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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
Economics is political.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
Not hard at all as it turns out. I had to do this a few years back to extract PBI metadata (metric names, queries, data sources, etc.) from of our dashboards.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
While it's true that we are competing in a global market, perhaps we shouldn't be racing to the bottom at the expense of our labor class.
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
You realize that not everybody has the means to invest in stocks, right? Artists are so commonly poor, that there's even a trope called the "starving artist." I have noticed a distinct lack of empathy in the broader discussio
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
The newness or novelty of thievery isn't relevant to whether it's thievery or not. The difference is that, for better or worse, our society chose to follow the model that artists own the rights to their work. That work was used fo
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
I disagree that artists copying styles is theft. Tracing or lifting exact elements without materially modifying them, sure, but studying and translating another artist's style takes effort and intent. I agree with your overall point of
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by thankyoufriend 1y ago
The difference between GenAI and your examples is a theft component. They stole our data - your data - and used it to build a machine that diverts wealth to the rich. The only equitable way for GenAI to move forward is if we all own a share
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
I'm just going to briefly respond to the part you wrote about art in particular. We may not have a way to actually quantify the harm that GenAI is doing to creative industries because some of the damage is long-term. Choices are being
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
It's interesting to see how defensive people get about capitalism when other economic systems are mentioned. If capitalism is so great, then argue its strengths. It should be able to withstand the criticism that comes its way without h
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
If there was a sudden surplus of money in the community, isn't it pretty likely people would spend it immediately? Sure, some - maybe a lot initially - would go towards drugs and this would require some attention. However, whatever goo
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
> What the hell is the talk of "human worth" supposed to even mean. If you can't even feed yourself, you're a fucking joke. Work is just doing something for someone else they like. What is the argument here. "I s
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
"Aquaman: King of Atlantis" hit some of those notes for me. I didn't particularly care about the story, but the animation was captivating.
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
Good point - it's much more complicated than I made it seem. I think we should just pay everyone a living wage and make it much simpler :)
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
As another commenter crudely pointed out with their "not my problem", your boss is supposed to make up the difference between your <$5/hr and whatever the minimum wage is in your area[1]. Therefore any tips _up to_ your mi
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
GenAI will just be a way to reduce labor costs and capture/monetize customer data even further. IMO, everyone should be against non-local GenAI in any product and they should be against even local GenAI when its downstream effects clas
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by thankyoufriend 2y ago
Very cool! I'd be interested in reading more about your dictation-to-text process if you documented it somewhere, thanks. My partner and I were just talking about how useful that would be, especially driving in the car when all of the