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Joyless scolds aren’t new. They dont have a point. They will always show up when somebody is having fun so they can take that away. It’s a weird antisocial behavior and we shouldn’t give them the w

People who aren’t using AI to code at this point are delusional or lying, trying to ride a horse down the highway and backing up the traffic instead of asking “what can we do to make cars safer and electric.” They have no ethical high ground

Everything about the AI industry is theft. Of IP, of energy, of resources. Nt sure how you mistook the bottom rung of the ethical ladder for the top...

I am disgustingly straight-laced about buying my shit. I will de-drm things, but not to distribute. But still, good point well made. I would say that not everything about me is theft, so I'm still ahead. Hit me again.

regardless he’s actively engaging in content theft from websites by blocking ads:

Floon@hteasley.bsky.social

#Web #Ads #AdBlocker So a website I occasionally visit has changed its behavior, and now goes blank every few seconds and summons a "Please allow ads" dialog. Dismiss the dialog and you can see the page for another five seconds before it blanks again. So I deleted the bookmark. /1

Read the whole thread for a true representation of what I said: the internet advertising industry is itself based on massive theft, and as I point out, websites can and do block people with ad blockers, so if you let me see your site, it cannot be theft.