rpdillon

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by rpdillon 1y ago
A linux machine works for its owner. A MacOS machine works for Apple, and a Windows machine works for Microsoft. The difference is rooted in control. Unfortunately, we have an entire generation raised on the idea that they shouldn't ha
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by rpdillon 1y ago
You have to get ahead of the disruption that will destroy you. At least, if you care about longevity of your company. I realize this isn't always the case.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Innovation is absolutely an end goal, at least in terms of our legal framework. The primary impetus for copyright and patent law is is innovation: to credit those that innovate their due, and I do think this stems from our society seeing in
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Yes, but teasing apart causality and confounding variables is very difficult.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I'm referring to the rent seekers sitting in between the artists and the public.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
It's not really an argument. It's an observation that they sat on their hands while other industries out-innovated them. They were complacent and now they're paying the price. We have laws and rules, but those are intended to
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by rpdillon 1y ago
That's fair. I was a little bit sloppy with my previous comment; I was mentally conflating their lawsuits about intellectual property with their dark patterns that prevent people from unsubscribing. I'm not sure if it's still
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I admit ignorance of a lot of this but just going off of your comment wouldn't the commissar be the system of centralized control in this case?
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by rpdillon 1y ago
LibreWolf, Iron Fox, and Brave are all worth a look, I think.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
The New York Times is like a microcosm of the publishing industry. They seem to spend the majority of their effort on protecting their intellectual property. I'd rather they use those resources to improve their reporting, particularly
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by rpdillon 1y ago
That's fair. But refusing to date somebody because you assume they're using it in the dumbest possible way seems a bridge too far.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I think your first paragraph is entirely congruent with my first two paragraphs. Your second paragraph is not what I'm discussing right now, and was not ruled on in the case you're referring to. I fully expect that, generally spea
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by rpdillon 1y ago
There are studies that show that engagement with smartphones is higher when the screen is larger. Seems like Apple's been doing their homework. > However, a follow-up phantom model analysis using 10,000 bootstrap samples at 95% bias
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by rpdillon 1y ago
There is no destruction.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I'm saying that LLMs are worthwhile useful tools, and that I'm glad that we built them, and that the publishing industry, which holds the copyright on the material that we would use to train the LLMs, have had no hand in developin
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by rpdillon 1y ago
This is a point that I don't see discussed enough. I think anthropic decided to purchase books in bulk, tear them apart to scan them, and then destroy those copies. And that's the only source of copyrighted material I've ever
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by rpdillon 1y ago
The content industries should have been the ones to invent LLMs, but their head is so stuck in the past and in regressive thinking about how they protect their revenue streams that they're incapable of innovating. Publishing houses sho
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by rpdillon 1y ago
It's not really about outsmarting them. Authoritarian systems of control rely on centralization. If you create an ecosystem where end users have lots of agency, of course most of them will go the path of least resistance, but the few w
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Well played!
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by rpdillon 1y ago
In my younger years, I really did believe that cost correlated with longevity, but as I've gotten older, I'm finding that most of the very affordable things I've purchased, including shoes and pants and jackets, have lasted 1
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Yeah, I'd mentioned the From Software titles because they have received universal acclaim. They were intended to be an example that was not contentious. So much for that!
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by rpdillon 1y ago
No worries. I'm here for the discussion, and appreciate how others see things. Thanks for your thoughts!
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Right on. I really loved Minecraft in the early days, but I think it's changed a bit since then, so I focus on Luanti (MineTest is the name most people know, I think) these days. But yes, I'm a big fan of both Minecraft and Count
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by rpdillon 1y ago
This take strongly resonates with my own attitude about AI use.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
There seems to be this assumption that if you ask AI for input, somehow you've turned into a slave that isn't capable of critiquing its response and integrating it into a larger decision-making process. Why do people make that ass
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by rpdillon 1y ago
No worries! I enjoy the discussion, and thanks for the kind words.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
The study's authors did not even attempt to draw any conclusions about long-term impact on brain health or mental health from their study. You're free to do so, but I don't find it compelling.
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I understand what you're saying, and appreciate your patience. I think it boils down to the fact that I just don't see this as a problem. Some people see ads that others don't. Not all opportunities are spread equally. There&
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by rpdillon 1y ago
I really appreciate you taking the time to write this up! Your experience is excellent, and it sounds like you're approaching it with good judgment and curiosity! Linux is a ton of fun, because it's a toolbox you can, as you say
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by rpdillon 1y ago
Some smaller titles in there, which makes sense! I'll admit I haven't heard of any of those games, so this may be ignorance on my part. I was thinking of the games from the bigger studios and their general desire to retain comple

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