tjr

17 ms·

241.
by tjr 2y ago
https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/ Fair use can be a bit ambiguous, but I think there are definitely grounds to claim that what the AI companies are doing is not fair use. I imagine it will have to be tried in court f
242.
Will the AI Revolution Include Business Aviation?(nbaa.org)
1 points by tjr 2y ago|0 comments
243.
by tjr 2y ago
A lot of companies avoid using GPL code at all, because they don't want to even accidentally find their own proprietary code subject to being released under the GPL. I can imagine that some similar licensing concept could be applied to
244.
by tjr 3y ago
I have mixed regular Coke with club soda at home, and restaurants are often willing to do this for you too if you ask.
245.
by tjr 3y ago
Over the past year and a half or so, I've noticed a lot more web content that starts off seeming reasonably good, even if simplistic, but after the first paragraph or two becomes inordinately repetitive, and often drifts off into some
246.
by tjr 3y ago
I would add, repeatable / reproducible results. Given the same input, you get the same output every time. If the input includes some sort of random seed for the express purpose of getting different output intentionally, then so be it,
247.
by tjr 3y ago
I think one difference is in how humans learn vs. how AI learns. A human could hear a very small amount of music and start mimicking it. AI -- at least in its present state -- needs to be trained on a huge quantity of music to start doing a
248.
by tjr 3y ago
This article seems to delve into more than just pictures of food, but squarely back on that topic, I do in fact appreciate actual pictures of the actual food from the restaurant. If it's some major chain, I probably don't care. I
249.
by tjr 3y ago
Like many jazz albums of its era, this one uses a pretty typical standard jazz sort of formula, to wit, roughly[0] - The whole ensemble plays an arrangement of the melody of the tune - After playing the melody through, the group jumps into
250.
by tjr 3y ago
I also like XD. I do a little bit of UX design work, and XD feels more intuitive to me than Figma. I still have XD installed as part of Adobe Creative Cloud, and would prefer not to lose it.
251.
by tjr 3y ago
On the whole, big companies tend to be bureaucratic behemoths out of necessity. You might find them generally dismal places to work. But then again, you might find some really fun and interesting pockets within those big companies. I'm
252.
by tjr 3y ago
If it sounds to me like an AI voice, then I start losing interest in whatever content is being presented. I feel like this must be some cheap hack content. I'm not sure that this is a logical and fair reaction on my part, but it's
253.
by tjr 3y ago
When I was a junior myself, I wanted to do fancy tricks with code and use Lisp or Ocaml or whatever. Now as a principal engineer, I want to keep code boringly simple and use languages that are likewise simple.
254.
by tjr 3y ago
Do you have a favorite source for papers?
255.
by tjr 3y ago
True. It's usually in mice. Nice change of pace!
256.
by tjr 3y ago
Timmy did not need to ingest the whole sum of human knowledge as a training set before he could draw a crayon copy of a cartoon character.
257.
by tjr 3y ago
Merry Christmas!
258.
by tjr 3y ago
Agreed, it feels like people's copyright wishes are being flagrantly ignored, with a sense of "well, it's too late now, just live with it". And I do not buy the "just like a person learning" argument. At least,
259.
by tjr 3y ago
I suspect part of it is overall societal changes pertaining to phone usage. When I was an elementary school student, I carried a few coins in the event that I had to call someone on a payphone. (Which happened very rarely.) But today, we ha
260.
by tjr 3y ago
I once received such a letter, in which Knuth explained how my bug report was in fact mistaken. I wrote back to him (on the same printout paper) to thank him for his reply, and included a check for $2.56. He cashed it!
261.
by tjr 3y ago
I have my Hacker News top bar color set to a shade of green, as opposed to the default orange. Doesn't bother me! :-)
262.
by tjr 3y ago
He has a marvelous drawing approach. I've not yet found any other similar drawings that really quite capture the same style. I was honored that he agreed to make some drawings for a project of mine years ago; I still have the originals
263.
by tjr 3y ago
Speaking of, I was disappointed that Duane did not make the drawings for the latest volume. Perhaps he's retired now.
264.
by tjr 3y ago
I think that's a fair description. While I have not yet found ChatGPT useful in my "real" day job (its understanding of aerospace systems is more than I would have guessed, but yet not enough to be super helpful to me), I hav
265.
by tjr 3y ago
If ChatGPT just feels like casually mentioning how amazing the latest Fiat Panda is, and how great it's priced, and how cool you would look when driving it, and how the current model happens to come in your favorite shade of puce, all
266.
by tjr 3y ago
I imagine it will go through a period of reasonably subtle product placement text before switching over to outright ads mid-sentence.
267.
by tjr 3y ago
What kinds of things do you work on? As a software engineer in aerospace, I have not really found it helpful. But neither has StackOverflow been as helpful to me as it clearly is to many. I think that what kinds of problems you're work
268.
by tjr 3y ago
One option is vision recognition systems for automated GUI testing.
269.
by tjr 3y ago
Great! Inexpensive zoom lenses are getting better all the time. And manufacturing processes are likely also improving. The gap is narrowing. But, at least today, you still get enhanced features on the more expensive zoom lens, such as wider
270.
by tjr 3y ago
This is also introducing the difference between zoom lenses and prime lenses. You can get a good 28mm lens for much less cost than a good 24-70mm zoom lens. Most novices in photography don't start nowadays with good prime lenses, but w

More ›