Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
Esme Povirk
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It hit me this morning that often what I find frustrating in discussions around "intellectual property", piracy, large datasets for training things like CLIP, &c. is that IP is a really really poor substitute for actually useful conversations around consent and respect
Like Elsevier asking me to "pwease no steal uwu" about journal articles is very different than, like, an individual selling self-published books on the side saying "hey I need this money to pay rent, so please purchase it legit"
An artist saying "hey I don't like for-profit companies building generators from my work that I posted to deviant art" is very different than Disney cracking down on people making shit with characters they "own".
Someone saying "hey this is really personal work, I don't really want it passed around and edited without my consent" is not the same as pebbleyeet getting mad at anti-fash edits of his comics.
IP is bullshit but that doesn't mean we have to take unnuanced all-or-nothing approaches to things.
That would be like saying if you want to support squatters taking over an airbnb then you can't have a lock on your bathroom door: it's conflating such wildly different things that it's a little silly.
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environmentalism
I've been settling on a stance of: I will conserve when it's convenient, and not worry when it's not. If my individual efforts don't actually matter, I should save my effort for other things.
One exception: I think that supporting alternatives, when available, does actually help, not because of the direct effects but because it helps them scale up.
Thinking about plural representation and how fantasy conceptions of magic and telepathy are so similar to how we actually function.
People with aphantasia are the real Third Eye Blind.
Esme Povirk
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Huh, I wonder what [thing] is. *searches online*
*opens article*
*article is actually a video*
WELP, guess I'll never know! *closes tab*
Esme Povirk
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twitch, transphobia, ableism
Twitch have added a bunch of new charities to their list, and two of them are the LGB alliance - a transphobic hate group - and Autism Speaks - an ableist hate group.
This can't be allowed to stand. Please use the link below if you have a twitch account to vote for this issue:
https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/945934-charity/suggestions/46058314-remove-hate-groups
Esme Povirk
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Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.
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I think I finally fixed my sleeping habits. I never realized until now how much my bad sleep had been hurting my mood and my focus.
plurality
We now have "failsafe" alarms for the times when we absolutely have to go to bed or get up or else it'll ruin our day. They make no sound and are a simple notification on our laptop. They are enforced by Watchful taking front and doing the thing.
We think this will prove more reliable than anything else we've ever tried.
addressing singlets as a plural system
Hey, listen, we're not one to apply labels you didn't opt into yourself, and we're not one to gatekeep. You can be a system if you want. No one else gets to tell you whether you are or you aren't. But dangit, y'all make it really hard for us not to question whether singlets are even real.
Esme Povirk
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It really does feel like this. #ActuallyAutistic #funny #LateDX
You ever get excited because you just changed up your routine and you want to see how it plays out? No? Just us?
Esme Povirk
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To accelerate 2023 planning each manager will receive 9 copies of "The Mythical Man Month"
Esme Povirk
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The heroes in teams aren't the ones pulling all-nighters, gambling big and saving everyone at the last minute.
They're the ones who put in the work every day to stop those situations arising in the first place.
Esme Povirk
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Hey, I'm seeing a lot of politics/advocacy posts that don't have content warnings. I'd like to boost those, but I don't want to do it without a CW.
Esme Povirk
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We made up a pronoun set for "exclusive we" (any use of "we" that does not include the reader/listener), it's wex/xus/xur/xurs/xurselves. It can be used by systems or singlets, in any situation to make clear the listener is not included.
We suppose a corresponding "inclusive we" set should be made to make it clear the listener is included, so for that we propose: wein/nus/nur/nurs/nurselves.
mastodon
I have finally had this explained to me forcefully enough for it to get through, I think: some people *need* reach, mastodon is intentionally designed against getting reach, and I actively prefer it that way. There's a clear difference in what we're looking for that means artists aren't as likely to want to set up shop here.
I'll pretty much follow anyone wherever though, as long as it doesn't require me to have an account on an actively terrible service, and I can use a web browser.
Joined Aug 2018
