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Reorg 3.1

https://www.battleforlibraries.com/

A number of people have come out of the woodwork to ask me how they can "Help" the Internet Archive.

3 years ago, I wrote an essay about that. It holds up nicely:

http://blog.archive.org/2020/06/14/how-can-you-help-the-internet-archive/

Version 5 of Midjourney's commercial AI image-synthesis service can produce photorealistic images at a quality level that some AI art fans are calling creepy and "too perfect." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/ai-imager-midjourney-v5-stuns-with-photorealistic-images-and-5-fingered-hands/?utm_brand=ars

📸: @juliewdesign_

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Original tweet : https://nitter.it/arstechnica/status/1637216873635889153

Today is a sad day JetNet bought ADSBExchange. The data source for ElonJet/bots not to worry as other networks will be coming up. If you feed ADSBexchange we encourage you to stop feeding. ADSBExchange was founded on the principles of hobbyists community not for profit PE firms. https://www.jetnet.com/news/jetnet-acquires-ads-b-exchange.html

We have a mobile phone and DSLR that can zoom on Moon and get Crystal clear pics. Yet, when it comes to UFOs (or stupid balloons), we still get blurry images and videos. For once in my lifetime, I would like to see something clear and not blurry image/video. Is that too much to ask?

@rtyler YESSSSSSS lean into it

I took a wrong turn somewhere today and now I'm pondering ways to use SQLite on S3 for bad ideas.

https://github.com/uktrade/sqlite-s3vfs

Biden's #SOTU tech priorities focused on #antitrust and #privacy legislation. Here he calls for the passage of legislation to crack down on self-preferencing, like #AICOA. More context here: https://time.com/6253755/biden-big-tech-state-of-the-union-2023/

For all non-developers: access to friend-finding tools cannot be assumed to last until the February 9th deadline. So use them while you still can.

Tools that are currently still available that help you find your Twitter friends:

https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
https://twitodon.com/

If you're looking for more context what this is all about, you can find that in my weekly newsletter: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-fediverse-ep-4

Getting started back up working on some Janky code for the afternoon!

I hope you'll come hang out a bit

https://twitch.tv/agentdero

The lead attorney for GitHub arguing that #Copilot using #OpenSource is fair use following precedent from #Oracle Vs #Google is Annette Hurst, who represented Oracle and personally argued against the verdict in public on Twitter.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-microsoft-want-court-toss-lawsuit-accusing-them-abusing-open-source-code-2023-01-27/