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by zirgs 3y ago
There's a difference between getting a court order and someone saying - "I saw that X IP address shared a copyrighted file - can I get their name and address?"
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by zirgs 3y ago
There's a huge difference between, say, 25 years after publication and 70-90 years after the author's death. I'd argue that shorter copyright terms would be benefical to society. It would force Disney to finally create someth
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by zirgs 3y ago
Can a language be copyrighted at all?
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by zirgs 3y ago
How do I benefit from 90 years long copyright terms?
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by zirgs 3y ago
Makes sense. If ISPs were allowed to share home addresses then a lot of creeps and scammers could abuse that system.
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by zirgs 3y ago
There's a 24 GB limitation for consumer GPUs, because AMD and Intel aren't competitive.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Seems like that they are throwing the whole political spectrum at you to see what sticks.
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by zirgs 3y ago
I don't want to be associated with illegal activities. Crypto transactions are traceable so I could receive tainted coins from some criminals and become a suspect myself. Cash and traditional banking don't have this problem.
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by zirgs 3y ago
It's been almost 15 years. There's still no valid crypto use case outside of speculation and crime.
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by zirgs 3y ago
The UK is going to extradite him to the USA directly. Why would they need to involve Sweden in this at all?
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by zirgs 3y ago
It's an advantage, because each user can apply different restrictions to Open Source AI models. If I'm writing a crime novel for adults - I want the assistant to be able to talk about sex and violence. But obviously - a corporate
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by zirgs 3y ago
We could try something like Civitai is doing already, but automated. Each node could train the model on a separate concept and then combine the results.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Open models can talk about "forbidden" topics and can be extended by users. Both of them are significant advantages.
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by zirgs 3y ago
USA, China, India and pretty much everyone else in the "global south" will be more affected by climate change than, say, northern Europe.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Yeah, delivery men usually call to ask if anyone is at home.
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by zirgs 3y ago
How do you handle deliveries then?
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by zirgs 3y ago
What I'm saying is that people who have something to hide will find a way. You can't ban math. Google and Microsoft made a solution that scans user files for illegal stuff, but it can be easily defeated by simply uploading a passw
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by zirgs 3y ago
Not all of them. Also the handle can be easily disassembled and all the metal parts can be removed.
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by zirgs 3y ago
An angry teen can grab a ceramic knife from the kitchen - no need to plan anything. You can also buy them at ordinary grocery stores. I have a few of them in my kitchen as well - they are really great.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Enthusiasts with AI-assisted development tools. Just like it's done with any other "historic" tech nowadays. Game console emulators, for example. Also those tools will most likely be open source.
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by zirgs 3y ago
It's crazy that such devices are installed at schools at all. Also - metal detectors won't detect ceramic knives. So it's a security theatre anyway.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Some time ago I wrote a program, that encrypted/decrypted files by xoring them against a one-time pad. It took me less than an hour. That kind of encryption can even be done with a pen and paper. Encryption ban is unenforceable.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Most people seem to like middle of the road pop that consists of the same 4 chords. I would not be surprised if AI makes stuff like that in the future. It's already formulaic, safe, marketable and non-controversial...
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by zirgs 3y ago
That browser requires an account. Most people use it with a google account, because they are using gmail and other google services. So their adtech doesn't need to be that smart. Why bother trying to track a Firefox user who uses a VP
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by zirgs 3y ago
Bland and soulless - so just like Spotify top 50? When I listen to it - it all sounds so samey and generic that it might as well be procedurally generated.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Not really. I set my VPN endpoint to Sweden, disabled adblock and Google started showing me ads in Swedish. Also back when I still used my Google acc they showed me ads for things that I've already bought. Their adtech stuff is way dum
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by zirgs 3y ago
I use an adblock so I don't see any ads on google.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Even during peak-covid I could still communicate with my friends and family members using uncensored means of communication.
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by zirgs 3y ago
And yet they still have porn subreddits. Also I've bern hearing about that "upcoming IPO" for like 5 years now and it still doesn't happen.
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by zirgs 3y ago
Thankfully I can go outside, talk to people and find out that they don't have the same opinions as reddit mods/admins.

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