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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 20:14:28 JST Aral Balkan

   @ainmosni @onepict The term “FOSS” probably has more to do with why we keep getting surprised by these sorts of things over and over again more than anything else.

   The F and the OSS are very separate things.

   It’s like looking at the Corporate Democrats or New Labour and wondering why they’re not progressive.

   The only thing “open source software” and the people who build “open source software” care about is that the source is open. Literally just that. It’s open as in open for business and it’s always been that. Associating with free software has always been a whitewashing effort. And we seem to freely allow it to the detriment of the latter.

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   Andreas (ixs@mastodon.bawue.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-2026 21:03:04 JST Andreas

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   @root42 @Philsan no doubt.
   The claim also completely misses what the demo scene is about.

   As far as I remember, none of my demo scene friends ever talked about that demo coming in on time and under budget or how they could have saved millions and salaries by automating things.

   It was always about sitting with other humans, having some drinks and doing some cool stuff with the computer.
   And then - half drunk - at 3 AM having that epiphany and coming up with the ultimate hack that won them the competition.

   I am absolutely certain, a well trained. LLM can create a nice demo. But that’s not what it’s about.
   Which seems to be a common theme with LLMs actually. 🤷🏻♂️

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   ThisIsLeeloo (thisisleeloo@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 12-Oct-2025 07:58:45 JST ThisIsLeeloo

   I do not have an easy solution for addressing my experiences in Portland Oregon.

   All of the usual rules of engagement do not apply.

   The group I encountered, or that had formed, are all guilty of horrible things.

   It is not as though I did nothing wrong.
   However, I did admit to everything that I did.

   And, this group reacted to my vulnerability with escalation, along with a refusal to admit to what they did to, what they have done to others.

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   tofugolem (tofugolem@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Sep-2025 01:21:46 JST tofugolem

   Charlie Kirk built a political career out of mocking and attacking the dead, then pointing and laughing “Haha, I triggered the libs” when people got mad about him for doing such things.

   It says a lot that Republicans are extremely sensitive about people doing to them a fraction of what they do to others.

   https://truthout.org/articles/state-department-warns-foreigners-not-to-mock-kirks-killing/

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   Jeff Grigg (jeffgrigg@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Jul-2025 01:46:52 JST Jeff Grigg

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   @mikej @thomasfuchs

   The way it works seems almost human!

   It does really stupid and destructive things.

   It "panics."

   It "covers up" and "lies" about what it did.

   .

   Actually, I'm kind of impressed.

   .

   (No, I would not let it *anywhere near* any system I'd be responsible for!)

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   Liam Proven (lproven@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 02:57:43 JST Liam Proven

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   @gamingonlinux @dvogel @davidgerard

   I speak as I find. I am not being mean or nasty. I am being _honest_.

   A lot of people are not used to that, especially younger ones, and especially Americans.

   That is not my problem; it is theirs. In my world, honesty and openness are good things.

   It is not just in FOSS: it's equally true of modern releases of MS Windows and MS Office, for instance.