I don't know the use of this yet but I'm certain there will be one.

The reason we can't tell the difference is commercial music is already ridiculously formulaic and derivative and focus-grouped.

Actual ethical constraints or just some companies ToS or some BS view-from-nowhere general risk aversion approved by legal compliance?

I prefer flat files too. I'd rather have mostly manual control of context.

I think the desire to not centralize identity has more to do with it than anything. We present different facets to different communities. The pseudo-indelible nature of internet commentary means saying something to anyone potentially means saying it to everyone, in any context.

That's why people have multiple fediverse accounts, to limit context or purpose of communication channels. Not because they don't value genuine communication within those channels.

I used to get into arguments with people in the Fedi who couldn't seem to make up their minds whether they wanted to be visible or invisible. To me it seemed like it made no sense, like if you really want to be invisible just don't post it because you can't really take things back.

At some point I realized those people were just like that.

I worked at a startup circa 2012 or so which was unusually unclear in its mission but the paychecks and the parties were good and the idea seemed to be helping people partition out different parts of the identities in terms of interests so you could get Paul-the-mild-mannered-applications-developer, Paul-as-a-marketer/huckster, and Paul-as-a-fox, and Paul-with-an-embarassing-interest, etc.

We had the hardest time explaining to the press (TechCrunch would say they didn't get it!) and everyone else, I could probably pitch it as well as anybody and I didn't do very well.

Docker for humans!

Right, like the pods in the Matrix! Cool.

I think I somewhat agree with the author but I find the idea of a single account completely unappealing. My view on the benefits of federation is that you don't have a single entity gating your access. Having multiple accounts is a benefit.

Two years ago I trained an AI on American history documents that could do this while speaking as one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. People just bitched at me because they didn't want to hear about AI.

Post your work so we can see what you made.

Forgetting what has happened earlier in a book you put down is very normal. Have you met your fellow humans?

"The databases powering your company? Built by developers working double shifts. Those JavaScript frameworks everyone depends on? Often shepherded by a single person, unpaid, drowning in demands."

Getting hard to ignore how often AI uses this pattern of pithy question/answer.

mention the (alleged) AT protocol but not the actual fediverse. weak.

Yeah if you're paying someone's yearly salary for a tiny patch of cosmetic pixels in a game I basically don't GAF what happens to your money.

We deserve this timeline.