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  • I’m not a lawyer, but I’m also not entirely unfamiliar with this sort of thing. In particular, I remember Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org and thus do not accept at face value the notion that the data in question being “summaries and explanations of cases” necessarily means Westlaw is in the right. Even if the Westlaw materials aren’t “officially” incorporated into the law itself the way Georgia did, that doesn’t mean Westlaw should necessarily be entitled to monopolize them, especially if the judicial system is heavily leaning upon them to inform its decisions.


  • Ah, fuck, is that what the case is about? That sucks; that’s the kind of case where they both need to lose:

    • The law shouldn’t be copyrightable
    • AI companies shouldn’t be allowed to ‘launder’ copyright (and more to the point, copyleft) by reproducing chunks of copyrighted works divorced from their license

    If I were more conspiracy-minded, I would almost think that somebody intentionally decided to resolve this case first in order to guarantee that they set a disastrous precedent.



  • I’ve had a hard time finding quality games in there. Outside of Shattered Pixel Dungeon they are few and far between.

    You’re not wrong. F-Droid would benefit greatly from having some sort of curated “best of” list, especially for games.

    That said, here are some I think are reasonably quality:

    • Mindustry
    • Frozen Bubble
    • Burger Party
    • Endless Sky
    • Vector Pinball
    • Surge Engine
    • SuperTuxKart
    • Xeonjia Ice Adventure

    tried to just get the hill climb racing game or a similar one.

    F-Droid has Lato, which seems to be in the same genre. It’s pretty polished in terms of having a nice graphical style and music, but IMO doesn’t quite make the list above because the gameplay seems a little simplistic compared to e.g. Hill Climb Racing. Still, worth a shot if you’re looking for that sort of game.









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    I have been polite and helpful about this shit for twenty fucking years and, despite that, the “leopards ate my face” ignorance has only increased. Polite doesn’t fucking work, so now I’m trying shaming.

    But by all means, keep clutching your pearls and condescendingly bitching at me about it, because that’s surely polite and helpful!


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    I like having a YouTube account because it keeps track of which videos I’ve watched across devices. I’m not thrilled at Google knowing that information, of course, but I hate that every single privacy-conscious YouTube alternative fails to provide for that use-case.



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    It’s funny how y’all are getting all bent out of shape at my slightly abrasive tone, while white-knighting the “victims” who excuse their ignorance and vulnerability to advertising/propaganda (among other forms of exploitation) on the grounds of mere convenience.

    But by all means, keep dog-piling on the guy who wants the problem to stop instead of those who want to perpetuate it.