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Comment a lot to prove (Score 1) 25

Downloading music could be illegal, training using illegally obtained information could also be. But you'd need to prove the illegal downloading and provide that the training materials were illegally obtained. An AI could "listen to" music that was broadcast just like humans can, it seems as though this is just another permutation of the same baseless assertion that AI training and other forms of use are inherently different.

Of course, no one should doubt that AI companies are consuming copyrighted works at a colossal scale, but that doesn't mean they are breaking laws. Laws need to change, but AI companies own politicians.

Comment Re:Cable appears to be a stable equilibrium (Score 2, Insightful) 34

While all of this is true, it is not unique to cable/streaming. It is literally every market.

Our current form of capitalism is entitlement to corporate profit, guaranteed enrichment of the wealthy at the expense of society. All the bad parts of a system of greed, no good parts from free markets. Yet the public doesn't realize they keep voting for this, instead they're excited to vote for their hatred of colored and trans people.

Comment Re:A BETTERIDGE world (Score 2) 116

I am an engineer, my university literally had a required class called "Engr 101". Among the things taught were exactly this style of writing: write what you mean then simply every possible expression and remove every unneeded word. It was incredibly valuable though context is important. Terse writing isn't good for conveying emotion which engineers are not doing.

If an engineer needed to communicate about socks to a colleague the revised version would be vastly preferred. Grandma may not like it, but then Grandma doesn't need to know the sock arrived, she needs to know you are thinking about her. A point you seem to miss. You never need to "pad your writing" but sometimes you don't know what you need to be saying. Of course, some authors are simply paid by the pound.

Comment Re:The Oxford comma makes the difference (Score 2) 116

While you laugh at the ambiguity, I notice the casual dishonesty that doesn't even register with you. The problem with that sentence isn't whether "lower" is a verb or an adjective.

Also, while the Oxford comma cannot help your sentence, it can be trivially fixed using a same approach that solves the same class of problems the Oxford comma addresses.

Comment Re:The old Twitter is gone forever (Score 2) 108

"...They are now advocating outright Communism, praising Chairman Mao, etc. I am not a far right person..."
Then you must be a fool. Who is "advocating outright Communism" and "praising Chairman Mao"? Citations please.

The whole idea of "extreme left" and "far right" is a joke, it's just identity politics and it's championed by criminals.

"If you haven't been paying attention to the DSA and their members lately, you might think I am exaggerating. I am not."
No, you're just a moron. There is an enormous difference between "outright Communism", "Chairman Mao" and socialism advocacy.

Comment Re:This isn't the EU. He's going to win. (Score 2) 311

So this brings up an interesting case. Fingerprints are physical, they can force you to do a fingerprint unlock, the 5th won't help. But what if one finger was set to wipe the phone? You don't have to tell them which finger unlocks vs which wipes - that does fall under the 5th. So make your right index finger the wipe one, that's probably what they'd try first. And it wasn't wiped due to any action on your part.

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