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You're absolutely correct about the presence of listings. I agree with your skepticism towards describing this as anything more than a one-off bad copyright flagging on eBay AU. Th…

The answer is, yes, a small third-party used listing was removed by eBay. The fact that large retailers are recirculating used Pis has no bearing on what makes this intriguing (see…

Pure speculation, but it's more difficult to fingerprint device users when buying used. Linux is obviously more protective of privacy, as is the entropy of having many near-identic…

I expected this to be another post about geometric algebra (or maybe tensor algebra)

In 2016, there was furor regarding third party data analytics. The $5 billion FTC fine was ostensibly about protecting user privacy. It can be seen here as a fine for inadequate ex…

A better metric for text difficulty might be mean tf-idf. Essentially the average "rareness" of each word used. This topic is fun to analyze, but it's not really aligned with the o…

Both performance and power usage are physically functions of transistor density. Assuming the apples-to-apples comparison of similar transistor counts, operating TDPs, and processo…

I don't find the examples listed notably precognizant. CNN Jan 21 "First US case of Wuhan coronavirus confirmed by CDC" The entrepreneur blog posts linked seem to have been posted …

Thanks for the links. I know little on the topic. It may be a while before a litigious content owner identifies their work as having contributed to another generated one. I have ye…

Does anyone have cites on litigation specific to generative works? The nearest neighbor precedent I'm aware of is the dismissal of Authors Guild v Google

Every time evidence leans the author towards "viruses might come from space", I find myself leaning the other way. My general view is that cellular life and viruses mutualistically…

I list the low-hanging fruit first: Look up nerve flossing exercises on YouTube. Routinely doing these had the largest impact for me. You'll feel the ones that work on whatever ner…

The spectrum of these lamps is much closer to sunlight than others: https://sound-au.com/lamps/sp-lamp-f2.jpg This would be ideal for offering indoor sunlight substitutes.

This study was done on anesthetized rodents. In conversation I've heard support for sleeping on one's side (laterally). This doesn't suit me physically. My shoulders are too wide. …