Posts by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
(DIR) Post #AbEPukYybrNiL9PcRs by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2023-10-28T13:07:29Z
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@Suiseiseki Copyright protects the author's income as an encouragement to write books. With no protections, most authors wouldn't write. I think the basic idea of copyright is sound. Copyright protection beyond the author's life, etc make far less sense. And unfair publisher contracts are a whole different problem.Are you familiar with The Gutenberg Project, an archive of public domain works?
(DIR) Post #AbESkQy4uPIQX8vSlM by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2023-10-28T14:37:00Z
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@Suiseiseki We must agree to disagree. If authors didn't want copyright, they'd release their books into the public domain or free-license them. Yet, author after author chooses to enter into contracts under which they get paid.
(DIR) Post #AbEn6gSnyX0G2wBXEG by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2023-10-28T02:57:39Z
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It's my general belief that when a book goes out of print and new copies are unavailable, the book should fall into the public domain.If the publisher is no longer selling the book, then the publisher and author are no longer receiving income from it. There is really nothing left to protect, no benefit to the public in protecting a work that is unavailable. Don't want your book to fall into the PD? Make an ebook available perpetually.(No, it's not practical. But it's nice to dream.)
(DIR) Post #Ac2C55ypqKzn3eMM1w by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2023-11-21T14:46:35Z
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@art I think Charlie Pride sung a song about this.
(DIR) Post #Ad3RxOrmXtXTFpzOd6 by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2023-12-22T03:10:28Z
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@art Oh you should see some of the CD-Rs I have that are 20+ years old. You can't literally see light through the pinholes in the organic layer! This stuff really degrades.
(DIR) Post #AhVBGOMJkw4yhb1epU by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-05-03T03:45:18Z
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@kelbot I would like to be a plant nerd, but I'm terrible at keeping plants alive.
(DIR) Post #Ahz3Bb9u2yGF4eeleK by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-04-29T12:59:33Z
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Cats in the morning: We are HUNGRY!Me: [feeding the cats before taking care of my own needs] You know, you guys are high maintenance.Cats: ... [they did not deny it!]
(DIR) Post #Ai0UkMyTfRWH8d4pm4 by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-05-03T03:49:21Z
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Took me two episodes of Ripley to realize this is The Talented Mr .... story. Good thing I don't remember how that movie went.
(DIR) Post #Ai0qAQbQtk4axRZ5Vo by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-04-30T17:53:29Z
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Got me a shaved ice machine.Realized yesterday I can make frozen cocktails with it.
(DIR) Post #Ai2ZcPCiNkDvp7g6E4 by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-04-30T18:33:41Z
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Manager in my org: "We can try things, and if they don't work, we can change it."Hate to tell you, but in my nearly 30 years of experience, this isn't true... how you do it the first time is how it's going to be forever. Changing existing stuff, even how you store your documentation, is time-consuming, and nobody's going to give you time to redesign your solution, because they don't see value in it.We are living with hundreds of "first try" solutions.
(DIR) Post #AmohnKOQwUp5yTVYci by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-10-09T03:09:42Z
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@art 2B, is that you!?
(DIR) Post #AmpTWiRN4qxzQu1htA by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-10-09T12:04:34Z
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@art Hey wait... can androids vote?
(DIR) Post #AnjyoMBBk2zvogYL6e by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-11-05T18:19:03Z
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@art Honestly, I think Biden won when he dropped out of the race.
(DIR) Post #ApTFxPy1lWnokdvTqC by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2024-12-13T04:13:16Z
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@whami Donald Norcross' form doesn't validate input, so you can edit the HTML and insert whatever you want, and they reply with it. Might give that a try, as a treat.
(DIR) Post #AplBNGdKaOj7d8aCP2 by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2025-01-05T03:58:30Z
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@erinbee @sullybiker Fit the role very well.
(DIR) Post #AsBQ7qoqrJU4v8w0lE by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2025-03-18T15:25:40Z
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Me: I need a clip for the bag of bagels. Where the heck did all our bag clips go!?The shelf behind my recliner in the TV room.
(DIR) Post #AtMhQU8cmddm0zaoCW by raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com
2025-04-22T12:07:13Z
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A gyro is just a Mediterranean taco.