Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es

The Reddit protests are winding down—so what’s next?

Ars spoke with community mods about where Reddit goes from here.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-reddit-protests-are-winding-down-so-whats-next/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

We are not at the end of the useful Internet. We may be nearing the end of the phase where the corporate Internet pretended it didn't feel entitled to your attention and efforts.

Any of these large media sites have been useful in the last 15 years, it was rarely because of anything they did. Usually in spite of.

What a wild turn of events... Yesterday folks at CodeWeavers, along with everyone else, have learned that Apple used the open source part of CrossOver as a base for their Game Porting Toolkit. Apple has provided a Homebrew formula that downloads the tarball from CodeWeaver's servers and applies a bunch of patches, most of which seem to originate from Proton + some glue to make their proprietary DirectX-on-Metal implementations work.

To say that this got me and many others by surprise is an understatement.

https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/mjohnson/2023/6/6/wine-comes-to-macos-apple-s-game-porting-toolkit-powered-by-crossover-source-code

#introvert #meme

Here's my postmortem of the RustConf Keynote Fiasco (so far), linking to all public statements, with additional context from interviewing 15+ people about it:

https://fasterthanli.me/articles/the-rustconf-keynote-fiasco-explained

Did you see headlines last week about the Surgeon General's report claiming that it said social media is dangerous for kids? I looked at the actual report and it says no such thing. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/30/a-deeper-look-at-the-surgeon-generals-report-on-kids-social-media-its-not-what-you-heard/

Weaponized heterogeneity only harms the most vulnerable #autistic people

"Unreliability of speech for usually fluent autistic people, and the speed at which we can go from articulate and competent to completely unable to access speech, is not generally appreciated."

Excellent article on #autism, quite important for all to read, but especially for those (like me) who are prone to potentially harmful generalizations on any topic. Made me stop and think.

#neurodiversity

https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/weaponized-heterogeneity-only-harms-the-most-vulnerable-autistic-people/

OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter

Strategically vague statement on AI risk prompts critic response.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/openai-execs-warn-of-risk-of-extinction-from-artificial-intelligence-in-new-open-letter/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TikTok—banned or not, it’s probably here to stay, an Ars Frontiers 2023 recap

Experts discussed the legal impossibility of a nationwide TikTok ban.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/tiktok-banned-or-not-its-probably-here-to-stay-an-ars-frontiers-2023-recap/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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You're good enough. You're valuable and you matter.

I just wrote this to someone directly and I thought that more people would benefit from reading it. I hope I made your day just a little brighter. You deserve it.

On that note, please try to be kind to yourself because you deserve to be treated with kindness. You're good enough. You're valuable and you matter.

PSA, if someone asks you for contact info (e.g. a phone number) of someone you know, the correct response is "I can't give that to you, but I can give them yours".

It's efficient and adds no round-trips, it's privacy friendly, it's non-awkward and it's social engineering resistant. It's a universally good rule.

And the corollary, of course: Don't ask someone for another person's contact info - ask them to pass on yours.