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throw74774

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    Comment #35894580

    Chinese spending has increased too.

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    Comment #35894559

    Earlier you said “people contribute without any monetary incentives”, and now you are admitting that they do need monetary incentives because there is no UBI. Which is the truth?

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    Comment #35894527

    > Did you miss the parts where I mentioned that private individuals and corporations can also fund their own software, as we do today? You aren’t being honest. Today we’re allowed …

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    Comment #35894043

    Earlier you said: > In my viewpoint, something one makes which can be built upon by another freely and without limit is what helps humanity. Now you are saying that LLMs, and maybe…

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    Comment #35894040

    Probably not: https://theconversation.com/chinas-military-might-is-much-cl...

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    Comment #35890697

    Who would decide what to fund?

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    Comment #35890119

    > where people contribute without any monetary incentives. First of all you added in the word ‘monetary’, to straw-man the position. Secondly, even if we run with your straw-man, I…

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    Comment #35890071

    Why should just LLMs be funded that way and not all software?

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    Comment #35889751

    All jobs are artificially kept, as would UBI be. They are all artifacts of the law. Money is a way to allocate resources, and technological progress depends on people having incent…

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    Comment #35889717

    How do you propose that LLMs are paid for?

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    Comment #35887560

    What do you mean they aren’t paying their fair share? You just said they bought the rights. Also it seems like you are saying we should just pre-judge cases without using the court…

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    Comment #35884534

    You cannot extend anyone’s work if you have no food or resources.

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    Comment #35883623

    It dismantled the most sophisticated network that that know about.

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    Comment #35883606

    How does it help humanity as a whole if nobody is able to capture any value for their work?

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    Comment #35882383

    Why won’t the police be supplied with countermeasures and drones of their own?

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    Comment #35881437

    Not necessarily. There are health disadvantages that come from being taller, and also from having higher caloric intake. It could be that we’re adapted to less food, and when we ha…

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    Comment #35881406

    If this were true, people would have died of scurvy at random as opposed to only when forced into a restricted diet at sea.

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    Comment #35874259

    Dunno - touch devices are already very popular for music editing and production. No reason they shouldn’t be for video too.

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    Comment #35864921

    The same argument could be made about platforms that allow alternative app stores, and those that don’t. Both are available for people to choose from. Why does DHH consider choice …

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    Comment #35856760

    Benevolence isn’t enough. They also have to be really smart, competent, and motivated.

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    Comment #35856750

    Every democracy has this.

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    Comment #35852737

    [flagged]

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    Comment #35848034

    Sounds like they’re going to make it into a portal.

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    Comment #35843803

    I like the idea that parts of the ‘should’ be free and open, but I’m curious how the people who work on these things would have time to do so if not paid. Are you suggesting that t…

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