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Notices by Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com), page 4

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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2023 16:58:02 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I’m not sure if anybody has encountered this before, but I figured it’s worth asking.

    I’m going through some legal due diligence for Owncast. And while Owncast doesn’t know who you are, isn’t tracking you, doesn’t require accounts, etc etc, it’s pretty standard legal boilerplate, in order to cover yourself, that these things are possible.

    On one hand, I want to absolutely cover the project as far as liability, but on the other hand I don’t want people to think we actually do these things.

    I’m probably going to err on the side of protecting the project, but I feel bad about it. Has anybody had to work through this before?
    In conversation Tuesday, 21-Nov-2023 16:58:02 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 17:44:39 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    Owncast release days are good days.

    Unless they're bad. Then they're not good. Hopefully this is a good one.

    https://owncast.online/releases/owncast-0.1.2/
    In conversation Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 17:44:39 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: owncast.online
      Owncast v0.1.2
      from @owncastlive
      A smaller update with some fixes and additions.
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 02:23:00 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I leave in a couple of hours for #ubuntusummit. I'm super excited to have an opportunity to share #Owncast with a new group of people. If you have the chance to attend the event in Riga, I'd love for you to visit my talk on the 4th.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 02:23:00 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 08:07:55 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
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    • Kit Rhett Aultman
    @roadriverrail I went out of morbid curiosity. It was just a smoothie place with an app to order the smoothie. The only “AI” I noticed was it took all the ingredients you selected and gave you a name for the drink. Like “Blueberry banana blast” or whatever.
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 08:07:55 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 07:47:24 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I think I might have posted about the ridiculous “AI smoothie” shop that opened a month or so ago. I noticed shortly after they opened a sign went up that said “be back in one hour”, and the shop never opened again.

    This article sums it up. I particularly like how they called out how clear it was that all of their “happy customer” photos are all obviously AI generated.

    This is what hype looks like.

    https://slashdot.org/story/23/10/31/1737220/an-ai-smoothie-shop-opened-in-san-francisco-with-much-hype-why-is-it-closed-already
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 07:47:24 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink

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      An AI Smoothie Shop Opened in San Francisco With Much Hype. Why Is It Closed Already? - Slashdot
      In September, a "bespoke AI nutrition" store opened in beleaguered downtown San Francisco to much fanfare, promising smoothie concoctions generated by AI and a much-needed boost to the area. Less than two months later, it has seemingly closed without explanation. From a report: BetterBlends advertis...
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 04:16:36 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I was going to wait to talk about this until I could actually release it, but it’s becoming unlikely that will happen.

    A few months ago I built an #iOS and #tvOS app for watching #Owncast streams natively on your phone and tv. You could browse the directory, or add your own private servers that aren’t listed publicly. It would send you push notifications when your favorite streams went live and it all worked pretty well.

    Apple has been unable to understand how the “rights” work in this case. I can’t get them to understand that people opt into the directory, and the Owncast project owns and runs the directory. Instead they see it as me “using content without rights” and “accessing a catalog without proper rights”. They asked me to provide the paperwork detailing the agreement I have with every Owncast server. Clearly that’s impossible. The number of servers that want to be public on the directory change every day, I couldn’t send them new documentation every day. I tried to explain that the directory is kind of like a search engine and the application is like a browser. A browser doesn’t have explicit rights to every webpage ever made, as that would be ridiculous. I also tried to compare it to a podcast client. A podcast client can play back any podcast without asking for permission, and there are tons of podcast directories.

    They’ll approve the application if I don’t use the directory and don’t have any Owncast servers directly available from the application, however. But I’m not willing to do that as that kind of defeats the point of the convenience.

    I contacted a handful of attorneys, and I was willing to fight this. I hoped if I could get an attorney to draft a document that explains, in legal terms, something that Apple’s legal team would understand it could be cleared up. But I haven’t been able to have a meaningful conversation with any of them, as none of them understand what I’m doing or aren’t interested in working with a non-corporate entity.

    So I think this is dead, killed by Apple. I tried to build something cool for you all, as a side project, to make viewing Owncast streams more convenient. It’s just not going to happen and I feel bad about it.
    In conversation Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 04:16:36 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink

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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 01:39:22 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    in reply to
    • Kit Rhett Aultman
    @roadriverrail I haven’t pulled the #OldGoth card yet. I’m holding on to my Goth youth as long as I can! But it’s only holding on by a thread. A little eyeliner and huge boots will keep me young.
    In conversation Wednesday, 18-Oct-2023 01:39:22 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 19:44:16 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    Got to see VNV Nation tonight. Always so cathartic when I get to see them live. Fantastic show.
    In conversation Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 19:44:16 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 03:21:01 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    An “AI powered smoothie” shop opened in SF. https://www.betterblends.ai/

    I want to write something funny. But I have nothing. The hustle bros have worn me down. And yes, I tried it. That’s how I know it’s a bunch of hustle bros. There’s nothing “AI” about this place. It’s just a web app where you select smoothie ingredients.
    In conversation Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 03:21:01 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink

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      BetterBlends - Bespoke AI Smoothie Nutrition
      BetterBlends crafts personalized smoothies based on your unique nutritional and dietary needs.Our AI model (a trained chef and nutrition scientist) talks with you and your nutrition data to create a delicious, nutritious, one-of-a-kind blend. Finally, a restaurant designed just for you.
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Sep-2023 18:00:04 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    • Changelog
    Just listened to the new @changelog episode about #opentf. A bunch of people band together, forked a major project, and found enough people who were interested in it existing and wanting to be involved.

    I wish this could happen with a browser.

    Sure, there's a ton of small indie browsers that are using forks of Gecko and Chromium. But I'm talking about a real organization. A real, open source first, nonprofit, who's job it is to build a browser for the people. No Google slipping in advertising features, no Mozilla taking money from Google, no Brave adding crypto. A browser from the people for the people, without corporate ownership and direct control.

    It's a pipe dream. But it's a hell of a dream. I'm sure it'd be hard, but I don't think it would be impossible. Everybody needs a browser. Why can't it be treated as a public good?
    In conversation Monday, 18-Sep-2023 18:00:04 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 13:03:33 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
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    • Kit Rhett Aultman
    @roadriverrail It's always the humans. Google lies when it tells you that the search results on the top are the most relevant, when really they're just promoted. A person wrote that software. A person writes all software. I understand you don't like the terminology, but I consider ChatGPT to be software like anything else. When this particular software is purposefully, slowly, quietly, manipulated via capitalism, people won't even realize it.
    In conversation Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 13:03:33 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 08:21:36 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
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    • Kit Rhett Aultman
    @roadriverrail But humans do, and humans have influence over software. Humans who pay other humans have even more influence.
    In conversation Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 08:21:36 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 08:12:49 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    If ChatGPT were to purposefully lie to you, would you know?
    In conversation Sunday, 17-Sep-2023 08:12:49 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:05:52 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
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    • Aral Balkan
    @aral I really like it! I previously was using a Vortex keyboard, and liked it, but I kind of wanted the flexibility of being able to use Bluetooth so I made the move to the Keychron. Brown switches. It also supports macOS out of the box without having to program and layers, so that was a plus too, since I will only be using it with a Mac.
    In conversation Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 07:05:52 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 06:41:33 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    Came in this weekend to setup my desk, since I needed to bring in adapters and cables and stuff. Feels good to have an actual workspace that’s not my apartment for the first time in years. I might have to add a tiny external HDMI monitor if I find myself wanting to do AppleTV development from here, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.
    In conversation Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 06:41:33 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink

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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 05:21:38 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I have a controversial web development opinion. Here it is.

    What you choose to write the backend in shouldn’t impact what libraries you choose to write the frontend in, and vice versa. Also, what you write the frontend or backend in shouldn’t impact where you can host your application.

    Crazy, I know.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 05:21:38 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:46:59 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
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    • Kit Rhett Aultman
    @roadriverrail Delete being an actual character in your password would be awesome.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:46:59 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:39:14 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    I had a rare occurrence where I needed to manually type in a password I had in my password manager. It took me a bit to realize the password *started* with a space. I mean, I guess there’s no reason it can’t. But I thought I was going crazy when I kept typing it in wrong.
    In conversation Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:39:14 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 07:04:42 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    Nothing is wrong, and it's no emergency, but I'm curious if anybody in my Fediverse circle is in a place to offer Owncast some legal advice.

    Alternatively, can anybody recommend any online options that work on an open source budget that would be able to answer specific questions on an as-needed basis?

    I'm in the US (California) and Owncast is... on the internet? Nowhere? Everywhere? I don't know.
    In conversation Monday, 14-Aug-2023 07:04:42 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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    Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 06:21:46 JST Gabe Kangas Gabe Kangas
    Idea: A "Switch from Gmail day". An annual day that is dedicated to moving your email from being Google-owned to another, better, email provider.

    It could have branding, and documentation on how to switch, and during that day people would go out of their way to really be helpful in guiding people to switch.

    Switching away from Gmail seems like a tough thing for people, so I'd really love to normalize it. This is an important part of taking the internet back from big tech. Since moving email providers falls under "someday/maybe" list for many people, I think seeing other people might make the plunge would encourage others to do so, too.

    What do you think?
    In conversation Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 06:21:46 JST from social.gabekangas.com permalink
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