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Yeah, I do not think Python is a very good comparison.

I was thinking more like Clojure:

1. Enthusiastic and friendly geeks trying to push their language on the world trying to make it a better place. They are both definitely not a little cultish!
2. Language intended to be simple to learn with a limited and regular vocabulary, but can handle complicated work with ease.
3. They both say that learning their language will make your mind better able to do other languages.
4. A bridge between languages. Vanilla Clojure runs on the JVM and can invoke Java commands. But it has also been built on other platforms like JavaScript (ClojureScript), .NET (CLR), Python (Basilisp), BASH (Babashka), and others I think.
5. The parts of both languages can be broken up, mixed, and matched, and used for other parts. In Esperanto, the fundamental elements can be broken down and made into other words. In Clojure, you’ve got functions and lists - and higher order functions that work on functions and lists, and lists of functions, and functions of lists.
6. Did I mention: Friendly & welcoming geeks that lo-o-o-ove newbies! Seriously, both Clojure nerds and Esperanto nerds are unnaturally nice and would like to welcome you to the club. They’ve got tons of free resources for you to learn it.

Honestly, I think both are right. Both are simple languages that expand your way of thinking, and are probably both worth learning, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Bluesky seems to work better as an alternative.

Until they run out of VC money.

Then the enshittification happens, to pay the bills.

About Esperanto, since it’s not a national language (intentionally so) it’s hard to do a census of speakers.

Also, to what level is considered “speaking Esperanto”? Taking the Duolingo course? Having it as a “mother tongue” where both parents speak it in a household in order to communicate? These are both probably countable, and produce wildly different numbers.

Mi pensas ke, vi volis tajpi, “Python (aŭ Pitono) malfeliĉigas min.”

• Mal : Opposite
• Feliĉ- : Happy
• Ig : Makes (Transitive verb)
• As : Present tense.

“Mi malfeliĉas.” : I’m sad.

“Pitono malfeliĉigas ĉiujn.” (Python makes everyone sad.)

Ackshully, Clojure is Esperanto, and I will not be taking questions at this time.

Super sketchy Russian software.

A legal “Act of God” is a term of art in legal documents, though - usually found in a force majeure clause. I don’t think you need to have a God to have an “Act of God”.

It’s just a good portion of our legal code and its terms are derived from English law from several hundred years ago.

I remember my grandmother who lived to age 98 told me about an “all-day sucker” - basically fill a spoon in peanut butter, and when it’s done, fill it up again. Repeat all day. Can you tell she lived during the depression?

I didn’t think much of it as a kid. Thought it was a pretty good idea. Then I learned about food sanitation practices, and reconsidered.

I just looked. Do they not ship to the U.S.?

Still both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…

So, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?

I came here for this. Thanks for delivering!

Better system for WHOM? Tech-bros that want to steal my content as their own?

I’m a writer, performing artist, designer, and illustrator. I have thought about copyright quite a bit. I have released some of my stuff into the public domain, as well as the Creative Commons. If you want to use my work, you may - according to the licenses that I provide.

I also think copyright law is way out of whack. It should go back to - at most - life of author. This “life of author plus 95 years” is ridiculous. I lament that so much great work is being lost or forgotten because of the oppressive copyright laws - especially in the area of computer software.

But tech-bros that want my work to train their LLMs - they can fuck right off. There are legal thresholds that constitute “fair use” - Is it used for an academic purpose? Is it used for a non-profit use? Is the portion that is being used a small part or the whole thing? LLM software fail all of these tests.

They can slurp up the entirety of Wikipedia, and they do. But they are not satisfied with the free stuff. But they want my artistic creations, too, without asking. And they want to sell something based on my work, making money off of my work, without asking.

You sound like someone who has not tried to make an artistic creation for profit.

The things is, they can have scads of free stuff that is not copyrighted. But they are greedy and want copyrighted stuff, too

I’ve had relief for gum/tooth pain by just holding a whole clove on the affected area.

I sometimes tell people “it’s complicated” to test the waters if I want to be truly honest it not.

You’ll separate your friends from your good friends.

The article resonated with me, and I’m glad you posted it. Thank you.