

Disney: hold my beer
Who reads this anyway? Nobody, that’s…. Oh wait. Some people do. I guess I should put something worth reading in here then. Well here’s a test. How much text can you put in here? Who knows? We’ll find out together.
I could write just about anything here, and it wouldn’t really matter. I could go on an on about nothing in particular, and there would still be space left unused. If you’re like really verbose, you could write about any pointless topic without ever reaching a conclusion, and you wouldn’t even hit the character limit. Like, how long could this text be before you hit the wall? Surely, there’s a limit? You can’t just dump a chapter of lorem ipsum in here, now can you?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus mollis urna sit amet augue mollis interdum. Praesent sed massa eu quam vestibulum elementum. In pharetra sodales
Wow, that’s a lot of text. Previously, you couldn’t have this much, but now they’ve changed the settings, which is pretty neat.
Disney: hold my beer
Among other things, the code requires companies to provide and regularly update documentation about their AI tools and services; bans developers from training AI on pirated content; and comply with content owners’ requests to not use their works in their data sets.
If Meta can’t agree with basic decency like that, I take it as clear evidence that Meta needs more regulation. I get the feeling that we’re watching a replay of the tobacco-asbestos-oil story again. Strict regulation seems to be the only way to control these corporations.
If a certain feature requires a privacy violation, there’s something clearly wrong with the way it was designed.
They are run by professionals who should know what they’re doing. Normies at home could be attacked by the same viruses and exploits.
What about the security implications to all the Linux users? If the EU switches to Linux, it’s suddenly going to become a significantly larger target for hackers and virus programmers. So far, we’ve been kinda flying under the radar, but that could change.
So… cold war 2? Hybrid war? What should we call this?
Have you tried piloting a rocket powered space craft? I’m pretty sure those vehicles are not within the scope of the current laws.
Alternatively, you could construct your own unique vehicle that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. How about a flying boat with retractable wheels and wings? Just make sure you design in in such a way, that it lacks key characteristics written in laws regarding cars.
Apparently not. Or maybe it’s just poor wording. You be the judge.
There are healthier ways to stay informed. Doomscrolling has a tendency to cause intense emotions that probably aren’t very helpful during a time when staying focused is important. People shouldn’t ignore what’s happening. Instead, they should try to fix the problem. Unnecessary anxiety and fear is just counterproductive.
If you allow minorities to be oppressed, it will eventually lead to the oppression of larger minorities. Eventually, they’ll also find a reason to come after you as well. Maybe it’s the freckles, or pizza toppings or political opinions. Either way, oppression has a tendency to expand.
It’s serious, so you should act accordingly. Stay strong. Just participate and influence your future. Use whatever means you are comfortable with.
If the situation really is that bad, you’ll hear about it without any doomscrolling. If you don’t come across a topic in normal casual conversations or by reading papers in a library, it’s probably not actually that urgent.
There’s so much unnecessary doom and gloom floating around on mainstream social medias that I can’t really consider them a healthy option for news consumption.
No more doomscrolling for you. Spend time with real people face to face, and you’ll feel the difference within a week.
Why is anyone buying a printer at all?
Hey, printer people out there! What do you you use your printer for? My printer is just sitting idle collecting dust. Can’t think of anything I would need to print. Everything is digital these days.
Text written before 2023 is going be exceptionally valuable because that way we can be reasonably sure it wasn’t contaminated by an LLM.
This reminds me of some research institutions pulling up sunken ships so that they can harvest the steel and use it to build sensitive instruments. You see, before the nuclear tests there was hardly any radiation anywhere. However, after America and the Soviet Union started nuking stuff like there’s no tomorrow, pretty much all steel on Earth has been a little bit contaminated. Not a big issue for normal people, but scientists building super sensitive equipment certainly notice the difference between pre-nuclear and post-nuclear steel
Many years ago, I wanted to buy a fountain pen. I found lots of pen stores in USA, but since shipping and tariffs have been outrageous as long as I can remember, those stores were completely out of the question. Around that time, UK was still in the EU, so I ended up ordering my pen from one of those pen stores.
A few years later, brexit happened, but I still wanted another fountain pen, so I ended up browsing some EU stores instead. Having an updated list would be nice though.
Currently, my pen collection is as large as I need it to be, so buying more isn’t on the top of my mind. However, other fountain pen enthusiasts might benefit from an EU based fountain pen store list.