But...eBay really doesn't/shouldn't care if it is a bad decision or not to the purchaser....they just want sales, right?.

So I'm wondering why eBay wants to ban the Ai Agents...?

It doesn't make sense to me...

Evil Genius note to self.

Start NOW raising vast herds of Pandas.....to later hold world hostage by threatening to release upon the world to eat entire world infrastructure.....

Hmm...could ask for say....$1 MILLION dollars...?

I was about to say roughly the same thing.

While I feel for artists that will be losing out on funding like it used to work....this is just basically how things have always worked to date.

There very seldom is a truly original thought.

I've seen interviews of older artists like Keith Richards and he talks about the Stones early years and creative years and he freely admits they "lifted" licks, etc from their heroes before them, the old blues guys from the US south....Muddy, Robert Johnson, etc....and later Chuck Berry, etc.

That's how everyone did it...they took from the past and modified it for new content.

those old Blues masters they "lifted" from ....had lifted from those before them, EVERYONE has influences.

And with the AI stuff...in my head, unless they are just reprinting images or music or whatever as a direct copy to make money....it's fair game.

AI is trained much like our human brains are trained by ingesting what's around us by various methods and then, using that to come up with something new.

If I am inspired by Ansel Adams and maybe another photographer like Cartier-Bresson....and I come up with some photographs using elements I learned or was inspired from them...do I necessarily owe their estates money for my 'original' work that draws on their work from the past as long as it isn't basically a direct copy of their ideas?

The thing is, numerous studies - both direct clinical experimentation and statistical analyses of existing longitudinal data - show that fasting has dramatic health benefits, and in fact in fasting experiments most of those initial side effects like hunger and lethargy resolve after a few weeks. Because that's the nature of change. If you're offended that you might have to endure a transitional period, then you'll never change anything.

I thought I'd seen some recent studies, maybe even posted here in Slashdot...that they were finding intermittent fasting to be harmful to people....decreasing life spans, etc?

It was kinda shocking to me as that I'd done it in the past with some success....I don't have the articles at hand but I do recall recently seeing studies like that....have you seen those?

Thoughts?

I think it should be non controversial that no matter what the punishment is for being in a country illegally, the punishment for employing someone who is in that country illegally should be more severe. We all have our own ideas. What problem do yours solve?

I agree the employment part of what you say is a great idea.....

Overall getting rid of illegals will help solve a lot of problems, it will take a tremendous load off our social safety net system, especially medical, where they all use the ER for almost everything....reduce the load on education system, open up more housing for US citizens....etc.

The trouble is...the mass immigration in such large and sudden numbers, doesn't allow for waves to integrate into the US culture....instead they are congregating in areas and not learning English, they are bringing non-western values in to the US and changing the very fabric and philosophy of life that made the US what it is......rather than integrating and contributing, it is slowly overtaking and trying to remake the US more into the countries they left in the first place for some reason.....

We need to monitor and regular migration into the US for skills, for what they can contribute to the US to make it better...AND...regulate from which parts of the world that are more akin to US/Western classic thinking, and living philosophy .......we need to keep some things the same that historically grew the US to the powerhouse it is today....

You forget one thing.

Even illegal immigrants count in the census...which is used to delegate how many House seats each state has.

If you could instantly remove all the illegals....many states, especially blue sanctuary House seats would evaporate and be redistributed to other states, thus losing influence they currently have....

I spotted the Trump-follower. They're the only ones who refer to immigrants as "illegals." Most of them would come in legally if there were a legal way to do so. So let's make it a straightforward process: pay a reasonable fee and fill out paperwork, sign up with the IRS for tax withholding, and let them in. But I doubt you'd agree to such an arrangement. If I'm right, then your beef is not really with "illegals" but with immigrants, period. And that's a different beef altogether.

This should be really simple and have support of most US citizens.

1. If the migrant broke the laws currently in effect, then the laws currently in effect should be upheld and they are gone from the country. Voluntarily would be best and those that self deport get some special consideration to possibly come back.

But ALL should be gone and we should make it difficult for anyone to stay here and rent or buy a place to live, open banking, anything unless you are a US citizen or here legally...

2. Let's reform the immigration policies, make then straightforward an reasonable.

3.Caveat this by making sure we have the Feds vote each year on how many people we let in and of that what skills and attributed these migrants can bring to the US...this isn't charity, we want people that can help the country grow and prosper, AND....give much heavier weight to those migrants that want to to actually come here to become US citizens and become part of the US culture, and learn English.

4. Let's make English the official US language....we already have people applying for citizenship to show a proficiency in Englishl let's make it the official language. All official work and interactions with govt in English. (Other countries do this in their languages so should we).

5. In general, it should be about as easy or difficult to come into our country and work as it is in other countries.....most do NOT make it as easy as the US has by shutting our eyes on how folks enter illegally....and stay for long times, work, etc.

So, how's that? Let's get those here illegally OUT Let's be more thoughtful on those we let in and make our immigrations laws simple, straightforward....but regulated to do the best for our nations' interests.

How does that sound?

Well, it still can't pick apples or milk cows. It still can't clean your house or mow your lawn. You know, the kinds of jobs immigrants tend to do.

You know not that long ago...in my lifetime...the majority of jobs like that or construction, etc...were done NATIVELY by US citizens.

If we got rid of the illegal migrants...wages might rise back up to where they need and US citizens might have those jobs again....although it may take awhile to retrain since we've lost that over the past 20-30 years.....

Remote work is not the Panacea many claim it to be. The more coordination and collaboration there is the more in-person has advantages.

I"ve yet to see any work that I've ever done...much of it contractor Sysadm or DBA work...that didn't work just fine remote.

I've yet to have a situation where I benefitted from collaboration in person....

Stop zoning most of our cities such that most housing requires a car.

I like how and where I live....and any politician that tries to pass laws to mandate I have to live where I have to share walls with other people is going to quickly get voted out with me actively working against them.

If people want to live in apartments sharing walls, more power to them, there are parts of the city that cater to that.

I for one,, do now want that type of lifestyle....I'm too old to live like a college student in an apartment, I want a single family house, with back yard, etc....

I vote to have people zone the way I like to live......I want to preserve that option as well as preserve the value of the home and neighborhood I buy into.

Because most people who promote the "walking city", or heavy EV usage, or Urban this or that....also seems to think THAT is the only way humans should be allowed to live and that any other way is climate heresy.

I actually live just outside New Orleans...a city, but one I'd hardly term as "urban", at least with respect to the general living in high tower apartmentments, etc.

However, I'm sure it's a city you've heard of...?

Why would I want to pay extra taxes though?

Your taxes idea is compatible with any smart contract but it will be a barrier to adoption. Why would I use a stablecoin that taxes me when there are ones that don't?

I've personally launched at least 5 ( A bunch of reeeeaaal duds).