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OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well, some laws are made to be broken, the question is whether this is one of them.

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are simps in this thread trying to say "uuuuhmmmm AKSHUALLY it's not Facebook directly" like that's fucking relevant to the problem.

Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Weird how his free speech absolutism only applies to Nazis, huh?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wrong

Do not discuss 🚫🚫🚫

TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's knowledge of good and evil and it says that quite literally in Genesis, but fundies say all kinds of dumb stuff.

TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of that is diet and, of course, hygiene. Having 10% less BO doesn't do anything for you if you're not showering, or eating garlic gloves whole.

TIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The salting was metaphorical in Rome's case, but both were deliberate genocides. It wasn't about "liking" buffalo, the extermination campaign was started because the Plains tribes needed buffalo. The public wouldn't tolerate an outright genocide, but they would tolerate the destruction of the herds.

TIL in 2019, the Netherlands became the first country to completely ban the Hells Angels biker gang. In July of 2022, the Supreme Court Of The Netherlands reaffirmed this ban and made it permanent. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So they're full on furries?

xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Truly the most culturally relevant development from the technology!

xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I don't think that's a particularly useful thing to do when discussing physics, throwing a temper tantrum because someone has a more casual understanding than yours.

TIL that in January 2014, a seven-year-old girl named Charlotte Benjamin wrote a letter to Lego, pointing out the lack of female characters compared to male ones. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have personally seen them

What was "the incident" at your work place? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

HR finds out the leg is not grateful for the boot