Poisoning GitHub Copilot and Machine Learning

Please see the disclaimer. Update, 08 July 2021: GitHub has confirmed that all public code that was on their servers was used to train Copilot. That means some of my code was used, though it was older versions. I suggest deleting all code off of GitHub if you can. GitHub has been on my radar before, and it wasn’t for a good reason. Well, it’s on my radar again, and it’s once again not for a good reason: Copilot....

July 7, 2021 | 9 min | 1854 words

I Am Moving Away from GitHub

Please see the disclaimer. As of today, I am moving all of my personal projects, including my Yzena projects, away from GitHub and onto a server that I administer. There are three reasons for this. First, GitHub will block access to projects because of trade sanctions. Second, GitHub will inexplicably block access to projects when an author calls someone a cruel, crude, and rude name. This is not sensitive; it is authoritarian....

April 8, 2020 | 1 min | 155 words