@molly0xfff @ben @dangillmor Stack Overflow's conduct...

@molly0xfff @ben @dangillmor Stack Overflow's conduct and handling of the situation is atrocious. I support protesting/pressuring SO but deleting answers is only detrimental to real humans looking for help via search engines. SO has backups/edit-caches that OpenAI will consume, deleting makes that data exclusive to the "AI".

Adding a protest message to answers and directing users to community forums/spaces outside of walled gardens is more effective.

More nuance here: https://shom.dev/posts/20240507_enshittification-protests-beget-more-enshittification/

Like 8 May at 21:39 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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mike805

@shom @molly0xfff @ben @dangillmor Ever heard of low-background steel? Various instruments are made out of world war 2 and earlier battleship steel, some recovered from the bottom of the ocean, because all post-1945 steel is radioactive.

Pre-2023 Internet content is going to be a precious resource like low-background steel someday, the way things are going. Archives will be valuable, especially if one has the legal right to use them. (Although that will NOT deter people, they will obfuscate.)

8 May at 23:58 | Open on noc.social

shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚

@mike805 that's a great analogy. archive.org has always been an invaluable resource, it's a real treasure now.
@molly0xfff @ben @dangillmor

9 May at 0:07 | Open on fosstodon.org

argv minus one

@mike805

Low-background steel is only needed in a few specific applications, like radiation detectors. For everything else, regular post-nuclear steel is fine.

“AI” slop, on the other hand, is good for almost nothing.

@shom @molly0xfff @ben @dangillmor

9 May at 7:24 | Open on mstdn.party