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in reply to Erebus

@Erebus_Amauro To be fair, that campaign was targeted at individuals, not megacorporations.

The behavior of OpenAI is more akin to stealing the entire industry

in reply to BeyondMachines

@Erebus_Amauro
"They hang the man & flog the woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But let the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.

The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take the things that are yours and mine."

Can add a new verse now:

They threaten with judicial violence
Those downloading content without licence
But laud when art of your creation
Is stolen by a corporation.



ABC: print circulation of the UK's Daily Mirror fell 16.4% YoY in February 2025 to 196,150, dropping below 200,000 for the first time since the Edwardian era (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie…
mediagazer.com/250319/p6#a2503…






The "Memory Cartography" of Azerbaijani Emigrants
L: jam-news.net/memory-cartograph…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.18 at 01:32:11 (c=0, p=5)




“There is something deeply wrong when a law passed with cross-party consensus & endorsed by Britain’s most trusted charities has made it impossible to run an internet forum for hamster owners”
alecmuffett.com/article/112832
#OnlineSafetyAct #hamsters #ofcom




Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
L: arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/why…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.18 at 14:42:58 (c=0, p=3)


Trixie release preparations are progressing: Trixie's first freeze stage concerning transitions and the toolchain started on March 15 as planned release.debian.org/trixie/free… #debian #trixie


f(x,y) = -(((~y) - (x & 11)) % (~(x ^ 19)))

Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)

"Gradient" colouring scheme.








[D] Recent trend in crawler traffic on websites - getting stuck in facet links

platform.openai.com/docs/bots

Discussions: discu.eu/q/platform.openai.com…

#compsci #machinelearning




Basic set #0547: Basic Building Set (1987), page 12
#0547
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APOD from 2021-09-05

#Earth and #Moon

Galileo spacecraft captured a rare view of Earth and Moon 30 years ago, from 15x their separation. A video with 52 color-enhanced images shows the relative sizes of Earth's clouds, oceans, continents, and its large moon, half-lit by the distant Sun.

Video at apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210905.ht…



I’m so happy this all turned out! (by u/singulareyelash)
(AI Alt-Text)


#3064 - Lungfish
#3064
This entry was edited (6 months ago)


FITNESS FOR DUTY
LaSalle (IL), 03/13/2025
A licensed employee violated the FFD policy. The employee's access to the plant has been terminated.

The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collect…



La visite de Carney à Paris et à Londres se veut un message diplomatique à Washington

« Le premier voyage éclair à l’étranger du premier ministre Mark Carney à Paris et à Londres se veut un message diplomatique à l’administration Trump. Le Canada a d’autres alliés. Le Canada peut trouver d’autres partenaires commerciaux. »

Joël-Denis Bellavance — Actualités
lapresse.ca/actualites/politiq…



Microsoft accidentally cares about its users, releases update that unintentionally deletes Copilot from Windows

It's rare in this day and age that proprietary operating system vendors like Microsoft and Apple release updates you're more than happy to install, but considering even a broken clock is right twice a day, we've got

osnews.com/story/141941/micros…

#Windows







Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
L: theconversation.com/chewing-gu…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.17 at 02:59:19 (c=0, p=3)




Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online Safety Act, designed to protect internet users from illegal content and harmful activity online, from March 17 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

ft.com/content/91414488-7146-4…
mediagazer.com/250316/p5#a2503…



🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:

#SundayFeature
- Afterwords: Pauline Oliveros

'Listen to everything all the time, and remind yourself when you’re not…'. Afterwords explores the work of the composer and 'deep listening' pioneer, Pauline Oliveros.

Relisten now 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028t48



Peru's Great Urban Experiment (2023)
L: archaeology.org/issues/may-jun…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.15 at 23:37:47 (c=0, p=4)


For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower
L: reasonstobecheerful.world/e-bi…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.16 at 10:15:30 (c=2, p=4)


Starlink seems to be getting preferential treatment by the Trump administration
L: vox.com/technology/403721/tesl…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.16 at 11:38:34 (c=1, p=5)



UK, US Hold Private Talks in Bid to Calm Apple Encryption Feud | Bloomberg | …the UK IC’s demands are leaking like a sieve
alecmuffett.com/article/112801
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #apple #surveillance


Measles virus targets certain immune cells in the body: What to know about complications

Measles isn’t just a rash and a fever.

The disease outbreak in West Texas that continues to grow has sent 29 people, most of them small children, to the hospital.
1/16

in reply to wordglass

In an earlier study from 2015, Mina estimated that before vaccinations, when measles was common, the virus could have been implicated in as many as half of all childhood deaths from infectious disease, mostly from other diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, diarrheal diseases
13/16
in reply to wordglass

and meningitis.

The researchers found that after a measles infection, the immune system can be suppressed almost immediately and remain that way for two to three years.

“Immune amnesia really begins as soon as the virus replicates in those [memory] cells,” Mina said.
14/16



Analyse | Trump et la pollution de l’air : défaire ce qui marche et qui ne coûte pas grand-chose

« L’administration Trump désactive des programmes environnementaux qui ont fait leurs preuves.  »

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2…



Coupes en santé : une animalerie fermée dans un hôpital de soins en santé mentale

« La fermeture décrétée à l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale met en relief les décisions budgétaires. »

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2…