Shazbot

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[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It is easy to implement, it's hard to enforce because not everyone is going to be forthcoming. My city is rent controlled, passed by a healthy margin, but not all landlords are self reporting. The protections still stand, renters needing to present to the renters department at city hall.

But your point stands in more conservative areas which would be inundated with campaign donations, ads, and just overall lack of faith in functioning government.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

The guitar case has the neck support he needs when you're not strumming his belly.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

TIL Toriyama was the real Kami on the lookout 😢7

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You exist in a triple point equilibrium. Constantly flipping between ideal temperature, being cooked alive, and becoming bulletproof. Depending on how quickly you alternate between states it could be feasible to stay alive despite being European.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I recommend checking out Greth's videos on the current state of the game. He's an experienced player so his opinions have good reasoning, although I don't always agree with his views on maps. Personally I'm waiting for them to add 3rd weapon slot and to bring back the Jammer pack. Right now it looks too T:A GOTY for me, which is odd considering that GOTY peaked in 2012; the same year T:A released.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

My guess is search for toddlers, whose parents handed them a phone to keep busy while they rest or do something else. They're the only demographic that does not know how to spell, or knows too few words to search effectively. But considering the American education system this could also apply to students who are illiterate despite completing the grade every year.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As someone who has spent their life translating for family this isn't surprising. Nor is it any easier when they bring me poorly translated documents and hope I decipher machine diarrhea. The tech is still years behind being real world ready, especially with anything above 6th grade grammar and nuanced word choice that depends on context and sometimes dialect. But free is free so 🤷

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not that difficult, but bad drivers make it difficult for everyone else. Coming to a complete stop should be instinct, it's a red light after all. But some still treat it like a green because of right on red. They'll turn up to 24 kph so long as they don't see obstacles at a glance. This is the danger for pedestrians and oncoming traffic, everything is secondary to the bad driver's intention. Add the popularity of bigger vehicles which increase the likelihood of fatal crashes and reduce curb visibility, it can be pretty dicey.

Ideally I'd like to see stronger enforcement for full stop on red. But if we can't get bad drivers to change I'll take sitting at the red over an accident any day.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Go to counseling, it might work, it might not. Really depends on how willing both of you are to change and grow through this.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reading these comments has shown me that most users don't realize that not all working artists are using 1099s and filing as an individual. Once you have stable income and assets (e.g. equipment) there are tax and legal benefits to incorporating your business. Removing copyright protections for large corporations will impact successful small artists who just wanted a few tax breaks.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

That's fine, but not the primary issue.

At some point these companies will need to get licenses for any copyrighted work that was part of the training data, or start over with public domain works only. The art may be data, but that data has legal owners whose rights grant control over it's use.

Another way to think about is proprietary code. You can see it and learn from it at your leisure. But to use it commercially requires a license, one that clearly defines what can and cannot be done with it, as well as fair compensation.

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (6 children)

The short version is that it's a licensing issue. All art is free to view, but the moment you try to integrate it into a commercial product/service you'll owe someone money unless the artist is given fair compensation in some other form.

For example, artists agree to provide a usage license to popular art sites to host and display their works. That license does not transfer to the guy/company scraping portfolios to fuel their AI. Unfortunately, as we can see from the article, AI may be able to generate but it still lacks imagination and inspiration; traits fundamental to creating truly derivative works. When money exchanges hands that denies the artist compensation because the work was never licensed and they are excluded from their portion of the sale.

Another example: I am a photographer uploading my images to a stock image site. As part of ToS I agree to provide a license to host, display, and relicense to buyers on my behalf. The stock site now offers an AI that create new images based on its portfolio. The catch is that all attributed works result in a monetary payment to the artists. When buyers license AI generated works based on my images I get a percentage of the sale. The stock site is legally compliant because it has a license to use my work, and I receive fair compensation when the images are used. The cycle is complete.

It gets trickier in practice, but licensing and compensation is the crux of the matter.

 

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