Mohamed

@Mohamed@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a sin in Christianity to consume media based on ancient mythology and folklore?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My background in is in Islam, not Christianity. This doesn’t answer your question but I hope it is helpful.

  Most opinions in Islam are that: it is not a sin to read pagan texts or texts from other religions, but it is highly discouraged for non-experts in Islam, as, for example, it may weaken their belief in Islam. Many Muslim prostelyzers, for example, extensively read non-Islamic texts to help them convert other people to Islam.

  However, I think a distinction is usually made between mythical texts and religious texts. Many believe that it is no sin to read Greek mythology because they see them as just fixtional stories, but that it is a sin or it is discourged to read the Torah or the Bible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Storage, DoGE, and cognitive biases against tape⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep in mind that tapes are still the most efficient storage medium, in terms of both cost and physical space used. What they lack is speed. These characteristics make them the perfect medium for archiving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Orange flavored recession is superior to the DeMoNCRaTs!!!1!1!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Historically true, but Im guessing Trump isnt talking about Colonialism here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GenAI website goes dark after explicit fakes exposed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Generated AI CP should be illegalized even if its creation did not technically harm anyone. The reason is, presumably it looks too close to real CP, so close that it: 1) normalizes consumption of CP, 2) grows a market for CP, and 3) Real CP could get off the hook by claiming it is AI.

  While there are similar reasons to be against clearly not real CP (e.g. hentai), this type at least does not have problem #3. For example, there doesnt need to be an investigation into whether a picture is real or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe bets on RISC-V for homegrown supercomputing platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The connection also looks like a RAM stick’s. I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is irrelevant because Meta should not be tried for this the same as a private individual would be.

  The case for torrenting being illegal for private individuals is one or both of:

  1. Downloading in of itself is stealing.
  2. Uploading is giving unauthorized access to someone else who otherwise might have had a harder time finding it. Anything else, such as watching, reading, listening, learning, etc. is not illegal (or does not make sense to make illegal). The exception might be publishing. This is rare for private individuals (e.g. using pirated FL studio to make a commercial song).

  For corporations, a lot change. Firstly, a corporation downloading a torrent is necessarily making unauthorized material available for some people of the company. It’s like a group of 20 friends all downloaded and uploaded to each other. Secondly, they used this copyrighted material commercially (like playing pirated music in a public night club). Both should be illegal.

  However, all of this is still a distraction. The real issue is using copyrighted materials to train commercial AI. Does Meta require permission from copyright holders to make AI based on their work? The law is grey on this, and desperately needs regulations.

  Just my thoughts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-hosted Personal Finance Suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am definitely interested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just thinking out loud here.

  I disagree with being able to opt out of being quoted, but I agree that one should be able to opt out of having their account visible in the the Quote Post. Or maybe I am misunderstanding what a Quote Post is supposed to be? I am thinking of it as a way to share someone else’s post, but also verifying the the quote wasnt just made up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arm's to launch first self-made processors, poaching employees from clients: Reports⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would think, in the US, antitrust laws would apply.

  Is this different from Intel and x86 architecture? (Genuinely asking)