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• On the post: Small Cafe Changes Its Name Due To Having Spanish Word For ‘Coffee’ In Its Name

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 16 May, 2023 @ 07:59am

  Caution! Caution!

  I mean the word "CAUTION" is trademarked by a troll who allegedly does nothing with it but sit back and file lawsuits. (This I learned back when Cafepress suddenly pulled every "caution" design off the platform.) Trademark, patent, and copyright trolls are terrible people.

• On the post: Adult Content Industry Sues Utah Over Porn Law

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 10 May, 2023 @ 09:36am

  My face? Leopards? What?

  It's almost cute, the way GOPers are so shocked when their agenda backfires so spectacularly. I cannot wait to witness the long-term effects of denying porn to one of the biggest porn-consuming states in the nation (if not the biggest). If Utah ever makes antidepressants this hard to get (biiiiig users there), the whole state will implode. P.S. Kudos to Pornhub's lawyers for using the word "myriad" correctly.

• On the post: As Congress Rushes To Force Websites To Age Verify Users, Its Own Think Tank Warns There Are Serious Pitfalls

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 06 May, 2023 @ 07:48am

  Oh, they might...

  ...if Disney v. DeSantis ever gets there.

• On the post: How Bluesky’s Invite Tree Could Become A Tool To Create Better Social Norms Online

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 06 May, 2023 @ 07:33am

  It can't stay nice at scale.

  As someone who used to manage several small online communities myself (BBSs, mailing lists, discussion forums), I learned the hard way that people crave conflict. But then, I may just be spewing sour grapes here because I don't know anyone who can invite me to join Bluesky. It's starting to strike me as not safe so much as elitist -- which may very well be deliberate just to generate excitement, but it's going to backfire if they don't kick open the doors soon. (That's something else to consider: resentment from the hoi polloi; waiting lists piss people off -- even nice people.)

• On the post: Six Months In: Thoughts On The Current Post-Twitter Diaspora Options

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2023 @ 08:34am

  nostr?

  Who chose the name nostr? I know it kinda sounds like "noster" (Latin), but every time I see it, I'm compelled to silently append "il" to the end. And why not a Nostril social media site? Instead of tweets, people can send snots.

• On the post: Netflix To End DVD Rentals As Streaming Fails To Live Up To Its Full Potential

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2023 @ 06:59am

  Cool.

  Then give me any and all your DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, cassette tapes, vinyl LPs... I love physical media, and if you don't care for it, I'll gladly take it all off your hands. I won't even charge you for the removal service.

• On the post: Elon Musk Blocks Likes And Replies To Tweets That Link To Substack In A Pique Of Pettiness

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2023 @ 08:37am

  You took the thought...

  ...right out of my head. I was just about to make the comparison to Greenwald -- and how I too was bamboozled for years. Either they're opportunistic hucksters whose "values" sway with the wind, or each went through something (traumatic?) to turn him into the, uh... let's just say the man he is today.

• On the post: Elon Musk Blocks Likes And Replies To Tweets That Link To Substack In A Pique Of Pettiness

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2023 @ 08:30am

  Not yet, but...

  ...no doubt Taibbi will keep digging through the manure looking for one.

• On the post: Everything Stadia Is Now Officially Dead, Project Head Exits Google

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2023 @ 07:59am

  Crap marketing.

  I don't think many people knew what Stadia even was at first. Originally sounded to me like it had something to do with live sports.

• On the post: Without Verification, What Is The Point Of Elon Musk’s Twitter?

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2023 @ 07:11am

  If Musk ever apologized for anything...

  ...or ever said he was wrong about something, the entire news cycle would come to a dead stop.

• On the post: Midjourney CEO Says ‘Political Satire In China Is Pretty Not Okay,’ But Apparently Silencing Satire About Xi Jinping Is Pretty Okay

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2023 @ 03:42pm

  I've spent many hours experimenting...

  ...with multiple image generators, except one: Midjourney, because the five tiny credits (I think it's five; correct me if I'm wrong) it bestowed on free users once and once only made me want to reserve my credits until I'd readied the greatest prompt in the world. I never got the chance before being shut out. But over the past 24 hours, since reading at least three different "official" reasons Midjourney is now pay-to-play only, and after this latest boner from Holz, I'm kind of glad I didn't invest the time and effort.

• On the post: Winnie The Pooh Escapes Copyright Hell, Grabs Some Weapons, And Immediately Gets Kicked Out Of Hong Kong

  

  jarocats ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2023 @ 09:46am

  Most enjoyable writing

  The first paragraph of this piece is among the very best I've read lately. The topper is the reference to "Cher's ex-husband." Perfect.