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10mo ago
I'm not arguing against hypocrisy, I'm arguing against the fairness of the inconsistent application of this principal in reality.
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10mo ago
It would if apportionment was based on voting records and not census data.
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1d ago
No but every comparable I've looked at is the same price or higher.
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6d ago
I don't think so. Those concepts still have pretty clear meaning and can be applied to the output of AI as well as humans. What this line of argument is disputing is the (often unstated) conclusion: "therefore, AI is not valuable." But this doesn't follow. Humans distort information, accidentally or maliciously, make errors, hallucinate, and are generally somewhat unreliable, but their output still has value. An AI can share all of those same characteristics and still be very valuable as an information processing agent.
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22d ago
Yes, I think generally similarly-sized SUVs have a higher vehicle curb weight, which cuts into towing capacity. Trucks also generally have much better rear visibility.
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2mo ago
I've used https://www.taydaelectronics.com for a few projects and found them to have a limited but pretty useful inventory at very reasonable prices, aimed at hobbyists rather than manufacturers.
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3mo ago
Ah, you appear to have Acrobat Reader installed which is what adds that (as well as the Share option). Microsoft isn't really to blame here, I think. They've done nothing except make it possible for third parties to integrate into Word. They may even have been legally required to do it.
FWIW, you don't need Acrobat Reader for general PDF reading.
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3mo ago
How many processes depend on gravity at all? How many require specifically 9.8 m/s^2?
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3mo ago
Probably not to the rights as such but to the court-invented magic incantation that replaces any actual inquiry whether and to what degree the rights were actually violated.
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3mo ago
Second this. Expanse does a great job of crew as family in a fascinating evolving world.
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3mo ago
It's simplistic but there's https://slowroads.io/
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3mo ago
If battery life is a top priority, you're probably going to want something based on an M-series chip (Mac) or Snapdragon (Windows). The Snapdragon devices are still pretty new. Microsoft has them in a version of the Surface Book: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-laptop-for-business-copilot-pc/8tkcbz02bdvk
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5mo ago
Big Fat Quiz of the Year from last month was the last thing I really belly laughed at.
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6mo ago
Just dropping a couple bucks in the tip jar is usually enough
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8mo ago
Cause or effect? Are these Democrats investigated because they have been declared PNG by the party? Or are they out with the party because they were investigated (or for the underlying reasons)?
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8mo ago
Which is why, for instance, one of the tests for Fair Use in the US is whether or not the derivative work competes against the original work. In the case of AI art and other generative AI tools, there's a good argument to be made that the tools do compete with the original works. As such, regardless of the technical issues involved, this does reduce the incentives of illustrators by reducing their ability to monetize their illustrations.
Yes, but AI art does not rely on fair use. The argument that the copyright issue is nonsense is that in almost no other circumstances, except where a EULA is enforced, does copyright limit the way someone can use a work. It only means they can't copy it. But the case against AI art would have to extend the concept of copying a work beyond any reasonable point in order for those restrictions to apply. You can't copyright concepts or styles for this reason, only specific works. Obtaining legitimate copies of works and assimilating them for novel synthesis has never implicated copyright before.
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10mo ago
Buying a tesla is hardly a vote on the personal approval of its CEO. People just don't look at major purchasing decisions that way.
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11mo ago
If you have money, you could use a good chunk of it (on the order of tithes) to support political candidates (or oppose bad candidates) who see things your way (or not) . That's more effective, especially at the most local levels, than voting alone.
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11mo ago
538 is a model, only slightly based on polling
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11mo ago
It seems like the simple and obvious solution would be for social media companies to set user post visibility to friends only by default, though with something like Twitter its basic premise is that you are posting for everyone to see.
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1d ago
Yes, I own a home with a garage. I will need to upgrade the circuit for full speed home charging but it's not a big deal. I would probably pay cash or mostly cash. I'm just having a hard time figuring the opportunity cost of not buying sooner due to difficulty estimating the savings of driving old car and being unsure how much the price will actually rise.
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15d ago
The central units are generic and easy to get, cost only a little more than a nice portable unit, and the sweepers generally conform to one of only a couple standard types. The rest is just plastic tubes and wall ports. Biggest advantage is that the central unit can exhaust to outside, so heavy filtration is not needed to reduce fine particles and dust, and the power of even a low end central unit can't be matched by any kind of portable vacuum cleaner. The central unit typically has a collection bin you can remove and empty, like a shop-vac.
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16d ago
I own a 100-year old house myself, but my friend who has built new strongly recommends installing central vacuum lines during construction.
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27d ago
Obviously, but I think the TRA would argue that this is exceptionally unusual and outweighed by the QoL improvements of early transition.
I strenuously disagree, but I do think that's the actual crux.
How so?
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