Brewchin

FTA: After being told no, Anthropic are suggesting, with a straight face, use of robots.txt to let them know what they can and cannot slurp for free. The same file that has existed for many years and which, famously, has been ignored by their crawlers from the very beginning.

“Okay, so your front door is locked. But have you considered leaving a key under the mat? Just in case…” 🙄

This is profoundly… meaningless?

“Data centres bad”… does it factor in anything beyond popular perception? Sounds like it’s just “tell me your ‘feelings’ about…” Fuck off.

Yeah, it’s a URL. If you can’t be bothered to put it into context for your audience, why should anyone bother to click it?

Can’t speak for the person you’re replying to, but I always check the F-Droid repository first, too… but not using the F-Droid app because it’s been a sub-par choice for years.

Droid-ify is what I use, but there are others. Many include/allow other FOSS repos and have additional useful features.

“Does this appliance have networking, require an app, or have a firmware update feature?” should not be a question required before the purchase of virtually anything, let alone something for the kitchen.

Unless you’re an influencer or deranged, in which case: carry on. I’m not going to kink shame you.

Plenty of countries out there. Surprised he’s not tried that yet. After all, many countries have their own names that English speaking world don’t use.

Though it’s probably on the list he pulls out whenever he needs the media and internet distracted for a media cycle. Works every time.

To save a click, the first paragraph gives the name and the reason:

The space publication Space Daily, which has been operating for over three decades, has become an unrecognizable shell of its former self after a company called Brown Brothers Media bought it and turned it into a content mill that pumps out misleading and badly sourced AI slop.

Classic modern tech company formula. If any records or targets are broken, mass layoffs must happen.

I think MBA schools have forgotten the golden rule of economics: you get what you incentivise for. Guaranteed unemployment isn’t it.