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Cake day: September 27th, 2025

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  • I’m not sure the law is as settled as you’re making it out to be here… We’re still watching a lot of these questions slowly trickle up the courts.

    In my opinion, the idea that someone can feed a bunch of unlicensed copyrighted material as input into a generative AI meat grinder and produce public domain outputs doesn’t really pass the smell test to me.

    For example, could I take use an LLM trained on GPL code to rewrite Linux in a legally distinct way, and then treat it as permissive or proprietary code after minor modifications? Likewise, can you train an LLM on someone else’s proprietary code and rewrite it as a GPL program?

    This sort of copyright/license laundering seems like an existential threat to the way that copyleft FOSS has existed for decades. I think it makes a lot of sense to be extremely cautious and skeptical of AI-generated code submissions.

    Edit: I also want to point out that the issue of whether or not it can be considered “fair use” to train generative AI models on unlicensed copyrighted works is very much an open question. If it was determined that it isn’t always fair use, then I don’t know what that might mean for many of the existing models that have been trained that way, or the outputs that they produce.







  • This stock market is so unbelievably detached from reality it’s not even funny anymore. It’s all “meme stocks”.

    At least back in the day there was the thinnest guise of this stuff having some semblance of a connection to the ground-level economics of business. (You know, old fashioned stuff like employing people to make products and selling them for a profit.) My parents generation could at least be forgiven for believing that it was driven by serious people making logical decisions about money…

    But today it’s just so clearly based on vibes, algorithms, hype, and an unhealthy dose of total randomness that you might as well get into cryptocurrency or take your paycheck to the casino.

    The whole thing stinks. It’s like one giant ponzi scheme fueled by ketamine and hopium.



  • Definitely. This isn’t about physical “cash”, this is about all liquidity across cash, checking and savings accounts. From the survey itself:

    Most have little to no cushion. 14% of Americans have no cash savings, including 32% of those earning less than $30,000 a year, 20% of women and 16% of Gen Zers. Additionally, another 32% have some savings but less than $1,000. Almost half (45%) wouldn’t be able to cover more than a month of essentials if their income stopped, while just 21% could cover essentials for more than six months.

    Almost half of Americans are a couple paychecks away from homelessness. It’s dire.



  • For me, it’s gotta be none other than Cowboy Bebop!

    • It’s a fantastic sci-fi series that’s gritty and realistic without taking itself too seriously.
    • The world-building is top notch, the cast of characters are extremely likeable, and the dialogue is memorable.
    • It’s truly got something for everyone–kung fu, gunplay, ship battles, western, noir, comedic moments, drama, supernatural elements, immaculate vibes, etc.
    • One of the best soundtracks of any show ever, famous for “jazz” but actually mixing a wide variety of genres and styles.
    • Some of the best cel animation and painted backgrounds from the legendary studio Sunrise, with tasteful uses of early CG.
    • Only 26 half-hour episodes, plus one optional film and one optional bonus episode.
    • Mixes stand-alone episodes with a extremely satisfying longer story arc that will certainly leave you feeling something.
    • Good performances in both the native Japanese, as well as the stellar English dub that was ahead of its time.

    Cowboy Bebop seems to be the anime that transcends the genre more than almost anything else, and appeals to people even if they don’t typically gel with more tropey anime. I really think that Bebop is a triumph of the medium and one of the best television shows period, so I really can’t recommend it enough to everyone!