It's not hypocrisy for free software ppl to disregard copyright by sharing. Remember, copyleft & GPL are not the end goal. The end goal is abolishing software ownership. Copyleft is merely a transitional tool,turning instruments of oppression against the oppressors of the commons
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
The final pretense that there exists a "rules-based order" collapsed with the decision of the governments of the US, France, and Germany to excuse a genocide rather than inconvenience an ally.
A mortifying spectacle that not even history will forgive.
Since changing between spaces in Linear Algebra can be quite confusing, I just made this thing: Space Conversions 101. Nothing fancy, I just tweet it in case it is useful to someone.
This video produced for the Hubble travelling exhibition Our Place in Space in 2017, zooms from Venice out through the Solar System, the Milky Way, the Local Group and into the cosmic web. And if you're feeling very small, that was the intent [full video: https://t.co/LoAe0g5CGp]
Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit on board the International Space Station. He didn't tell anyone about it. One day, without anyone knowing, he put it on. (source: Reddit)