Notices by Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud ) (blenderdumbass@mastodon.online)

News #Microsoft decided to make #Windows finally #libre after all these years.

So I think I will be moving to Windows now to try it out.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/windows?is=open_source

#software #gnu #linux #freesoftware #opensource

From: blenderdumbass . org

It is estimated that by 2030 the child-surveillance industry will grow to $500 billion. An industry that capitalizes on bogus fears and causes anxiety in parents and children ( for different reasons ). And an industry that is both directly and indirectly causing the privacy nightmare that we are experiencing. On many levels...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/_500_billion_industry_that_causes_not_only_the_loss_of_freedom_but_also_increases_anxiety

#privacy #surveillance #freedom #philosophy #kids #letgrow #freerangekids #paternalism #MentalHealth

@Suiseiseki And there is the average fediverse user thinking: What is LLVM? What is GCC? Hm... lol

@Suiseiseki @samurro They have laws for software that does the tax accounting. To be approved by the state. Or something.

@Suiseiseki @samurro Do you know if this is legal in Israel?

@Suiseiseki @samurro If people anywhere just wanted to use CivicCRM, how easy would that be? Because that is technically very important.

@samurro Apparently it is so hard to make payment processing legally. I know FSF managed to make a libre payment processing thing on their store.

@killyourfm To be honest, it doesn't matter where at microsoft the lad works.

@Suiseiseki For example with RMS. It seems like he is not limiting his thoughts and therefor has a high level on neuroplasticity in whatever age he is.

Imagine hearing from somebody that people like you are a myth and do not exist.

@ct_bergstrom This is multi-threading. Not AI.

Is it possible that adults have lower #neuroplasticity because of the taboos? Restriction on thought and what ideas can be explored teach kids to ask fewer questions resulting in their brains drying out by adulthood. Could that be the case?

Is that a #theory ?

#science #neuroscience #politics #freespeech #psychology #kids #ageism

Mine is Effor Delegitimizer ( I cannot vote on my own polls for some reason ). Plagiarism doesn't bother me much. I don't believe in IP. I believe copyright violates human rights.

And I don't think it will always be stupid. So no Bullshit Generator for long.

Yet I do really take it personally when people tell me that the art I do is worthless because it could be done easier and cheaper with some algorithm. Effort matters.

( This is also why I think denoisers are fine )

@Suiseiseki @SuperDicq @privateger Those are some interesting things to try to develop into a browser, actually.

From: blenderdumbass . org

I don't think you think of Science Fiction often when thinking about Lars Von Trier. Yet, his 2011 masterpiece Melancholia is one of, if not the best, science fiction film(s) ever.

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/melancholia_is_the_best_science_fiction_film_ever

#melancholia #depression #mentalhealth #film #movies #cinemastodon #sciencefiction #scifi #larsvontrier #review #KirstenDunst #BradyCorbet #TheBrutalist

From: blenderdumbass . org

I shall complain a little bit on a stance from EFF and how I think they should be pushing harder. Not so long ago Australia decided to ban any platform where users can upload things, to anybody who is younger than 16 years. This is an ageist, paternalistic atrocity and has to be fought with viciousness. Yet EFF seem to only understand the ...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/eff_is_not_opposing_age_verification_hard_enough

#EFF #Australia #Ageism #Paternalism #AgeVerification #SocialMedia #Privacy #Freedom

@marcioaleks What do the Chinese characters say?

@SuperDicq I never got the hate. So what that it violates Unix philosophy? GNU's not Unix!

@stefan Wait. It isn't the norm?

@Suiseiseki Also sometimes you want to avoid bursts of norephinephoria in people. So you choose words that triggers them less, to then slowly and carefully make them reconsider.