Notices by Alex Schroeder 🐝 (kensanata@octodon.social), page 27

@linkskywalker Oh man, this is so bad…

@linkskywalker 😳

@algernon I like the word “caremad”. 😀

I’ve used the Morrowind soundtrack for one of my longer D&D campaigns so it’s burned into my audio memory. 😅

Played #Morrowind for a bit. Talked to some people, killed a mud crab, killed one of those weirdo ant workers, ran out of a dungeon, took a ride to Balmora, joined the spy network (I guess?). Playing a Dunmer Warrior. I’m not quite convinced that playing as a Thief or Mage or one of the gazillion other classes actually works. What’s your experience: does it? And wow does it look weird but also very old compared to Oblivion and Skyrim on the Xbox360. Love the music, though.

Drinking Yame Cha, eating ice-cream from the local ice cream people, and setting up the old Xbox (the first one) with Morrowind, and Knights of the Old Republic II. #tea

Playing #Skyrim music while reading and eating and coding and now I want to travel through Skyrim and look at those winter colors.

@selea I'm sure Sweden is part of the PCT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty
Sadly, the German Wikipedia pages don't link to Swedish translation.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopatent
says the EPA has been granting paptents on plants since 1989.

And for some legal context:

Short → https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/plant-patents.html

Official → https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/patent-basics/types-patent-applications/general-information-about-35-usc-161

@selea For example https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/plant-patents.html for some background

@selea https://chaos.social/@pinkprius/101539456787704847
Well, patents on plants have been possible for a long time. It just took a long time to reach the house plant market.

That post on the shitty houseplant patent would be https://chaos.social/@pinkprius/101539456787704847 by @pinkprius

As an antidote against the shitty US Patent protection of house plants, here’s another picture of our #Hippeastrum corner. Currently blooming in that large pot: 15. About to open: 3 more.
But please don’t forget to speak up against and vote against intellectual property everywhere: copyright and patent is overreaching and overreacting every day. It is never in our best interest.
#copyright #patents #photography

@poetgrant @ekaitz_zarraga I just search for “in praise of systems” and find lots of blog post defending systemd. Luckily I don’t have to make the decisions. 😀

@bobstechsite Same here. 👍 specially on the server!