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- https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#suse-linux-64
- https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#arachne-on-dos
- https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#suse-linux-64
- https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html#arachne-on-dos
Source: https://mastodon.social/@islieb/114635884398567253
Source: https://mastodon.social/@islieb/114635884398567253
“Should I use GPL, which I don’t really understand? Is that worth it? Yeah, there is a *theoretical possibility* that some company might use my code in their proprietary product … and then what? Should I sue them to enforce the GPL? I’m not going to do that anyway, so I’ll just use the MIT license.”
And now we have those LLM scrapers and now it’s suddenly *a reality* that these companies (ab)use my code. I can see it in my logs. I didn’t expect that back then.
GPL wouldn’t help, either, of course. (Regardless, I now think that GPL would have been the better choice anyway.)
I’m honestly considering taking my code and website offline. Maybe make it accessible through some obscure protocol like Gopher or Gemini, but no more HTTP.
(Yes, Anubis might help. Temporarily.)
I’m just tired.
“Should I use GPL, which I don’t really understand? Is that worth it? Yeah, there is a *theoretical possibility* that some company might use my code in their proprietary product … and then what? Should I sue them to enforce the GPL? I’m not going to do that anyway, so I’ll just use the MIT license.”
And now we have those LLM scrapers and now it’s suddenly *a reality* that these companies (ab)use my code. I can see it in my logs. I didn’t expect that back then.
GPL wouldn’t help, either, of course. (Regardless, I now think that GPL would have been the better choice anyway.)
I’m honestly considering taking my code and website offline. Maybe make it accessible through some obscure protocol like Gopher or Gemini, but no more HTTP.
(Yes, Anubis might help. Temporarily.)
I’m just tired.
https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html
https://www.uninformativ.de/blog/postings/2025-05-31/0/POSTING-en.html
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I still have one of my first modems, a Creatix LC 144 VF:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/a.jpg)
I *think* this was the modem that I used when I first connected to the internet, but I’m not sure.
I plugged it in again and it still works:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/0.jpg)
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/1.jpg)
The firmware appears to be from 1994, which sounds about right. I don’t think we had internet access before that. We certainly did use local mailboxes, though. (Or BBS’s, as you might call them.)
I now want to actually use that modem again. For the moment, I can only use a phone to dial into it, I lack a second modem to actually establish a connection. Here’s a video:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/call3%2Dre.mp4)
Not spectacular, but the modem does answer after me entering `ATA`.
I bought another cheap old modem on eBay and am now waiting for it to arrive. Once it’s here, I want to simulate an actual dial-up session, hopefully from OS/2 or Windows 3.x.
I still have one of my first modems, a Creatix LC 144 VF:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/a.jpg)
I *think* this was the modem that I used when I first connected to the internet, but I’m not sure.
I plugged it in again and it still works:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/0.jpg)
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/1.jpg)
The firmware appears to be from 1994, which sounds about right. I don’t think we had internet access before that. We certainly did use local mailboxes, though. (Or BBS’s, as you might call them.)
I now want to actually use that modem again. For the moment, I can only use a phone to dial into it, I lack a second modem to actually establish a connection. Here’s a video:
[](https://movq.de/v/37e694fdfd/call3%2Dre.mp4)
Not spectacular, but the modem does answer after me entering `ATA`.
I bought another cheap old modem on eBay and am now waiting for it to arrive. Once it’s here, I want to simulate an actual dial-up session, hopefully from OS/2 or Windows 3.x.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7LYCERDnX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7LYCERDnX4
> The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I make organically can compete with what AI already produces—or soon will.
This is like saying it’s pointless to make music yourself because some professional player/audio engineer does a better job. Really, there’s always someone or something that’s better than you at a particular job.
If we focus too much on “competition”, then yes, you can just stop doing anything. I don’t know how common this mindset is, especially among artists or creative people. 🤔 I would have assumed that many writers, for example, simply enjoy the process of writing. Am I being too naive once more? 🤣
> The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I make organically can compete with what AI already produces—or soon will.
This is like saying it’s pointless to make music yourself because some professional player/audio engineer does a better job. Really, there’s always someone or something that’s better than you at a particular job.
If we focus too much on “competition”, then yes, you can just stop doing anything. I don’t know how common this mindset is, especially among artists or creative people. 🤔 I would have assumed that many writers, for example, simply enjoy the process of writing. Am I being too naive once more? 🤣
> Your future doctor is using ChatGPT to pass medical school, so you better start riding a bike and eating healthy now.
😨😨😨
https://infosec.exchange/@duanegran/114531604486731084
> Your future doctor is using ChatGPT to pass medical school, so you better start riding a bike and eating healthy now.
😨😨😨
https://infosec.exchange/@duanegran/114531604486731084
Und es sollten sich die Wolken teilen, um über ihnen nimmer endende Irrungen und Wirrungen an bovinem Fäkal und fremdgetriebener Lethargie zu erbrechen, auf dass sie zu erkennen gezwungen wären, welche Urkraft der irrealen Zusammenkunft letztlich Herrschaft über sie darstellen sollte: 𝕯𝖆𝖘 𝕭𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖓.
So zogen sie alsbald hin, zu tun wie ihnen geheißen, wohlgleich sie – diesem Schauerspiel trotzend – Trost suchten im einzigen ihnen sicher geglaubten Elixir, das dem Abgrund unter ihnen gleichend tiefschwarz glitzernd Erlösung oder mithin als Mindestmaß Linderung versprach, lag jenes doch in unmittelbarer Nähe befindlich hoffnungsschürend bereit:
K̸͓͙͖̥͗͛ä̷̯̼̤͔̈́f̵̧̿̋͒̈f̷̫̝̖̾̓c̸̛͔̀ḣ̶̳͋̓͊ë̷̫̟́͜͝͝n̵̨̳̬̒?̴̩̈́̄ ☕
Und es sollten sich die Wolken teilen, um über ihnen nimmer endende Irrungen und Wirrungen an bovinem Fäkal und fremdgetriebener Lethargie zu erbrechen, auf dass sie zu erkennen gezwungen wären, welche Urkraft der irrealen Zusammenkunft letztlich Herrschaft über sie darstellen sollte: 𝕯𝖆𝖘 𝕭𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖓.
So zogen sie alsbald hin, zu tun wie ihnen geheißen, wohlgleich sie – diesem Schauerspiel trotzend – Trost suchten im einzigen ihnen sicher geglaubten Elixir, das dem Abgrund unter ihnen gleichend tiefschwarz glitzernd Erlösung oder mithin als Mindestmaß Linderung versprach, lag jenes doch in unmittelbarer Nähe befindlich hoffnungsschürend bereit:
K̸͓͙͖̥͗͛ä̷̯̼̤͔̈́f̵̧̿̋͒̈f̷̫̝̖̾̓c̸̛͔̀ḣ̶̳͋̓͊ë̷̫̟́͜͝͝n̵̨̳̬̒?̴̩̈́̄ ☕
https://movq.de/v/bfd455ecfe/tux1.jpg
I have another one on my keychain and a small one in the car. And this little guy is probably hard to spot in the photo, because he’s just 1cm tall:
https://movq.de/v/bfd455ecfe/tux2.jpg
https://movq.de/v/bfd455ecfe/tux1.jpg
I have another one on my keychain and a small one in the car. And this little guy is probably hard to spot in the photo, because he’s just 1cm tall:
https://movq.de/v/bfd455ecfe/tux2.jpg