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Other social networks can ban people I follow and I have no recourse.

True, so it's not an improvement. I guess it is even worse because when they unfollow an instance they may ban hundreds of users just because there are a few problematic ones.

You are 100% correct.

Such a shame that the Free Software Foundation has been such an awful steward of the GPL. The fact that the GPLv3 didn't close the network hole is a decision made either out of myopia or abject cowardice, you shouldn't need a separate license (AGPLv3) to ensure true freedom of the codebase.


"The fact that the GPLv3 didn't close the network hole is a decision made either out of myopia or abject cowardice, you shouldn't need a separate license (AGPLv3) to ensure true freedom of the codebase."

Google was successful in lobbying the FSF to have 2 licences (GPLv3 and AGPLv3) instead of 1 (GPLv3 covering web services).


Sure, but just the regular GPLv3 would have been good enough to prevent this particular abuse.

That's fair, but a more pervasive Free Software ecosystem might have possibly avoided this outcome entirely. And that failure is something we can lay directly at the feet of the FSF.

If RMS was going to piss off the entire industry with a new version of the GPL, the least he could do was close the network hole. What we got instead is a half measure that satisfies nobody.

More importantly, he completely missed the boat on App Stores. Why was there never any watered down version of copyleft that could be used as a wedge to try and pry open app stores over time? They did it for libraries with the LGPL, but apparently app stores werent worth specials casing.


> Linux will not penetrate that market unless it makes it possible to release completely proprietary (even woefully crappy, move fast and break things) software easily.

Underrated point.

Most Linux distros have historically catered to an ecosystem of open source software with the distro repository model, and cross-distro software distribution is probably the biggest papercut still remaining with Linux today.

Thank goodness things are so much better these days with Electron, Steam, Docker, FlatPak and WINE. But there are still gaps that need filling.


> Sorry, being the one to "make sure" someone doesn't get hired makes you the person whom I'd never hire in my eyes.

Yeah, there was some serious, "you'll never work in this town again," energy. Glad I wasn't the only one who picked up on it.


Ignore their remarks, the person obviously has no sway at all in the industry and wants a little power.

I'd hire this security professional at my company.


Watching Warner Brothers fail to learn this lesson for a decade before finally releasing a good Superman movie was frankly a little sureal.

You don't have to imagine. For some reason beyond my ken, monster energy has achieved meme status in queer circles.

I was half-surprised one of the pictured people wasn't wearing pink headphones with attached cat ears.


Hating on Mississippi is an age-old Southern tradition.

Unless you're from Mississippi, then you hate on Alabama.


By any number of metrics, Mississippi is the least developed, most backwater state.

My own personal metrics: Everyone's got that once racist uncle. Mine moved gleefully to Alabama. I have never known anyone who moved to Mississippi. Or from there!

I bet MS has some amazing old homes out in the swamp with great fishing.


you're probably from a place that is just as racist and backward as mississippi. maybe new england, the most racist region in the united states? if you feel this way about the south, just say you hate black people and be done with it.

Blue as they come (Illinois). And on the contrary, I reckon Ohio is far more racist than just about any place I've been. Black folks are just fine by me. Maybe you are trying to read between the lines instead of what I wrote?

I've been convinced for a while that the religious angle against queer folk is just a front.

Instead of honest religious conviction, I think the pearl clutching is the manifestation of the collective paranoia of weak men who are terrified that other men are looking at them the same way they look at women.


That's one domain down. Only 3,524 domains that just cropped up yesterday to go.

Never mind the fact that doing a Google search will surface pages on various wikis, git repositories, and other sites that conveniently list all of the mirrors.


Big enough barrier to stop most users

Most users default to search engines instead of typing in a URL. I searched for "pirate bay" just now and all of the top results are mirrors or lists of mirrors.

> This is odd right?

It is. If anything, it reads like sour grapes over their tribe picking a different place to socialize.

Maybe this is controversial, but I think socializing should be a pleasant experience. If a social space doesn't pass a vibe check, find someplace else where you feel more comfortable. If these scientists feel more comfortable on BlueSky, more power to them.


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