> I noticed (clicked) that links, but did not change (correct) that. [04:59] schestowitz > [04:59] schestowitz > It does make a big difference: Debian GNU/Linux (.org) is the full title [04:59] schestowitz > of the copyrighted work, it is written like that in the license text I [04:59] schestowitz > found too. [04:59] schestowitz > [04:59] schestowitz > Debian Project (.org) is the name of the unincorporated association, [04:59] schestowitz > that is how they write it in the constitution [04:59] schestowitz > ● May 20 [12:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [15:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [15:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [16:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [16:17] schestowitz Re: WWW announces the end of Google [16:18] schestowitz > https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/google-rip [16:18] schestowitz Mind if I reproduce with link and attrib in techrights? :-) [16:18] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cybershow.uk | The WWW declares the end of Google [16:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [17:18] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:44] schestowitz > No worries, please go ahead Roy, [17:44] schestowitz Thanks! [17:44] schestowitz > Sorry I don't think I'll be able to join you at the Panda in [17:44] schestowitz > Manchester :/ likely will be away around that time - but thanks very [17:44] schestowitz > much for thinking of us. [17:44] schestowitz No harm in asking ;) [17:44] schestowitz > Did I already share this?: [17:44] schestowitz > [17:44] schestowitz > https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=28 [17:44] schestowitz Oddly enough it didn't show up in my RSS feeds and having just checked the RSS feeds for validity, I'm rather baffled. But I have theories.... maybe it was past-dated? [17:44] schestowitz > It's something I quite want to circulate because it's a conversation [17:44] schestowitz > with a friend of mine and we're talking about a gentler and optimistic [17:44] schestowitz > time when I was involved in trail-blazing research work in the music [17:44] schestowitz > business. [17:44] schestowitz I'll listen soon. [17:44] schestowitz My wife and I are both subjected too highly aggressive harassment at the moment, so time is budgeted. [17:44] schestowitz > With Steve Albini passing I am reminded; we always knew the business [17:44] schestowitz > had contempt for artists, but looking back now over 20 years on the [17:44] schestowitz > trajectory since we first started with "AI" in music, just wow.... I [17:44] schestowitz > see how very deep the cynicism goes. We were trying to create tools to [17:44] schestowitz > enhance artistry and open horizons. They just want tools to replace [17:44] schestowitz > artists and shut down expression even further. [17:44] schestowitz Yes, it is not a new issue. "Sampling", "renditioning" etc. [17:44] schestowitz It's just the latest passing fad now. I still listen to "real" music. [17:44] schestowitz Also see http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/20/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Has_Resorted_to_Plagiari.shtml [17:44] schestowitz http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/20/Brittany_Day_Plagiarist_in_Chief_Chatbot_Slinger.shtml [17:44] schestowitz Those are hours old. [17:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cybershow.uk | The Cyber Show - Episodes [17:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Has Resorted to Plagiarism by Chatbots, Flooding the World Wide Web With Fake 'Articles' Wrongly Attributed to Brittany Day [17:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Brittany Day, Plagiarist in Chief (Chatbot Slinger) ● May 20 [18:33] *parsifal (~parsifal@uuar9r28yasyu.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [21:26] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/)