The upgrades aren't done! The current Mastodon is 4.6, we're on 4.4, and according to the most recent SDF announcement, they've still got work to do. Fun times, I'm sure.
In light of the recent #Sony#PlayStation news, I'd like to remind everyone that GOG exists.
Every game there has no DRM. Once you buy one, no one can take it away from you. Not without breaking down your door and prying it from your cold dead hands, anyway.
If Mr Andersen doesn't want to write code by hand, then it seems to me that he's stuck writing code, considers an LLM to be a godsend in helping him do it with a minimum of struggle, and would rather be doing something else—making music, for example—but can't because it wouldn't pay his bills.
I hope one day there is a post-scarcity society in which people like him aren't forced by economic pressure to give up their talents and passions like this.
What in the godforsaken dystopia are you talking about? I don't remember corner stores demanding my ID to prove I'm old enough to buy a f***ing calculator. I didn't have to prove I'm old enough to chat with the other patrons, either.
anttibrax-2025 threatens criminal prosecution over this. Curious.
The code in question causes this software to delete itself when exposed to an LLM coding agent. In development environments only, not in production.
Does that qualify as “clear intent to cause damage”? I don't know about that.
It arguably demonstrates clear intent merely for one's work to not be used with an LLM coding agent, and a minimally-disruptive method of enforcing this intent. Nothing criminal about that.
And it certainly doesn't qualify as “causing harm to computing equipment”. The equipment is fine after that, and so is everything stored on it, with the sole exception of this person's software, which has deleted itself.
Again, this doesn't even disrupt production operations, because this code is only interpreted by AI coding agents when running tests.
Unfortunately, I'm not confident that government prosecutors will understand this nuance and stay their hands…
Then the message needs an explainer. Maybe something like “This device claims to be a keyboard. It's probably fine, but there have been cases of malicious devices claiming to be keyboards, then typing in commands to take over your computer when you plug them in. Do you trust this device, or shall I ignore its keystrokes?”