Thanks! And I agree that this article was probably a little too long for a simple lemmy post. I'll try to stick to shorter ones. I go overboard when I get in my zone and sometimes don't know when to quit.
But after you mentioned it, I started thinking about it, and maybe I will just put up a quick non-commerical blog or something for articles that go too long for a Lemmy post, so I can just link it.
RIght? And if they did it with the values of that HBO show, True Detective, or something cool like that. Miniseries with beginning, middle, and end. Fab.
Tho I love AI slop, I can’t blame this one on the interwebs destruction bots. I wrote it. I'm old and have been writing terrible slop since long before AI.
I definitely used AI to clean up my comma abuse, edit when I went on nonsense tangents, fix my tense massacres, shit spelling, and all those sentences I start with “And” or “But,” though.
Not everything you don’t like is AI slop.
Now for the pic..yaaaassss Queeeeen!! I absolutely cozied up and gently licked the ear of my AI lover for that beautiful, spectacular hunka eye-poking slop. And motherfucker, I might just turn it into a poster. Thanks for the hate, friend!
Seriously though: if ya think you can do better or even worse, please write something and post it. Lemmy needs interesting content. Not every fucking post or comment on Lemmy has to be about Trump or politics BS. Write something, and post it!
I wanted more articles about the old days of pirating and hacking. Didn't find a lot, so created my own. We gotta be the change we wanna see, friend.
I appreciate people and their side hustles, but I write plenty of other things for pay, I don't feel the need to go crazy with Lemmy articles on pirate/hacker insights. Tho I appreciate the person saying it!
I mean, I already made a whole $10 off my transsexual werewolf gay porno novel that involved a genetically altered hamster who's obsessed with Cheetos, playing Balatro on PlayStation, pegging, and fetishizing women wearing strap-ons, and ignoring him while they make TikTok make-up vids on their phones. Oh, and it had a secret cult of nuns protecting magic golden dildos. (Not even joking--welcome to my life as a writer.)
So I can write Lemmy articles and put them out there just to put them out there.
Thanks, friend! I'll try to make them a little less wordy in the future. I get in my zone, start piling on the hyperbole, and forget most people are probably reading this while half-distracted and pooping on the toilet.
I'm working on my brevity a bit, but thank you for your compliment. Made my day, brother. :)
I kind like lemmy posts like this tbh But yeah a mailing list would be cool
Thanks! I just like posting my shit on Lemmy. Everyone around Lemmy (and before that, Reddit) kept bitching that every time I'd reply, that I wrote a "fucking essay."
So now I'm writing fucking essays.
(Quick shout-out to my serial downvoting stalkers. haha)
Hmmm, I never really thought about it. Not sure if it would be worth the effort or just me screaming into the digital void in a slightly more organized format.
I just like digging into weird corners of digital/hacker/pirating history and tossing it out there.
And I figure there's probably a lot of younger Lemmy's around here who never got to see the wild shit from yesteryear that this whole scene is built on. :)
I broke free of all digital subscriptions right before I posted that article. And in rest of my life, only things are like you said: utilities, health insurance, car insurance. That's all.
Oh and one other thing, that I actually agree with. A subscription-based college degree. But it's not so much subscription as it's a payment plan. Because once you pay full fixed amount, you're done with payments. And it's no loan, because if you drop out, you're done with payments. So I am getting my degree for $39 a month. :)
Yeah, it's crazy. I'm seeing smaller companies do it to. Just asking for a dollar a month or whatever. Nope. I'm done. No matter how good the software is, if they ask for a subscription, I won't do it.
No full source. I couldn't find a good article that wasn't just police facts, so I had to write it myself. Info came from Wikipedia, CNN reports of the arrest, and a book (unfortunately again, pro-police) that I read, called "CRACK99 : the takedown of a $100 million Chinese software pirate." (available on annas-archive.org)
All of them painted him as some kind of evil on society, so I just had to write my own, more sympathetic article. I was really hoping to find some in depth pro-pirate articles on him, but nope....
Great points! The government always seems to conflate stuff to make what they are doing seem more logical. But let's face it, the government was working for capitalist interests in this prosecution.
When someone’s working on just trying to stay afloat, it’s hard to justify paying again and again just to rent joy. In that light, piracy isn’t rebellion; it’s survival.
I haven't found much info, but if he hasn't been released early and had to do full sentence, then yeah, June this year. And he's supposed to be deported to China immediately after release.
Thanks! And I agree that this article was probably a little too long for a simple lemmy post. I'll try to stick to shorter ones. I go overboard when I get in my zone and sometimes don't know when to quit.
But after you mentioned it, I started thinking about it, and maybe I will just put up a quick non-commerical blog or something for articles that go too long for a Lemmy post, so I can just link it.
I appreciated your feedback. Thanks, mate!