Notices by Craig Grannell (craiggrannell@mastodon.social)

UK: “It’s still illegal to rip a CD you legally own to MP3!”

Also UK: “Hey, let’s exempt those AI guys from copyright law!”

FFS.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-and-artificial-intelligence

@Gargron He could put the tape on YouTube and X and he’d probably win another few million votes. Too many in the US seemingly keen on a bit of fash. And many of the guardrails have long been destroyed. This four years is not going to be pretty. Assuming it is just four years.

@arstechnica The function key row on the 11in will be particularly interesting. I already banged my fingers on the bottom edge of the iPad on the old keyboard. But now there’s another row to deal with. (This might be countered by the new keyboard seemingly sitting differently – the first part of the mechanism appears vertical rather than angled. I don’t know if this impacts on stability though.)

Me: Hmm. It’s been a quiet afternoon for email.

Mail: *had crashed*

Me: Oh. *opens email*

Inbox: MWAHAHA

@aral I found it quite something that the reasoning was I could lose my freelance income at any moment, apparently. Despite my five years of accounts. I noted anyone on PAYE could also lose their income at any moment, but that apparently is totally different, for reasons.

@aral Although if my situation last time was anything to go by, the UK is no better. Tossed out my US earnings, because it was “overseas work”. Then dumped all my UK freelance because it was “not guaranteed income”.

I hope you have more luck.

I bought a couple of SSDs on Amazon in November. The same model is now listed as a Prime Day deal, at 50% off, for a third more than I paid.