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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an artist, I just write silly game systems. I took for granted that a handwritting machine was an easy assumption. I doubt AI companies even have the insentive to try and create physical handwriting/sketching but I see no reason to believe it’s impossible.

  Here appears to be a handwriting printer “holding” a pen. People can probably tell this was not human written but I just imagine a machine that can replicate human hand motion better - like a robot hand on a robot arm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If the training data for “drafts” and “hand written notes” exists then one can train an AI on it, and generate it the same way. Do some artists share such things?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead of considering if the whole work is now copyrightable, consider parts of the work made by generative AI are not and the human parts are (if they reach the minimum line of creativity). Sure there’s other helpful tools that do some of the work but unless they’re substituting the creativity then they need not apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems impossible to me but I’m not an artist - I write code as a hobby and see no way to definitively prove I wrote any code that an AI could also produce. Is there any aspect of art creation that an AI cannot replicate?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s where people are, sadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not if it depends on Google Pain Services?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you post hard enough you can get a company to sue you out of desperation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Please do not, that’s disgusting, thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attorney General James Sues Game Developer for Promoting Illegal Gambling Through Video Games⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even without the chance to earn real money the spirit of gambling still remains. Does buying trading cards (hoping to get one’s desired pocket monster) look good on reflection? Companies “creating” value aribtrarily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The creator of systemd wants your entire system validated by SecureBoot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Who decides what SecureBoot considers trustworthy? If SecureBoot is controlled by someone else then it can be used against the user. The aversion to SecureBoot is justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube frontend, Grayjay is coming to Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is the issue on calling it open source was a sincere difference of word usage (can see the source code) and going forward they would use a different term for their licence intention (can see the code but must pay the copyright holder if you make money off forking/using it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a software freedom enjoyer so I don’t have most of those types of apps already (only Discord… which I hope friends ditch soon).

  When I looked into installing a new OS it I needed some program or use Android Studio which had it. However, the AS binary demanded I agree to an EULA beyond the “open source” license I was expecting. Whatever I needed it couldn’t find an up to date method of compling it myself.

  (Fairphone 5)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It's Possible to jailbreak F-35 like iPhone', Says Dutch State Secretary of Defense Tuinman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Right to repair my F-35!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How do I “uncertify” by Android device? Install a fork I guess. Shame it’s not as easy as installing a new OS on the desktop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Forcing the copyright holder to sell on DVD would be problematic. Why not just permit others to offer it in a format that is apprently in demand (e.g. by reducing copyright to 5 years, instead of ~5 billion)?

  Pirating is indeed one thing (on boats… stealing, with violence and murder). If you say “unauthorised copying” instead of using the music industry’s propaganda term then maybe nuance is easier to see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When a Weather Forecaster Needs a Fruit to Prove It’s Him: Another Signal of Ambient Trust Collapse in Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me about fruit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What innovation, Google? Like threatening all Android devs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t mean they really thought a camera were a gun. I mean UK cops will “suspect” people filming with a camera of being a terrorist (as if aiming the camera were like pointing a gun).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably have to identify myself in some way 🫠

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you save all chat logs on Discord?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I refuse to verify my age with a face scan or government ID for an online account/profile… It’s too easy to imagine how fucked up that will go.

  The more I delete profiles to platforms with unwanted disturbing features the more recluse I become. It must look to acquaintances that I don’t care to speak but what can I say? I cannot imagine convincing computer-literate friends to switch to something as they will have the same problem.

  Do I need to retire my gaming server before I’m locked out of controlling it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the UK it means the cop wants your ID and is willing to pretend your camera is a gun to get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Didn't Break Copyright Law, It Just Exposed How Broken It Already Was⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why tie it to death, why not plain 5 years?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is unique to American people? I easily foresee the next Trump from any country.

  Especially if they have the same bad voting system of “pick the the lesser evil”. Do that enough times and you can get worse than Trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone is at a different point in their understanding of the issue of proprietary software. Spreading good ideas is still good, perhaps better for younger people with only modern technology experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Source code or perish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I too assume the Patreon App doesn’t do anything that cannot be done on their web page. I can imagine there good dev reasons but also bad incentives to make it an app.

  I am biased against Apple as I like being the on in control of my hardware/software… but is it a stretch to say Apple influence their users to use apps instead of webpages (so they can rentseek a cut)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly the fallout is usually on everyone - eventually companies will copy a shady practice as it’s been shown they can get away with it until no other option exists. It falls on the technologically literate to call out when others are being mistreated or they can suffer too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it offers something better than on whatever web browser Apple mandates, or maybe no reason but user preference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  An app you can only get via the Apple store, mandated by Apple?