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A little null in the head. A little cold in the feet.
With Alsup, this is consistent with handing Oracle their asses back to them. I really did see him as a hero for that. But this? This is proof that consistency has a dark side.
A court has determined that it was legal for Anthropic to train its AI tools on copyrighted works, arguing that the behavior is shielded by the “fair use” doctrine, which allows for unauthorized use of copyrighted materials under certain conditions.
Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims
While the startup has won its "fair use" argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating over 7 million books to build a digital library.
www.wired.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
With Alsup, this is consistent with handing Oracle their asses back to them. I really did see him as a hero for that. But this? This is proof that consistency has a dark side.
0/5 stars. Do not recommend.
He's due for reappointment in October. Makes him extra pliable?
nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
nysd.uscourts.gov
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
0/5 stars. Do not recommend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
"Two recounts affirmed that Justice Riggs won the race by a margin of 734 votes, out of the more than 5.5 million ballots that were cast."
I guess our individual votes really do matter sometimes
"Two recounts affirmed that Justice Riggs won the race by a margin of 734 votes, out of the more than 5.5 million ballots that were cast."
I guess our individual votes really do matter sometimes
Republican Gives Up Fight to Overturn Defeat in N.C. Judicial Race
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/u...
"Two recounts affirmed that Justice Riggs won the race by a margin of 734 votes, out of the more than 5.5 million ballots that were cast."
I guess our individual votes really do matter sometimes
"Two recounts affirmed that Justice Riggs won the race by a margin of 734 votes, out of the more than 5.5 million ballots that were cast."
I guess our individual votes really do matter sometimes
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Yeah, sure. But first, let's get rid of all laws that enable generating wealth on the backs of all those creatives mmmkay?
Yeah, sure. But first, let's get rid of all laws that enable generating wealth on the backs of all those creatives mmmkay?
'Delete all IP law' says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey: 'Creativity is what currently separates us, and the current system is limiting that'
"I agree," notes Musk, kinda saying the quiet part out loud.
www.pcgamer.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Yeah, sure. But first, let's get rid of all laws that enable generating wealth on the backs of all those creatives mmmkay?
Yeah, sure. But first, let's get rid of all laws that enable generating wealth on the backs of all those creatives mmmkay?
Some people learn abstractly. Some learn through fear. And unfortunately, some will have to learn through pain.
"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."
www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Some people learn abstractly. Some learn through fear. And unfortunately, some will have to learn through pain.
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The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
This Is a Constitutional Crisis
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
Any day some overreaching imperial state is bitten in the ass by its own machinations is a good day. The bigger they are...
The Zionist apartheid and genocide would never have been possible without British mandates and military force after the Fall of the Ottoman Empire; and now Israel snubs the very state that made Zionist butchery and colonialism on the West bank possible? Ony to Zionists would this make sense.
April 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Any day some overreaching imperial state is bitten in the ass by its own machinations is a good day. The bigger they are...
Prepare for the mother of all contract IT fuckery. Imagine every horror story from the DailyWTF and FailBlog rolled into one. The whole CityTime scandal? Pfft...amateurs. It's gonna be LEGENDARY.
March 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Prepare for the mother of all contract IT fuckery. Imagine every horror story from the DailyWTF and FailBlog rolled into one. The whole CityTime scandal? Pfft...amateurs. It's gonna be LEGENDARY.
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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holy shit www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
holy shit www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Cheap drone accessories from stores like Temu make it possible to turn a normal drone into a killing machine.
Now anyone—from criminal syndicates to paramilitary groups, from disgruntled employees to ostracized teens—can mod their drones to do remote violence.
Now anyone—from criminal syndicates to paramilitary groups, from disgruntled employees to ostracized teens—can mod their drones to do remote violence.
Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War
Chinese ecommerce giants like Temu and AliExpress sell drone accessories like those used by soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
wrd.cm
March 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Cheap drone accessories from stores like Temu make it possible to turn a normal drone into a killing machine.
Now anyone—from criminal syndicates to paramilitary groups, from disgruntled employees to ostracized teens—can mod their drones to do remote violence.
Now anyone—from criminal syndicates to paramilitary groups, from disgruntled employees to ostracized teens—can mod their drones to do remote violence.
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Scientist was making Florida beaches resilient to hurricanes.
DOGE fired him
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
DOGE fired him
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
This scientist was making Florida beaches resilient to hurricanes. DOGE fired him.
Michael Slattery was fired in the middle of studying how Sand Key and Madeira Beach are changing over time.
www.tampabay.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Scientist was making Florida beaches resilient to hurricanes.
DOGE fired him
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
DOGE fired him
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
But is he tweaking?
Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged-drug trafficker, "went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine," the FBI says.
A former Olympic snowboarder makes the FBI's Most Wanted list
Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged-drug trafficker, "went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine," the FBI says.
www.npr.org
March 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
But is he tweaking?
hackaday.com/2025/03/06/t...
The future we got was a FactoryFactoryFactory in a container in a container in a container. Enterpriseyness never died. It evolved and grew fangs.
The future we got was a FactoryFactoryFactory in a container in a container in a container. Enterpriseyness never died. It evolved and grew fangs.
The Future We Never Got, Running A Future We Got
If you’re familiar with Java here in 2025, the programming language you know is a world away from what Sun Microsystems planned for it in the mid-1990s. Back then it was key to a bright coffe…
hackaday.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
hackaday.com/2025/03/06/t...
The future we got was a FactoryFactoryFactory in a container in a container in a container. Enterpriseyness never died. It evolved and grew fangs.
The future we got was a FactoryFactoryFactory in a container in a container in a container. Enterpriseyness never died. It evolved and grew fangs.
people who “failed to foresee and save money for their future needs” are to be treated ...“as subordinate members of the species, akin to…animals who are dependent.’”
Do you have your education, health care, and retirement personally funded against all possible exigencies? Then that means you.
Do you have your education, health care, and retirement personally funded against all possible exigencies? Then that means you.
It’s all in James Buchanan’s manifesto. The economic theory that is the foundation stone of Project 2025.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Meet the Hidden Architect Behind America's Racist Economics
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean
www.ineteconomics.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
people who “failed to foresee and save money for their future needs” are to be treated ...“as subordinate members of the species, akin to…animals who are dependent.’”
Do you have your education, health care, and retirement personally funded against all possible exigencies? Then that means you.
Do you have your education, health care, and retirement personally funded against all possible exigencies? Then that means you.
Ever wonder if you're taking the job a tad too seriously?
February 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ever wonder if you're taking the job a tad too seriously?
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"The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds."
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King o...
berthub.eu
February 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds."
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
The treacherous apple didn't fall far from the tree
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-doge-staffer-is-grandson
I wrote about Coristine's apparent connections to the […]
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-doge-staffer-is-grandson
I wrote about Coristine's apparent connections to the […]
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infosec.exchange
February 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The treacherous apple didn't fall far from the tree