Tryphon ๐ @Tryphon@mastodon.social
Fuzzy Tinkerer. Research Parasite. Sorcerer's Apprentice. Hand-waving Expert. Type Pirate.
Britpol, but actually USpol could do with some of this.
"In fact, the more your work benefits other people, the less theyโre likely to pay you..."
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/06/bullshit-jobs-david-graeber-work-service
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
โ Carl Sagan
#quotes
~1 million Creative Commons images on 500px.com are dissapearing tomorrow!
If you have the resources please install the Archiveteam's Warrior program and select the 500px project! https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior
irc is #500pieces on efnet
thank you (boosts very appreciated)
Godwin's Law in the Age of Trump by... Godwin https://www.rstreet.org/2018/06/25/godwins-law-in-the-age-of-trump/
1/ Acquire or create images, videos, any kind of digital content
2/ Upload everywhere anonymously or under disposable IDs
3/ Wait for stuff to be shared or even just linked to
4/ Send infringement notice on law firm official letterhead to demand small payment or face lawsuit
5/ Profit and repeat!
On the positive side, once the link tax and upload filters are voted, the opportunities for legal shakedowns and extortion are endless.
Are there ambitious and creative lawyers around here?
Emailed MEPs again about the Copyright directive again. I have a bad feeling about this one:
-the press is not neutral,
-Google opposes it, which gives ammunition to those who claim it's an attack on the Internet giants,
-how many times can we ask people to fight against the same BS?
No wonder the extremists and euroskeptics progress everywhere...
Shot by Art by Lรยธnfeldt
https://unsplash.com/photos/e0a1QQZM0O8
Thereโs just not enough time to read all the books.
"We take your piracy seriously"
Elon Musk steals artists work and refuses to pay him. Says the attention will be good for the artist.
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/27/elon-musk-farting-unicorn-mug-cartoon-tom-edwards
Blog post: Why ActivityPub is the future https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/why-activitypub-is-the-future/
Tu consens, oui ou non ?
http://sexes.blogs.liberation.fr/2018/06/27/tu-consens-oui-ou-non/
I'm working on an ActivityPub guide website for coders & non-coders! It's something I wish existed before I started pixelfed.
Webtorrent (Bittorrent over WebRTC) is absolutely amazing: https://webtorrent.io/
I was wondering how Peertube (https://joinpeertube.org) could hope to scale at all; this is the answer. For popular content, this will work.
The long tail is harder. But this is a HUGE step in the right direction. Very cool!
How to sell Voltaire books in 2015? Put handcuffs on the cover and place it next to Fifty Shades
