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by qarl 2y ago
Companies don't give away their money for free. If a company voluntarily enters into a settlement, it's because they think they're saving money somewhere else. In this case the Sacklers are granted immunity to all future laws
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by qarl 2y ago
Yeah, > Just give me a garbage collector, and let me do what I want to do! That line pretty much perfectly shows the author doesn't know what he's talking about. Note to the author: Rust is specifically made for situations wher
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by qarl 2y ago
Yeah. I looked up the settlement - it amounts to tens of thousands of dollars per individual. I can see how that would be important to many people.
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by qarl 2y ago
I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree. You take care now.
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by qarl 2y ago
OK - but the individual payouts are going to be small and do little to compensate for the harm caused. The primary goal for the suit is to punish the wrongdoing and disincentivize similar future behavior by others. Higher costs and uncerta
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by qarl 2y ago
> They are now likely to pay much less... So then why did they choose to settle? That makes no sense. The only reason a defendant settles is to minimize potential losses.
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by qarl 2y ago
But also very likely that the case will go to court and the damages will be substantially higher.
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by qarl 2y ago
Seems like the justices missed a great opportunity here to rule in favor of the settlement and then receive $$$$$$ next year as a thank you gift. Because buying government officials is now entirely legal. https://www.scotusblog.c
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by qarl 2y ago
> It has absolutely nothing to do with... Christian abuse has nothing to do with rising Christian Nationalism? I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree. You have a nice day.
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by qarl 2y ago
> This incident is an outlier. I disagree. From my perspective, things that I could never imagine happening in the U.S. are happening with increasing frequency. I could cite an extensive list, but the list is already well known - I can
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by qarl 2y ago
I'm not sure what your point is. "We" are collective humanity. These things seem to be happening more and more. Stories that sound like they're from 100 years ago occur today with growing frequency. It appears "
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by qarl 2y ago
We're going backwards.
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by qarl 2y ago
You know, the billionaire class who give money to Trump and use their techno skills to invent new and super deadly weapon systems thereby increasing their dragon-like hoard. True patriots.
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by qarl 2y ago
I've heard you can sue them in small claims court to get your account back. Apparently it's the only thing that works. Because, you know, dystopia.
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by qarl 2y ago
Thank you. I appreciate your ability to reverse course. The quality of 3D AI isn't there yet, but it's just a matter of time. When Sora quality 3D generation arrives, it will be incredibly disruptive.
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by qarl 2y ago
Will this suffice? https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1381344/
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by qarl 2y ago
Well, they've been using Google for internet searches for a long time now. So I guess it's been a sorry day ever since the iPhone came out.
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by qarl 2y ago
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
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by qarl 2y ago
> Guided approaches are a lot better Yes, they are.
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by qarl 2y ago
No, but it's not exactly hard to retopo bad geometry. You can download the models from Hugging Face.
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by qarl 2y ago
Yeah.
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by qarl 2y ago
Yeah... you take care now.
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by qarl 2y ago
> It is not some fundamental property of the universe. LOL. You don't believe in social patterns? Ok, well, you might be the only one. I hope you don't invest in stocks or try to start your own company. Or have friends.
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by qarl 2y ago
The fact that successfulness of parents predicts successfulness of children is "woo woo"? I hate racism. It makes people dumb.
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by qarl 2y ago
> People say 'instinct' by never mention what that means or how it works :-P Have you never been afraid of spiders or snakes? https://www.cbs.mpg.de/Fear-of-spiders-and-snakes-is-deeply-...
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by qarl 2y ago
As someone on the left - there's nothing "woo woo" about systemic racism. The single greatest indicator of a person's financial success is that of their parents. And that simply repeats generation after generation. Ther
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by qarl 2y ago
> IMO I think we're doomed to move the goalposts on intelligence for a while I'm old enough to remember back when we thought language was the defining element of intelligence. Dogs can't talk - dogs aren't intelligen
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by qarl 2y ago
You take care now.
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by qarl 2y ago
It really is impressive how much he's disliked.
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by qarl 2y ago
Yes. That was my thought when I first heard it: they're announcing an announcement. I wish I had a cult that would let me get away with stuff like this.

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