Some people genuinely have a problem with it.

But I’m convinced that the majority of it is just: It’s embarrassing (and therefore costs social capital) to defend it.

So therefore: If you attach it to something else you want to attack, you just gave yourself a strategic advantage.

.git-blame-ignore-revs

When I was a teen or young adult, I had to get into a deeply philosophical mood before I would think to myself “Wow… what are we even doing? Why are we like this?”

Now, I just glance at headlines or business ideas and I’m quickly overcome with revulsion.

I’m not sure if I’ve gotten more critical, or if the world has just devolved so thoroughly.

Soooo, programming?

1. Full English so you understand and trust the output
2. Terse English to increase bandwidth <- you are here
3. A “native language” optimized for LLMs, similar to the language of the whispering earring

A lot of it probably isn’t legal, but who’s gonna prosecute them?

Wow, it sure would suck if someone used Github to copy all of your code with no regard for the licensing and use it to try to disconnect you from the people who use your projects. I can’t imagine what that would feel like.

inb4 clean-roomed FOSS Claude Code

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Lmao

I agree with Prime on most things, but I think he’s getting this one wrong.

There are more options than just “light-hearted satire” and “earnest business idea”.

The FOSDEM talk is silly, and reads like a skit, but it has a gravely serious undertone.

The security guy has posted on Twitter “I still can’t believe he hooked it up to Stripe lol”.

Meanwhile the LinkedIn of the other guy describes him as a “researcher of political economy of FOSS” at Rochester Institute of Technology, and he runs a non-profit about FOSS for humanitarian aid.

He’s also been very active replying to people talking about the conference talk or the Malus site, asking whether they think this should be legal and what we can do to protect the future of open source.

I think these are people who take this threat very seriously, and are willing to expose themselves to litigation in order to force the issue into courts.

Only took them six paragraphs to pivot to the good ol “imagine the US is like your household…” fallacy.

Yeah no shit

Surprised to see so many objections in that HN thread. Or are those Meta bots?

I avoid the potential presence of ads.

I recall seeing some research that suggested “ignoring” ads makes you more susceptible to their content. I couldn’t find it after a couple searches though.

No, it was giant radioactive ants.

But now I am actually not sure if what I saw was Them! or Matinee (which features a film that very well may be based on Them!)

Saw “Them!” when I was like 6. That was pretty bad.

And then Starship Troopers when I was like 10. That one really got me.

Huh. Never thought about how they’re both bug movies.

Prediction market advocates said they would make the hidden knowledge of crowds more visible.

What they actually did was build a financial incentive for information asymmetry.

Idk if yall have noticed, but the last thing we need in 2026 is another thing trying to manipulate what people believe.

One box

That’s a high-quality essay.

Only 100 hours?