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emacsomancer (has moved to types.pl) (emacsomancer@fsmi.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 11:27:46 JST 
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@publius PSA: Don't give money or labour to Elsevier for any reason.
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emacsomancer (has moved to types.pl) (emacsomancer@fsmi.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 11:27:37 JST
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@Shufei @alcinnz
A number of writers I've generally thought of as good people (e.g. N.K. Jemisin), have been coming out hard against the Internet Archive and its 'violation of copyright'. While I do think that authors certainly deserve a decent living (i.e. more than most of them are making now), I really have a problem with that position.
On a bright note, one very good author I like (Rivers Solomon) came out strongly on the other side, saying: "While I profoundly appreciate people buying my books - it's literally why I'm alive - I am happy that my work is very likely available on pirating websites. Individuals accessing my work for free is not what hurts me as an artist. Capitalism does that just fine all by itself." [ https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1244196825642471424 ]
(After seeing this, I bought another copy of her _An Unkindness of Ghosts_ to send to my brother.)
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emacsomancer (has moved to types.pl) (emacsomancer@fsmi.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 11:23:22 JST
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@cwebber @emacsen @Shufei
I think it's tricky to simplify basic lisp syntax since using some overt markers of sexp boundaries like ()s makes the code wear its structure on its sleeve, at the small cost of Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses for those who aren't used to looking at lisp syntax. Removing a clear, consistent marker in favour of a combination of meaningful whitespace and other boundary markers (:, .) at least for me doesn't feel like a cognitive win for the writer.
I also feel obligated to repost...
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