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  • Replying to: @JimRain

    @JimRain I wish we still had a word that meant “devoted to evangelizing.” Or that “evangelical” hadn’t become a synonym for “bigoted.”

  • Replying to: www.manton.org

    @manton I wonder whether we’ll start seeing call-to-action links along the lines of “Purchase our Pro Version and see related applications” leading into co-ops or mini app stores. Seems like potentially this opens up discovery as well as subscriptions.

  • Replying to: mastodon.social

    @rasterweb I’ve left a list of account access information and instructions on how to download archival copies or pay for continued hosting with my will & power of attorney. I’ve left it up to my heirs to decide if anything is worth saving.

  • Replying to: www.manton.org

    @manton I’m not sure I buy the theory that divesting Chrome meaningfully increases competition in any market. Maybe they should just make Google give a few billion dollars to Mozilla. Or if the market we care about is ads, spin off part of the plumbing rather than the front end.

  • Replying to: www.manton.org

    @manton If you’ve never been deposed…try to keep it that way. I went through one (software contract dispute) and hope never to go through another. And I wasn’t even one of the people with money on the line.

  • Replying to: @eatyourglory

    @eatyourglory I’m also skeptical that this defense is going to do much good, given how easy it is getting for any clown to clone a new model and send it off scraping the world. Good actors will use the dataset, bad actors won’t give a shit.

  • Replying to: @eatyourglory

    @eatyourglory What can they do? Probably nothing. What would I personally like to see done? Criminalize the use of LLMs. Unpopular idea, I know. And probably a sign of my increasing age.