

Crazy idea:
If copyright was invented to prevent printers from scooping authors’ work and out-competing them for sales…
Maybe copyright should only apply if you’re trying to compete with the author?
So like, not if you’re just a lowly individual trying to keep up with the references all of society is making, or understand the world you live in.
One time, I didn’t realize I had allowed all users to log in via ssh, and I had a user “steam” whose password was just “steam”.
“Hey, why is this Valheim server running like shit?”
“Wtf is
xrx
?”“Oh, it looks like it’s mining crypto. Cool. Welp, gotta nuke this whole box now.”
So anyway, now I use NixOS.