Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/3493 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1218 hahahahaha so true ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3495 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-774 I know that when you recycle 3d printed things the color tends to meld together and it looks kinda meh... but hey at least it's recycled. though recycled filament is probably pretty rare still, so it's probably not the kind you're thinking of. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3496 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-conspiracy │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ downside of being gregarious is that everyone you meet in Portland these days is a fucking fed -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/498 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── An important aspect to friendship is "loose" time together - like, at a party, you might interact with a dozen people, or you might spend it all with one special someone - but the time is "loose" you can do with it what you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3497 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── a man walks into a library, picks a book, takes it home (legally), and begins to read. halfway through, he realizes there are three pages missing. "How queer!" he thinks to himself, and takes it upon himself to fix this book. So, he finds another copy of the book, scans those three pages, prints them out at just the right size, and attaches them to the library book. when finished reading the book, he returns it to the library without mentioning his good deed. if this action he performed is to be considered legal, then it should be considered a transition of the medium that the media was inscribed upon. Similarly, if the book was digital, and inscribed upon the owner's hard drive using magnetic storage of zeroes and ones, would it be legal to repair said book if one of the many .txt file chapters were missing? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3498 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ... I do believe it should be, and if it is, then I do believe it should be legal to transfer digital media, as the inscription upon one hard drive or the other is as easily changed as a book might be handed to another. the difference, of course, is that any move on a digital medium requires a copy+delete operation. You cannot move a file on your computer, you first copy it to the new location and then delete the original. This dual-operation is abstracted away for the user, but that is how it must be done on a mechanical level. There is no other way to do it. Therefore, software piracy only applies if a person copies their file and does not delete the original. Surely, to move a piece of digital media from one folder-directory to another is legal? If so, then the mechanical process of giving that media to another must be legal as well, so long as the original is deleted. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3499 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Much the same way that it is legal to create trash in a public park, but illegal to leave it behind, so too should it be legal to move digital media files from one owner to another, and illegal to not delete the original. The dual operation of copy+delete must be legalized, while maintaining that the copy operation alone is illegal, aside from personal backups. How could you enforce that? Well... You can't. Your computer will do whatever you tell it to, and if you change that fact then you necessarily remove one of the primary use-cases of computation - the ability to command specific instructions and be delivered a perfectly mechanical and deterministic result. (random number generation aside, which isn't truly random at all). Therefore, just as littering in a public place is generally considered to be enforced by the "honor rule", so too must this new legislation governing the transference of digital media be enforced as such. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ |