The union helped make a more sane working environment
The union made it so that when I worked more than 8 hours in a day, more than 5 days in a week, I was paid for it (when I worked in non-union jobs, a 12-hour day for the same pay was NOT uncommon)
The union made rules that kept management abuse to a minimum (faster! your metrics are too low... I did the math and my metrics were fine. They were cheating and no one to call them on it.)
Who says I retired early? If you did, good on you. I worked for 46 years.

Nice to hear from ya Elon

I did apply myself. I have retired.

I know who the tools are

We had unions once... And the rank and file bought into "Without a union, YOU can make more. Maybe not Marvin next to you, but he's a tool, right?"

Until we can get over "I'm better than Marvin", unions are virtually dead. Simple "collective action" (lookin' at you google heads) isn't enough. Being in a union means maintaining solidarity no matter what; Not just when it's convenient.

No, they won't avoid paying royalties... They'll pay them to the creator who uses AI.
This recognizes that AI is simply a tool that can be used to make something

it's all perverse IP laws

The real issue is the perverse IP laws. This crap happens because "someone" (looking at you movie studios) licenses the IP to Amazon and they have a stranglehold.

Something similar went on back in the 3 meter dish days... Then the satellite feeds were encrypted.
Those selling satellite systems blamed the cable companies.
It was the studios then and the studios now.

Back in the 20s and 30s, the studios owned movie houses and you could only see Fox movies in Fox movie houses etc.

If you go to the movies now and complain about the cost of the tickets or concessions, you'll be told it's the studios.
If you look into who own the theater chains, you'll find "amusement companies"; They also own the concession providers and are major holders in the movie industry; All the money flows there.

Who owns the amusement companies? Well, they used to make slot machines, juke boxes and pin ball machines.
I leave the answer to the student.

According to TFA he was a Chinese national, living legally in the US.
Does that mean ICE is in his future?

A new tax idea for MAGA

"venture capital firm Hummer Winblad, wanted the start-up to leverage its knowledge of individual music consumers to make lucrative deals with the labels"

This is my shocked face

Exactly!
And exactly the reason for the mixed units... To obscure that value

"Expanding solar power by just 15% could reduce U.S. carbon emissions by over 8.5 million metric tons annually."

they mix units so you can't realy tell what's being said; 15% expansion represents 8.5 million metric tons... What percentage is THAT? 2%? 15% 45%?

No way to tell.

It's sensational clickbait and utter BS writing.

yack!

"There's GOLD in them thar hills!!!!"

While ignoring that while there are monster salaries for a few, not many.
And the rest of the seekers will either just get by and be poor suckers in the H1B salt mines.

While the machine is NICE, a lot of it isn't needed for the applications... A $180 Nvidia GPU for a machine that, bare bones, is $300?!
While Calibre is "best in class", it's horrible and not needed as it no longer strips DRM, so it's easily replaced by BookLore... Which is new, so it needs work too, but it's still better than Calibre.

Yes, the voice actors may lose jobs.
Weavers lost their work to automated looms, then threw wooden shoes into the machinery.
There do need to be limits placed, but in general, both the actors and the industry ask too much, and the regulatory machine has been captured; we all lose.

"Khaaaan!!!!"

"From hell's heart I stab at thee..."

I'll see myself out now