PriorityMotif

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It looks like a knockoff singer electric on top. Probably a K-Mart or Sears. I could be wrong as there are so many singer models out there. Not that those are bad per se, but parts aren't always interchangeable with singer.

I have the legs from one of those to tables attached to an old door to make a big table. I used a 1x8 to brace it underneath.

If you look at thrift stores you can find sewing machine tables where the sewing machine folds in and it just looks like a normal table. There worth $10-$20 if it has the pedal. Don't buy a sewing machine without the pedal because they cost as much as a good used sewing machine with one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think we need to re-examine what copyright should be. There's nothing inherently immoral about "piracy" when the original creator gets almost nothing for their work after the initial release.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The difference is that the llm has the ability to consume and remember all available information whereas a human would have difficulty remembering everything in detail. We still see humans unintentionally remaking things they've heard before. Comedians have unintentionally stolen jokes they've heard. Every songwriter has unintentionally "discovered" a catchy tune which is actually someone else's. We have fanfiction and parody. Most people's personalities are just an amalgamation of everyone and everything they've ever seen, not unlike an llm themselves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (16 children)

It's two different things happening. One is redistribution, which isn't allowed and the other is fair use, which is allowed. You can't ban someone from writing a detailed synopsis of your book. That's all an llm is doing. It's no different than a human reading the material and then using that to write something similar.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

Was anybody under the impression that it wasn't just account harvesting? It's been that way for years. All of the default subs have been that way for a long time. The biggest clue is when you see the same post on multiple different subs at the same time. Just have your bot swarm upvote posts so that they take off under hot and you're good.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm pretty wary of helping even those organizations. It starts to become apparent when the people in charge are only really in it for their own clout, or they're afraid of losing power over the organization, or even worse they are just using the organization for perks and socializing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can't remember, but my dad said before he retired he would just pirate Wolfram because he was too old to bother learning whatever they were using. He spent 25 years in academia teaching graduate chem-e before moving to the private sector. He very briefly worked with one of the Wolfram founders at UIUC.

Edit: I'm thinking of Mathematica, he didn't want to mess with learning python.

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

There's a bunch of websites that give you the answers to most homework. You can just Google the question and find the answers pretty quickly. I assume the people using chatgtp to "study" are just cheating on homework anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody is going to inspect it that closely, especially if they mount it on the ceiling. It does blend into certain plastics that are smooth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A piece of clear packing tape would take it out permanently as it would be almost impossible to see that the sensor was covered if the tape was applied cleanly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

YouTube recently rolled out changes that break these third party apps causing a 503 error. Other apps have patched this issue.

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