Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 80

If even the staff of Software Freedom @conservancy are struggling to be software freedom purists, who am I to think I can sustain it?
http://faif.us/cast/2019/feb/19/0x61/

So having convinced a bunch of my family and friends to set up accounts on Wire and install it, I may have lost the main thing that made it attractive (a #FreeCode desktop client for 32-bit GNU/ Linux where voice calls work properly). At what point do I just give up on trying to be a #SoftwareFreedom purist, and buy a 2nd-hand MacBook for comms (and video editing, and ... and ... and ...) :(

Because of #Electron abandoning support for 32-bit PCs, this bug in #Wire is unlikely to be fixed, and I may have to give up on trying to use the Wire desktop client on my 32-bit laptop:
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop/issues/2038

Yet another reason not to use #Electron as a shortcut for cross-platform apps:
https://electronjs.org/blog/linux-32bit-support

Also, artists and creators of all kinds get ripped off by the media industries far more than they get ripped off by people giving away gratis copies of their work online. A classic essay on this:
https://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=17

Respect for #ARRcopyright has never been a solution. What's needed is platforms like #crowdfunding and #BandCamp that allows fans to support the artists whose work they enjoy (more) directly.

"We are trying to find a middle ground, that we are calling ‘temporary copyright.’ Since we fall into the category of artists for this film, we are asking everybody to delay ripping this film. Allow us about 2 years of revenue, then let the world take the film."
http://commonsfilm.com/fair-use-creative-commons-and-this-film/

If you think people will respect that, why not just apply a #CC license right away, and just ask viewers to pay for a download, or buy a DVD or some other merch, or contribute to #crowdfunding the next film?

"Ripping their works robs the artists of what they need. Not Big Media profit: I mean the real-life person that made a creative contribution, i.e. the artist themselves. Did they get compensated when their work was ripped?"
http://commonsfilm.com/fair-use-creative-commons-and-this-film/

Did they get compensation when their work wasn't "ripped", and just didn't get seen/ heard by people who can't afford to pay? Did they get compensation when those people didn't get inspired to pass on their work, to people they know can afford to?

"The #Commons is a #documentary film about communities all over the world re-asserting sustainable, responsible futures using ancient Commons principles ...

Five years in the making, we listened as 49 communities in the Americas, Europe and south Asia told us what has made their Commons work over the centuries. In the face of commodification and privatization, when everything seems to have a dollar value, Commoners are now saying, we’re taking a new path forward…":
http://commonsfilm.com/

Anyone know how to get a link to a list of posts using a certain hashtag on a Mastodon instance, one that can be viewed by anyone without logging in?

"He said the union supported their striking colleagues but it would be naive to say the formation of the SToNZ union had not influenced the dynamics between unions and district health boards."
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/380215/district-health-boards-reject-claims-made-by-striking-doctors-union

Dude, crossing the picket line during a strike is not "supporting", it's scabbing. Whatever happened to "an injury to one is an injury to all"?

@Wolf480pl for sure, it would be a matter of marking them as "you don't have to store this for more than X (unless you want to". The feature is intended for the kind of ephemeral banter that nobody is going to look for later or miss, but it could be implemented in such a way that getting a reply cancels the self-destruct. Or the text could be replaced with a short message like "ex-parrot", keeping threads intact, but still reducing storage burden Would be particularly useful for images.

@jackolas reform doesn't always work like that. Look at drug law reform. Full decriminalization of all drugs, for all purposes, is the only ethical option. But medical cannabis reform was still a step forward, and so is recreational cannabis reform. Sometimes you have to move a complicated debate forward in a series of steps.

@jonne yes, it was an honest (if rhetorical question). I'm arguing that it's fine for two (or more) consenting adults to have sex, and it makes no difference whether or not there is an exchange of money (or dinner, or a ring, or whatever) involved. Do you disagree? If so, why?

@manicphase thanks, found that, see:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/101688178526496380

Not sure how #RSS feeds fit in here. PT uses #WebTorrent to allow users watching in a browser to seed videos to each other (or users with a WT-capable desktop client), and uses #WebSeeds to allow users to download videos using a normal BT client. My understanding is that if I download from a webseed, and leave the torrent seeding, subsequent downloaders can download from me as well as the webseed, but I could be wrong.

@craigmaloney genuinely confused, not trying to be difficult, but fair enough :)

"[Microsoft] writes software, you pay to test it for them. Pretty simple business model"
https://discussion.theguardian.com/comment-permalink/116632481

@craigmaloney I think we're talking past each other. I agree with everything you're saying. I just can't see how it negates what I said here:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/101442196792924906

... and here:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/101686028153672724

Again, it all seems quite consistent to me. What am I missing?

@danjones this might help:
https://indieweb.org/ActivityPub

I agree that socialhub.network is a good place to ask too. Folks are trying to build up a knowledge base about AP implementation, and standardize extensions not specified in AP for federating things like events (eg #Mobilizon), video streaming (eg #PeerTube), and so on
@humanetech

@fitheach ummm ... ;-P

@wolfcoder that's lovely, and given that you want to be cited, only sensible. But imagine the amount of correspondence that paper authors would be drowned in, if we had to ask and give copies of papers any time someone wanted to read one! #CC licenses were created precisely to avoid this redundant workload.