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AI art isn’t theft, so the rest of your question falls apart.

While I don’t disagree, I think that OP can make a valid point in that a number of users here do very loudly object to AI-generated art but don’t object in the same way to posting copyrighted content itself.

I have a feeling its mostly due to some audio and video hardware that has some real longevity. I’ve got a VHS+minidv player that I am transferring old videos from using FireWire (well, for the minidv. VHS is s-video capture).

Yeah, that’s a thought…though honestly, unless whatever someone is doing requires real-time processing and adding latency is a problem, they can probably pass it through some other old device that can speak both Firewire and something else.

Probably the m-audio delta 1010

That doesn’t have a Firewire interface, does it? I thought I had one of those.

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Oh, I’m thinking of the 1010LT, not the 1010. That lives on a PCI card.

If it’s Linux, sounds like it should just work out of box, at least for a while longer.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-to-support-firewire-until-2029

Linux to Support Firewire Until 2029

The ancient connectivity standard still has years of life ahead of it.

Firewire is getting a new lease on life and will have extended support up to 2029 on Linux operating systems. Phoronix reports that a Linux maintainer Takashi Sakamoto has volunteered to oversee the Firewire subsystem for Linux during this time, and will work on Firewire’s core functions and sound drivers for the remaining few that still use the connectivity standard.

Further, Takashi Sakamoto says that his work will help users transition from Firewire to more modern technology standards (like perhaps USB 2.0). Apparently, Firewire still has a dedicated fanbase that is big enough to warrant six more years of support. But we suspect this will be the final stretch for Firewire support, surrounding Linux operating systems. Once 2029 comes around, there’s a good chance Firewire will finally be dropped from the Linux kernel altogether.

I mostly don’t use Fediverse services outside the Threadiverse (lemmy/mbin/piefed).

For the Threadiverse:

• http://lemmyverse.net/communities is an important resource. They spider all the Threadiverse instances and build a searchable community list.

• [email protected] and [email protected] have people post to promote their communities.

• Looking to see where other users who put up interesting content also hang out.

Sometimes, people will have interesting recommendations that they stick in posts.