Copyright law is very strict on copyright ownership, very nearly as strict as real estate law: in the absence of "work for hire" (which doesn't apply here), a specific written-document transfer is required. It is also strict on creation of derived works (which is what's happening here).

META seems to be engaged in the creation of unauthorized derived works here, and as such should be subjected to such penalties as copyright law provides. All the way up to ex parte seizures of their computers for examination of the evidence (thanks, Scientology, for the precedents on that...)

It's turtles all the way down, mate...

Can we please just import Chinese cars now?

AI fanboys downvoting :)

I do not, nor do I use one. This was merely a suggestion to someone who is unable to detect an AI generated text on their own.

No idea whether the author actually exists (nor do I see how it matters), but the text is either wholly or mostly AI generated, with all the usual stylistic hallmarks thereof.
If you do not possess your own ability to discern human vs. AI generated writing, you are welcome to submit it to any of the many "ai detectors" online.

Hate to see AI generated articles in (supposed) magazines. :(

FACESNXT is fed from all Florida-issued photo IDs, including driver's licenses. So pretty much every Florida resident is in the database.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office submitted the poor image to a statewide facial recognition database maintained by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO), running a facial recognitio program called Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System (FACESNXT). This draws from a mix of sources including booking photos and all Florida state issued IDs and driver's licenses.

So good luck keeping your face out of that database if you live in Florida.

So glad I switched from Fitbit to Garmin. Google has done everything possible to lose me as a customer.

Speaking as a motorcycle rider, ebikes are dangerous. Not because of the bike but because of the riders. They often don't wear safety gear, they don't follow traffic laws, and many bikes top out at 70-80kph. It took considerable effort to get my Class M. A bike going that fast should require licensing and safety courses and helmet laws. Most people don't realize they can squid out on the road on an ebike just like you will on a motorcycle without proper gear.

I just installed Fedora 44 on my old Win10 laptop. Because Microsoft made sure this perfectly good laptop with 16gb RAM could not run Win11. And Affinity Suite runs great on wine now. And no obnoxious telemetry tracking. Oh yeah, for games: steam and lutris too.

Yeah yeah yeah, linux linux linux

still, Microsoft is in self-destruct mode.

As anybody "gifted" with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) can tell you, not being able to forget has major downsides.

About 20 years ago, Boeing was sued about boot times and lost: the time-card system they were using required the employees first to boot up their desktops before they could sign in to the time-card system to record their work-times. FWIW

NRA is not the only US 2A rights organization, it's not even the most effective. GOA for example defending Pretti's "right to bear arms while protesting", as did the SAF and many others

Odd, that's not what the NRA stated, nor what any media org reported them as saying. So where do you get that so-called "quote"?

Trump was the one who said "it was a bad idea to bring a gun", and here is the NRA's actual response to trump's suggestion: “The NRA unequivocally believes that all law-abiding citizens have a right to keep and bear arms anywhere they have a legal right to be,”.