I just think the reaction from fediverse users has been too harsh when you consider that Tesseract was free and open source software.

I have no authority over you. So it’s not really a question of me “allowing” you anything.

Oh. That’s kind of weird.

I’m not defending the existence of the blocklist… but if you’re really that upset about it then I would suggest asking for a refund.

The tesseract code repository is no longer public, but someone else made a copy of the blacklist file: https://drive.proton.me/urls/F12YB7W52C#27AP8fGZ2xdp

It’s an alternative skin/user interface that fediverse instances can offer users. It turns out to have an internal blocklist of instances, communities, users, and keywords that it will silently hide. Some (e.g. child abuse) are understandable. Others (e.g. specific usernames) are less so.

Some people are upset they are on the list; some that they are not on the list. But most are upset that a list exists in the first place.

Huh. Never heard of this brand before in my life. A little research leads me to believe that the popularity claim (“one in four US households”) is really just an old unsubstantiated quote from a company vice president. Further research tells me that this company isn’t even in the top 20 milk producing companies in the USA.

No milk shortage is looming.

Perverts with access to an all-powerful AI is the premise of the unpublished short sci-fi novel, “The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect” by Roger Williams. So it’s not like no one could have predicted how AI image generators would be used.

Be warned that this story has graphic depictions of deviant sex and gruesome violence, to a disturbing degree at points. But I argue that it’s not gratuitous; it’s the logical conclusion of Rule 34 being applied to the situation. Even so, you don’t want to read this if you are sensitive to themes like rape, murder, incest or abuse.

Baked green apples with cinnamon. Silver dollar cornbread pancakes. Thick, steaming pea soup with hot dog chunks.

Now I’m hungry and I miss my grandma :(

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

“I’m not gay, I’m overworked.”

-That guy

He’s capable of functioning for extended periods in a vacuum… or in anything else.

Should be a pucker of assholes.

I find it interesting how “the promotion” is an end in itself. No context, no details, just “the promotion”. And you didn’t get it! Tsk, tsk, tsk.

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I wonder what a Ferengi End-User License Agreement says.

There’s no plausible deniability with oil down the drain. The landlord would just bill you for the damage.

This looks uncomfortable and humiliating. Now if they were to make it in the form of a suppository…

Last week I tipped a friend off about an upcoming job opening that would have us living in the same town. The boss sees their resume tomorrow.

O Mighty Potato, grant me this boon.