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So this is basically a result of the DEA forcing eBay to enforce a ban on pill presses for them? I hate how the government has basically been deputizing internet companies to enfor…

Human brains are not large language models.

> If you don’t install Apple Music or Apple TV, you can continue to use iTunes for all your media. … so why would I install either of those? What’s actually changing if I only have…

The way I see it, the source of humor is basically the superiority theory but applied only to a knowledge gradient. Socrates saying that he’s handsome is funny because it implies t…

Well, it wouldn’t be the first time that a law with good intentions has prefaced a loss of freedom

When you have a hammer…

They’re raising the entrance fee from $25 (which was apparently set in 2015) to $30 According to the BLS inflation calculator, $25 in 2015 had the same buying power as $32.64 now A…

> Unless you're claiming that GPT-3.5 is deriving the Declaration of Independence (from information about the founding fathers?) This would make a fun short story - “ChatGPT, autho…

They should look to make it not tell lies first. If they were serious about trying to sell AI as a product, they’d make it functional instead of worrying about its tone.

It’s not “about” anything, it’s just nonsense generated by a computer program. Any meaning you find in it is pareidolia.

As is the article, and almost everyone talking about the topic.

But Copilot has been shown to distribute (parts of) the copyrighted works used to create it. That’s the difference.

AI image generators also often churn out near-exact replicas of their inputs. For example: Original: https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/460636_IGDB-272x380.... Copies: https:/…

He encouraged all state governors to do the same: >Second, I am urging all Governors to do the same with regard to state offenses. Just as no one should be in a Federal prison sole…

I wouldn't care about this VPN if it weren't for the fact that I can't ignore it. There's an option to hide it from the toolbar, but every time I open an incognito window it pops b…

This is incorrect. Most flag emoji are based off of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2[0], which will continue to be updated. The Unicode Consortium’s decision to not accept new flags refers to fl…

Only about $200 more than the national median household income https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2021/demo/p60-27...

One benefit I didn't see mentioned was that central banks, being an arm of the government, presumably won't cut off payment processing for completely-legal-but-socially-unacceptabl…

I'm surprised it wasn't banned already, tbh.

Along with Ruffle, there's also Flashpoint, a project to curate an archive of every flash game and animation on the internet. ( https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ )

I got the same kind of card ordering a laptop charger earlier this year. Tried to report it to Amazon. Got back a canned response telling me to report individual reviews. Amazon do…

It's heartening to see Google finally taking steps towards curbing the spread of disinformation on their platforms recently. Now if only Facebook would do the same.

Most societies already levy property taxes on real estate, including on unimproved land. I don't know how they assess the value of that land, but they must have a working method fo…

There's nothing wrong with that.

"Using GANs to create textures for already drawn fantastical creatures" would be a more accurate title. It's impressive, but not nearly as impressive as the title would suggest.