Luminous5481 [they/them]

Queer anarchist, avid sci-fi and fantasy fan, and enjoyer of locally run genAI. Always looking forward to learning new things. Death to all governments!

I have direct messages turned off. If you need to contact me privately, you can do so over Matrix.

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  • Fan art is not illegal.

    Off the top of my head, I know both Disney and Nintendo have sued people for making fan art. Fair use doesn’t explicitly allow you to make fan art, regardless of its transformative nature, and whether or not you owe Disney hundreds of thousands of dollars for drawing Mickey depends on court review on a case-by-case basis because it’s not technically legal in the US. It may also not be technically illegal, but that doesn’t mean a corporation can’t sue you and be awarded millions in civil damages if they think you profited off the art in some way.

    A quick google search will source you lawyers saying such.







  • Let’s Encrypt is a trusted, established alternative, it could replace Microsoft for long-lived software certificates.

    Uh, no it could not.

    First of all, the whole point of signing software is to ensure it comes from a reputable source. Let’s Encrypt signs certificates with an automated process that does no verification whatsoever of the identity of the person asking for a certificate. It would make the whole process completely pointless.

    Second, Let’s Encrypt has stated themselves over a decade ago that they have no intention of doing this because it would render the whole system pointless.










  • Hardcoding has nothing to do with whether or not the filter can be disabled.

    I like how you “forgot” to include literally the next sentence.

    Hard-coded data typically can be modified only by editing the source code and recompiling the executable, although it can be changed in memory or on disk using a debugger or hex editor.

    Soft-coded data, on the other hand, encodes arbitrary information through user input, text files, INI files, HTTP server responses, configuration files , preprocessor macros, external constants, databases, command-line arguments, and is determined at runtime.

    The block is soft-coded, not hard coded. And don’t try to selectively quote from a source the other person linked to you, it’s probably just gonna make your dishonestly obvious.