Posts by lispi314@udongein.xyz
 (DIR) Post #AvfyiQEdwI4TrhgTZI by lispi314@udongein.xyz
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       @TerryHancock @cypnk In theory, interpreted on non-broken hardware (lol) it would be "safe" once isolated properly.But yes, there's a reason why I much prefer djvu as a format.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvfyiUKSib6QYuRBC4 by lispi314@udongein.xyz
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       @julian I honestly don't get why anyone uses VSCode outside of work (when mandated, if given the choice then as usual...).If you're not mandated to, isn't #Emacs much more comfortable? Plus, there's no unclean #proprietary garbage lurking around, closed to introspection and modification.Anything that isn't #introspectable and #FreeSoftware shouldn't be perceived as anything more than a joke in particularly bad taste.However, VSCodium can’t shut out all the data collection as it is the same codebase. And since extensions act independently with regard to data collection, you still need to be mindful of what extensions you install.That's always been the case with basically everything though. One can make Elisp spyware and malware. It's one of the reasons non built-in dependencies should be carefully evaluated and ideally audited to at least some degree before using them.Of course any dependency that does turn out to be malware should be called out as such and their authors considered at minimum deeply-suspect wherever they go.Sure, sometimes Free Software isn't as refined, but the most important parts are user freedom and agency.Candy sweetened with lead acetate might be tastier, but it will sicken you horribly and kill you. Even if it's tastier, don't eat it.The same is also true for customers of these competitive cloud development environments if they were to manually install these extensions into these platforms, the customers would be in breach as the license of these extensions is very clear that they are only licensed for installation in official builds distributed by Microsoft:Blatant violation of Freedom 0, garbage.That bit about Open Source as a financial weapon reminded me of this article.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvfyiXKDZxgpr1LWjI by lispi314@udongein.xyz
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       @benaryorg All proprietary malware is sus.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvfyiYk8J60uFgTjlI by lispi314@udongein.xyz
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       @hayley There are so many problems with that linked take it's amazing.First and foremost the complete ignorance of the inherent problems and power dynamics any and all server-centric design involves.It is fundamentally anti-egalitarian and cannot be anything else (hierarchy is quite literally baked-in as a core assumption).Also I'd much rather have a cozy apartment in a panelka in a rail-connected town in Northern Canada, one of the few places where halfway decent weather (basically never >25C) still exists.Older thinkpads are the least awful of a generally awful form-factor. Portable/luggable computers are unambiguously superior in practically all aspects.You still need a smart client/terminal anyway to use a server, so what's the point instead of just having independent computers with properly-written P2P programs that are optimized for resilient computing in harsh conditions with minimal resources & infrastructural assumptions (https://mastodon.top/@lispi314/111253066257920146)?
       
 (DIR) Post #Aw2aDB0qYbj1PbsSLw by lispi314@udongein.xyz
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       @dalias @cmccullough @keepassxc @bitwarden @2something Surprisingly the repo doesn't have any issues, open or closed, about removing the permissivity of "GenAI" contributions entirely.One should probably be made.