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by trogdor 3y ago
Your description of how Content ID works on YouTube is wrong. When a creator receives a Content ID claim, that’s the beginning of a process, not the end. Content ID claims can be disputed, and during the dispute, all revenue from the video
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>First time I was questioned by management at Verizon, I made sure I was ambiguous in a way that made them think I was guilty. Why did you do that?
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>[YouTube] entirely disregard[s] key aspects and intents of the law, leaving fair use and fair process as a joke. I make my living from YouTube, and I am very familiar with their policies surrounding copyright. I think your characterizat
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I’m not sure that your experience should be generalized to a broad rule against volunteering “any information about yourself to anyone in the office beyond what is required to complete your job.” I used to work in finance. Volunteering pers
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The problem with greater regenerative braking is that it leads to more abrupt deceleration. The car has to strike a balance. I drive a Model S Plaid. My car’s maximum regenerative braking capability is 150kw. It is easily reached, immediate
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Whoosh
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Going to the symphony is similarly “competence porn.” It does nothing for your musical skills, but it’s a joy. There is nothing wrong with entertainment for entertainment’s sake.
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I believe that sex offender registration laws are problematic. But so is that Men’s Health article. Yes, the article contains actual names. Thing is, none of those people are registered sex offenders: 1. Juan Matamoros is not a registered s
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I love your work. Unrelated to this piece, do you know of any resource that allows you to zoom in on a modern-process-node chip, from 1X down to the transistor level?
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It’s usually a good idea to be open to alternative explanations, but that wasn’t my question.
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Let’s assume that the FDA doesn’t shut Amazon down. When that happens, what would it take to convince you that the reason for the FDA’s decision is Amazon’s compliance with the law, rather than Jeff Bezos’s influence over the government and
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That is incorrect. If the work is unpublished for the purposes of the Copyright Act, you do have to register (or preregister) the work prior to the infringement. 17 USC § 412(1). If the work is published, you still have to register it w
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>Why isn't robots.txt enough to enforce copyright You actually need a lot more than that. Most significantly, you need to have registered the work with the Copyright Office. “No civil action for infringement of the copyright in any
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Mind explaining your travel security protocol in more detail? I’ve never heard of using a separate travel email address, and I’d like to understand your reasons for doing so.
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Vimeo is not a viable alternative for creators who are trying to make monetize their content. With very limited exception, Vimeo imposes a 2TB/month bandwidth limit [0] on all accounts. If you exceed that limit and don’t agree to pay f
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That’s a really good point. I wonder if they have an estimate of the percentage of YouTube videos that are unlisted.
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Why do you believe that paid services are only B2B these days? For one counterpoint, there are a quarter-billion paid Netflix subscriptions worldwide.
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On the chance this may be helpful, I recently used Radiology Assist [0] to self-pay for two 3-Tesla MRIs. Each MRI cost $375 - total - and included a radiology report and a copy of the MRI images. I have health insurance. It was cheaper to
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by trogdor 3y ago
I hear this a lot, but I have never understood the details. How is the data sold to Google? What program are these websites participating in, where Google is paying them for customer email addresses, phone numbers, and purchase history?
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Oh, man. Flashback to the time I painstakingly rebuilt the carburetor on my scooter, then spent way too long trying to figure out why it wouldn’t start. The kill switch was set to “off.”
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Because it violates this site’s guidelines: “Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken.”
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Because it is a recall, and your suggested headline would be misleading. Tesla routinely pushes software updates. This one, however, is different. It’s the result of a multi-year NHTSA investigation, and it’s legally a recall. The Nationa
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The absence of regular cruise control in my Model S Plaid is incredibly frustrating on road trips, particularly since Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) maxes out at 90 MPH - which is the speed limit on at least one U.S. road. Moreover,
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>When Google finally made the whole of the web searchable, what would have happened, what would we have said, if they had decided some pages were inappropriate and therefore it should be their duty to prevent users to ever find them? Goo
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Suppressors don’t have a significant effect on muzzle velocity [0]. That said, in my experience, most people who shoot suppressed intentionally shoot subsonic rounds, since they are inherently quieter. If anyone in Arizona gets a Cybertruck
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>Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples) You can’t just wish away addiction, but many people can get help and leave addiction in their past. I did.
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What is an “M1-M3 Mac”?
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If you run a social media site and you want mainstream businesses to advertise alongside posts on your site, you have to engage in content moderation. It’s hard, but advertisers demand it. Minimally, you must identify content of the type th
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Apparently, an internal memo at OpenAI states that Sam was not fired for malfeasance. Unbelievable. See https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/openai-memo-altman-firing-m...
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I’m with you on this. OpenAI’s board publicly stated that Sam Altman had lied to them, and that they no longer have confidence in his ability to continue leading the company. I find it really hard to believe they just made that up. They cou

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