Notices by Eric the Cerise (ericthecerise@kolektiva.social)

@LunarAkai

Wait. Erik is famous somewhere else? I just know him from the 'Verse.

@ErikUden

@aral

Something like the web, but smaller? A small web, if you will, where everyone gets their own site and no one's in charge of it, but them?

I think we're witnessing / experiencing a "Kessler Syndrome" of the #Internet.

#KesslerSyndrome is a cascade effect that can happen in Earth orbit, where there's so much junk and debris flying around, that it keeps hitting/destroying satellites and producing more debris, faster than the existing debris is cleaned up.

It could make it impossible for humans to launch anything into space for generations, and it's a serious risk.

It's not a perfect analogy, but AI-enhanced spam is turning the Internet into a garbage-filled wasteland, where the existing garbage keeps spawning more garbage faster than anyone can hope to clean it up.

The Problem with Trolley Car Problems

I started out saying this as a joke, but gradually, over time, I've come to realize it's actually accurate.

The true solution to almost all "trolley car" problems is to find who keeps tying people to the tracks.

In trolley car problems, the people tied to the tracks always represent some disadvantaged sector of society — poor people, homeless people, no healthcare, minorites, etc — or even just (pardon the expression) "regular" lower class people.

And the "problem" is always "do you let those people be run over in order to save a billionaire, or a corporation, or the banking industry, or some sector of the economy, etc.

And again ... why are those people tied to the tracks in the first place? What is wrong with our economy/society/legal system, that we have those people stuck in those disadvantaged positions?

So the next time you see a trolley car problem — even the comedy/shitpost/joke problems — ask yourself, "who are those people tied to the track, and how did they get there in the first place?

@jens

It's almost like FB was just waiting for the furor to subside...

@neil

Yes and no. Mostly yes ... FOSS devs owe me nothing, and I'm (generally) grateful for whatever they do share.

That said, though, anyone who releases a project under an Open license, but chooses to do the support/documentation on a closed, corporate platform like Discord ... that's a red flag for me. Maybe I don't need that project in my life?

@bittner

Actually, no. I'm not using an "ad blocker".

I'm using a tracker blocker.

Get rid of the trackers, and I'll see your ads.

There is no "impasse". It's all self-inflicted by Them.

Yet another corporate-led #FOSS project getting screwed by the company that is supposed to be taking care of it.

If you or your business uses it, and if you care about such things (and I hope you do) ... time to quit using #Terraform and switch over to #OpenTF ( https://openTF.org/ ).

The parent corp changed the project license from a FOSS license to a more profit-friendly business license. Of course, it was promptly forked by FOSS folk to maintain a free and open version.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/418538

"Our view is that we're actually not the fork ... the fork is actually HashiCorp that has forked its own projects under a different license."

@aral

Today, you were their financial Beta tester.

I think they owe you a free sample.

@aral

Just grabbed a copy of kitten 2 days ago, running on—you guessed it—Node 18 LTS.

@indutny