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hYKdTfpaon Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF

The attacks on him were dubious at best.

hYKdTfpaon The deep fake threat hardly anyone discusses

Well, this article is at least in part about the effect if deep fakes on women in politics.

hYKdTfpaon The deep fake threat hardly anyone discusses

I'm not convinced this will be as big of a problem for national security as suggested. Pornographic images can't be broadcast and can't be shared on Facebook. Twitter can already label deep fakes iirc.

The focus on women politicians is a but off too to my mind, a deep fake of a male politician performing some kind of taboo or salacious that could also be damaging.

hYKdTfpaon Gitlab default branch name changes to main

This is the best argument for this change.

hYKdTfpaon Gitlab default branch name changes to main

This change does no good, it serves only to allow people to virtue signal.

hYKdTfpaon Gitlab default branch name changes to main

Do we really have to examine the origin of every word we use rather than according its modern common usage and use in context?

hYKdTfpaon Gitlab default branch name changes to main

>I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people.

How does this make anything more accessible for anyone?