I have always wondered about websites that publish other people's poetry without discussing copyright.
When does a piece of literature become “public domain” and/or copyright free?
Could somebody with superior knowledge please guide me to an explanation?
Thanks.
There's a part of me that often wants an interactive CLI for pyproject files to make it easier to fill out things like project tags/topics, recommended project.urls and classifiers and such without always having to reference the docs because I rarely remember the metadata from https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/ 🙃😆
In English the word timpani is plural
In Italian the singular form is timpano
nowhere can I find the English singular form
If I have only one, what do I call it in English?
Hello #WritingCommunity
Currently #amediting
One of these is old and one is new. And I won’t say which way round they are.
Gut feeling please. Which version looks better to you?
(An image is in the first reply in case your instance cannot show the full plain text)
Please boost for a wider sample.
#scifi #CopperWolf #IndieAuthor #Writing #pirates #ships #lazyweb #askfedi #ScribesAndMakers
#Lazyweb: A while ago I came across a paper that said men in management positions were more likely than women to make judgements based on emotions instead of evidence. I can't find it now, does anyone have a reference?
I'm archiving something and I'll need to do it in stages because of space. Like, an interactive "split", "[do next chunk], or do *n* chunks", tap the Enter key to move forward...
Is there something battle-tested for this, or is lashing together a bespoke script the norm?
(I asked Github Copilot for software pointers, and it really wants to write a script. I can think of features like checksums and gracefully handling running out of space, and I expect that someone else, who's given it more than a few minutes of thought, has covered those niceties and more already)
Is there a web site where you can draw a digit and it runs it through a ML model trained on the usual handwritten digits data set? I'm sure there must be but... #lazyweb
Lazy sysadmin request: does anyone have a link to a well-updated user agent list containing bots, scrapers, AI agents, crawlers etc?
There are a bazillion on Github and Codeberg and a lot of them aren't maintained.
Ta!
It's been a long day and I am tired. Maybe someone can help me out with this?
I wanted to install a new #Linux disto on my most beefy machine, but it has UEFI and SecureBoot. I know that I can turn them off, but it seemed to be a challenge getting any distro on there that wasn't GhostBSD or Fedora.
My question - is it possible in 2025 to get a new machine that doesn't have UEFI or Secure boot? Or is that not possible and I just am doing something wrong when it comes to installing any non-Fedora or BSD type of distro?
If the problem exists between the keyboard and the chair, I am willing to accept that as possible or even likely. I tried a few options (openSUSE and endeavorOS) but the only thing I could get to work was Slackware or FreeBSD, and that is just a little more effort than I have right now. I've got projects that I need to work on, and I don't want to spend more than a few hours setting up an OS.
I mostly write code using vim, but I do need to do some virtualization as well. Those are my biggest considerations.
Anyway, I appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thank you!
Dear #lazyweb
Has anyone gotten Input Leap or a similar app running on a Raspberry Pi, and connected it to a Linux machine with Wayland?
I've tried many things, none of which work on both ends.
Thanks!
Has anyone gotten Tv.app and Music.app working with a NAS? I get all kinds of weird errors about canʻt save the library, and downloading frequently errors out.
I have gigabit ethernet from the Mac to the NAS that gets full thoroughput.
Iʻve tried switching from samba to NFS, but that didnʻt help.
I really donʻt want to have an external drive for it again.
In November 1703, Rabbi Nieto gave a sermon at Bevis Marks synagogue in London that lead to accusations of heresy. I would like to read an English translation of this, but I am having trouble finding one. Does anyone know where this might be published(online or in some sort of publication that might be held by the British Library).
Round two. There's a large conifer in my backyard that has what looks like like 6 young trees growing out from under it, and although I think I know what they are, I'm not really a tree expert.
Anyone know for sure what these are?
Sagt mal, #mediathekview Experten,
ich wollte gestern Abend nach 22 Uhr "Planet Terror" runterladen, kann es aber nicht finden. In der Arte-Äpp ist es auffind- und abspielbar, allerdings hinter einer Content Warning.
Gibts irgendwelche Einschränkungen in MV?
Okay #lazyweb, I have "inherited" an old #amazon #firetablet that I have no real use for.
Any good instructions out there on how to #jailbreak it and install #linux?
Also, I'm open to any other ideas for alternative uses for it!
#foss #opensource #askmastodon #askfedi #ewaste #EwasteReduction #repurpose
I want to run an(other) account which posts pictures every so often on social media.
Up until now I've always built or used separate scripts for each network. I think it would be more sensible to post to just one, and use crossposting gateways to reach the others.
Can people suggest which one I should start with?
(Networks I'd like to use: Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Tumblr)
#lazyweb
Dear #lazyweb; Does anyone remember when #php added the mysql:localhost == mysql:/tmp/mysql.sock "optimization"? I know it's freaking ANCIENT, but I can't quite be bothered to track it down.
Also, was this because MySQL used to do it and PHP wanted to preserve that for BC reasons after MySQL removed the "helpful" behavior?
OK so looks like I will be moving away from Codepen for my live demos—particularly those in my accessibility course—as it's been acting kinda funny lately.
I will probably need help implementing a custom code playground using Sandpack, something akin to what @joshwcomeau described in this post https://www.joshwcomeau.com/react/next-level-playground/
Are you or do you know someone who's experienced with Sandpack and who might be available for hire sometime in the coming weeks? #lazyWeb
#lazyweb what's a chromium-based browser with reasonable security updates *and* webserial *and* manifest v2 support for ubo
dear #lazyweb: if dev/sysadmin inclined dude that was a former teenage #phreak and and ages ago #asterisk hobbyist wanted to jump into modern #voip or #cellular tech and play around on his own systems, where would he start? there is a wide array of books on skillsoft and i have no idea if any of the technologies are outdated. i also don't know if asterisk is still the hot thing.
