Gaza City’s main high street has been destroyed but Palestinian memories of life before the ongoing Israeli assault survive. As those in Gaza face bombing, starvation and miserable living conditions, here’s how they try to hold both the past and the present in their minds
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The European Union’s top official, Ursula von der Leyen, has declared rearmament the bloc’s emergency priority. While military spending soars to new heights, working people face a fresh era of austerity.
"Governments should heed widespread demands to tax the rich—and match it with a vision to build public goods from healthcare to energy," said the executive director of Oxfam International.
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Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won’t be much time and energy, and maybe you’ll get famous enough to use the campaign as a stepping stone to higher office.
Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won’t be much time and energy, and maybe you’ll get famous enough to use the campaign as a stepping stone to higher offic…
In December 2023, the dating platform Bumble introduced so-called AI Icebreakers to the “Bumble for Friends” section of the app. Powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the feature is designed to help you start a conversation by providing an AI-generated message. In order to do this, your personal profile information is fed into the AI system without Bumble ever obtaining your consent. Although the company repeatedly shows you a banner designed to nudge you into clicking “Okay”, which suggests that it relies on user consent, it actually claims to have a so-called “legitimate interest” to use data. noyb has therefore filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.
In December 2023, the dating platform Bumble introduced so-called AI Icebreakers to the “Bumble for Friends” section of the app. Powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the feature is designed to help you start a conversation by providing an AI-generated message. In order to do this, your personal profile information is fed into the AI system without Bumble ever obtaining your consent. Although the company repeatedly shows you a banner designed to nudge you into clicking “Okay”, which suggests that it relies on user consent, it actually claims to have a so-called “legitimate interest” to use data. noyb has therefore filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.
Open brief aan minister Hermans: plan kerncentrales is onwettig
De keuze om nieuwe kerncentrales te bouwen is onwettig. Dat stelt een aantal organisaties in een open brief aan VVD-minister Sophie Hermans van Klimaat en Groene Groei. De brief is mede ondertekend door de Socialistische Partij Zeeland en Stichting Borsele tot de kern. De schrijvers wijzen op een Europese richtlijn uit 2001, waarin zou staan dat locaties voor nieuwe kerncentrales pas in beeld mogen komen als uit onafhankelijk onderzoek blijkt dat kernenergie echt nodig is. Volgens de ondertekenaars is dat onderzoek nooit echt uitgevoerd.
I wonder whether solutions like Twincat for industrial PC/PLCs will be affected by this. Interfacing directly with the kernel and replacing the scheduler are, AFAIK, fundamental to making Windows viable for real time use.
An interesting question. Assuming they're only targeting security/antivirus products at the moment (see the discussion regarding anti-cheat) it may be that those applications get a pass for now.
Protests against Trump’s immigration policies sprung up in a variety of cities and towns over the weekend.
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters marched through downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday. “The sound of strumming guitars and chants for change filled the air as downtown Albuquerque was packed with protesters expressing their anger toward the federal government,” reported KRQE TV.
In Lawrenceville, Georgia, hundreds of people gathered to peacefully protest ICE raids and the arrest of local journalist Mario Guevara, who was taken into ICE custody while covering another Atlanta-area immigration protest a week earlier. Guevara, who is from El Salvador, built a big social media following by documenting immigration raids, and now faces deportation himself. “We see how this is an attempt to stop people from using their First Amendment rights to righteously speak out against these attacks on immigrants,” a protest organizer told WSB TV.
A spontaneous protest erupted in Pasadena, California, on Saturday, after community members learned that armed officers who drove unmarked vehicles and lacked clear agency identification had detained several people that morning – including four men who were buying tamales from a street cart. Pasadena Now reported that about 200 to 300 people gathered for an evening march and vigil, where Pasadena Mayor Victor M. Gordo and other local officials called for unity and protection of immigrant residents.
Friends and neighbors of a much-beloved bagel shop manager in Port Washington, Long Island, protested his detention on Saturday. Fernando Mejia, 40, was picked up by ICE agents on June 12, reportedly for overstaying a visa 20 years ago. The protest took place at the Port Washington train station, right across the street from the Schmear Bagel & Cafe where Mejia worked, reported News 12 Long Island.
Hundreds of angry residents in southeast Los Angeles County faced off against masked men in fatigues Friday evening after federal agents raided a car wash in the city of Bell, the Los Angeles Times reported. “In one video shared with The Times, a protester sprays white paint on a silver SUV and a voice can be heard saying, ‘Get the ... out of here!’ while others jeer. People can be seen hitting the vehicle,” the Times reported. “One woman with a bullhorn hurled obscenities at the agents and President Trump; others waved a Mexican flag and an upside-down U.S. flag, traditionally a symbol of protest or distress.”
Testing and wondering about spoiler formatting and code formatting in posting and commenting on PieFed.
All of the below was written based on trying things out and seeing what it looks like in the Preview window . But experience has shown me that the Preview window isn't always the same as the final result, e.g. the block quote function does not display in the Preview window but does work in the final result.
So please excuse me if any of points 1-6 do not jibe with the final results shown after I click the "Publish" button.
1. Spoiler 1
Ah, so I can do a spoiler on PieFed. (I've gone back to Lemmy when I wanted to do some posts that needed spoiler protection.) Just not with a GUI button, but by inserting the relevant Markdown codes manually at the start and at the end of what you want to hide.
::: spoiler spoiler SPOILER 1 ::: Great! It works. 😀
2. Showing code for Spoiler 1: Code Block
::: spoiler spoiler
SPOILER 1
:::
But I see that I can't just show you the codes using the Code Block button.
Code Block formatting for the spoiler element code does not show the code, instead it just gives the functional spoiler element in a monospaced font 😁
3. Showing code for Spoiler 1: Single Line Code
Single Line Code, both via the GUI button and manually using the backtick key on the keyboard, turns the entire remainder of my post after the first spoiler into an active spoiler element instead of just showing the three lines as code.
But Single Line Code for those three lines does work if I don't have the word spoiler twice in the first line (like the actual manual code for Spoiler 1 has, where the second spoiler is the text that gets displayed right of the arrow and above the hidden part).
::: spoiler Attempt 1 :::
Just one spoiler in the first line and it works. Two and the whole rest of the post becomes a hidden spoiler.
4. Code Block & Single Line Code: GUI button vs keyboard key
I see I have to be careful using the "backtick" key, as on my keyboard (Spanish - Latin America) it's normally a "dead key" that usually waits for a subsequent letter to put a grave accent over it, like the è in caffè .
I have to press the Space key after the backtick key so that the backtick doesn't just disappear.
<Alt Gr>+<>, then = ``
+<>, then <Space> =
+, then = backtick
5. Showing a backtick in a PieFed post
As can be seen above, I can't find a way to show the typing sequence to get a backtick (had to resort to a third attempt typing out its name in letters: "backtick").
With code formatting, it goes wrong: the text before first backtick is displayed as pink monospaced code, but the first backtick is not displayed, the rest is normal body text and there are two backticks at the end instead of just one.
Without code formatting, it goes wrong in a different way: everything after the first backtick is pink monospaced code, no backticks displayed at all anywhere.
6. Spoiler 2 with image
::: spoiler Spoiler SPOILER 2 with linked image :::
OK, so I can include a linked (third-party host) image in a spoiler. 😀
I guess I can't do an upload-right-there-in-PieFed image inside a spoiler, as PieFed doesn't (at least, for now) let you upload any image other than one that's the basis of an image post.
I see a small difference between the Preview and the final published result: the Code Block and SIngle Line Code sections have a slightly different background. Otherwise, basically the same and so the issues still apply.
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
I would also try to let them steal the current idea of European countries to stop using HW and SW solutions made in US, and switch to locally provided services. We'd avoid having around the globe those strange billionaires semi-tech bots
Download LeechBlock NG for Firefox. LeechBlock NG is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.
I don't know about you, but the amount of self-control I have varies hugely during a typical month. So when I have more self-control, I can choose to help myself during the times when I have less.
Download LeechBlock NG for Firefox. LeechBlock NG is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.
I want to build an app, in which you can subscribe or follow profiles or feeds from multiple platforms, including various fediverse platforms (lemmy, Mastodon, Friendica, etc), blogs, and others (no idea what else yet).
App will have optional smart filtering and sorting, and optional algorithm based on your reading habits.
The north star goal is to make this app give the user the feel of being officially supported by the platforms it reads from. It should feel like a lemmy app if you see a lemmy post, feel like Mastodon if it's Mastodon, etc. This is obviously a monumental effort, so I will have to make concessions (hence north star).
Motivation
I see the recession of multi-source or Multi-Platform feed readers (RSS) as quite unfortunate to user choice and freedom.
I think this app, will promote a few ideals of mine: - being intentional about content we want on our feed - breaking boundary between different platforms (which is the spirit of ActivityPub) - promoting open platforms: encourage non-profitting creators to make their content accessible on these platforms, and readers to read from them. - consuming internet content without data mining, addictive scrolling, and having the choice to smart filter or sort your feed.
What are your thoughts? Do you agree that this is worthwhile?
Besides blog posts (RSS), lemmy, Mastodon, and other big fsdiverse platforms, what would you want to see on this app?
Tehran (AFP) – The Iranian body tasked with vetting legislation approved a bill to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday, citing recent US and Israeli strikes.
Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of the bill on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel that saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Since the start of the war on June 13, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn the strikes.
Iran has also criticised the watchdog for passing a resolution on June 12 accusing it of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations.
Iranian officials say the censure motion was "one of the main excuses" for the Israeli and US attacks.
"The government is required to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA to ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told the official IRNA news agency.
He said the move was prompted by the "attacks... by the Zionist regime and the United States against peaceful nuclear facilities."
The bill, which will now be submitted to President Masoud Pezeshkian for final ratification, would allow Iran "to benefit from all the entitlements specified under... the Non-Proliferation Treaty especially with regard to uranium enrichment," Nazif said.
Key Tehran ally Moscow had earlier spoken out against the move to suspend coooperation with the IAEA.
"We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran's repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X that cooperation with the watchdog was "not possible" at this time until security at Iran's nuclear facilities "is ensured."
Israel launched a major bombing campaign on June 13 that targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities and killed top scientists and commanders.
On Sunday, Israel's ally the United States launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on Tuesday.
As predicted. Now they will work on nuclear weapon in secret and will announce it in a few years as deterent from any other terrorist attacks by US or Israel.
The red line was crossed and will be crossed again when US or Israel "feels like it". So going all in is their only sane option.
Also enables uncompressed 8K at 60Hz and 4K at 240Hz. After announcing it at CES earlier this year, HDMI Forum has finally released the latest HDMI 2.2...
These books were purchased by them before being destroyed in the scanning process. I fail to see the issue with this specific case. Lots of artists buy stuff and irreversibly modify it. Are we going to be angry now at people who glue their puzzles or use parts of books for scrapbooking? If these were unique works there would be an issue, but I don't think that truly unique pieces would be in their target group, as the destructive scanning is all about cost cutting and unique works cost a lot of money that they wouldn't just destroy.
The fact that they use it for model training and later sell access to that model's work is the shady part that has a severe whiff of plagiarism to it.
I think it’s a waste tbh. Like it’s one of those capitalist things of “well its not profitable to sell so lets destroy them”, when anything made for the good of the people would’ve seen a massive opportunity to distribute books to people for free!
Copyright law also doesn’t allow them to download the entirety of a piracy database of books. But here we are, they clearly don’t care about copyright law.
The title is hyperbole. PNG is lagging behind modern lossless formats in terms of new features. This doesn't mean it's a bad format or that it shouldn't be used. In fact, it should still be the default unless you need something it doesn't support or really need to reduce file size.
In fact, it should still be the default unless you need something it doesn’t support or really need to reduce file size.
I disagree. It is wasteful (we're talking ~30% savings with lossless WebP or JPEG-XL) and widely misused, which matters at the massive scale of the Internet with technically inexperienced people making up plenty of those images.
Congratulations, your noob user is now using JPEG-XL. It's not working on old devices, or any mainstream browser besides Safari. The less mature library also has a bug that allows for RCE and now everyone is running a cryptominer.
Now you say, but webp is supported everywhere, so let's go with that. Now the noob is using wepb for a bunch of rasterised vector graphics with 4 or 5 flat colors, and he's wasting more disk space than before.
So I repeat, if you need one size fits all, PNG is better, it works everywhere, and it's even more efficient in cases where lossless graphics matter the most.
It's ironic how WebP lossless mode is actually better at compressing the image than the lossy mode.
I bet most people would use the default thinking that they are making a compromise and that increasing the quality would make the compression worse. They wouldn't know unless they tested making the images themselves, because it's not easy for users to differentiate lossy webp from lossless webp.
This imho is why lossless should be in its own format, instead of trying to make a single container format do everything like WebP was trying. A new compression level for PNG would be most welcome.
Last year, China generated 834 terawatt-hours of solar power.
Which is more than the G7 countries generated, and more than the US and EU combined. In fact the only country group that generates more solar power than China is the OECD, all 38 countries of it.
È a dir poco sconcertante (!), ma la maledizione di Murphy si è gravemente abbattuta su di me in questi ultimi giorni… mi si sta letteralmente rompendo tutto, ogni cosa che possiedo, tutti i miei averi tangibili. Questo è ovviamente un duplice problema, perché da un lato sono tirchia e non voglio (ri)comprare assolutamente niente, […]
Gli spaccamenti capitanti, nuova murfianza per rompere l’umore
È a dir poco sconcertante (!), ma la maledizione di Murphy si è gravemente abbattuta su di me in questi ultimi giorni… mi si sta letteralmente rompendo tutto, ogni cosa che possiedo, tutti i miei averi tangibili. Questo è ovviamente un duplice problema, perché da un lato sono tirchia e non voglio (ri)comprare assolutamente niente, e dall’altro la distruzione di tutti i miei strumenti ed il mio ambiente di lavoro mi porta a distrarmi e dunque a disperarmi ancora di più del già abbastanza alto normale. A parte i soliti problemi col PC, e il telefono che è lento, infatti, ora piano piano arrivano anche degli spacc fisici, e io sto per perdere così forte la pazienza che potrei arrivare a ricostruirmi tutta la roba che mi serve con soltanto cartone e colla, così almeno so che resiste… 😭
Non c’è solo la roba elettronica a rompersi (e a rompere a me le scatole, nel farlo…) infatti, in questo caso. Forse per il caldo e l’umidità insieme (ma in realtà non ne ho idea) gli appendicazzi schifosi che uso per appendere roba al lato del mobile dove ho la scrivania stanno iniziando a crollare uno dopo l’altro, al ritmo di tipo 1 al giorno… che è preoccupante a dir poco. La colla si secca, l’adesivo si spacca, e quindi cade ogni cosa. Prima è caduto quello che uso per tenere rialzata dal pavimento la prolunga elettrica, poi è caduto quest’altro su cui avevo tanto accuratamente posizionato il ventilatorino da scrivania… è veramente tutto inutile così il tempo da me speso nel fare interior design però, eddai. Mi fa anche così tanto rosicare che deve finire sempre così che ho volontariamente preso uno degli appendini che è caduto e, con calma, l’ho spezzato… e ora quindi dovrò cambiarlo per forza, mentre se non avessi fatto questa stronzata avrei potuto rimetterlo a posto come nuovo con della colla a caldo, che roba. Vabbè va. 😵 Ovviamente, comunque, le cose che principalmente si rompono sempre, e che quando lo fanno danno noie serie, sono quelle elettriche. Da svariate sere fa, infatti, non posso più usare la mia striscia LED, perché l’adattatore-microcontroller si è rotto. Non ho capito bene come ma, a giudicare dal fatto che l’innesto jack DC sembra visivamente squagliato, avrà qualcosa a che fare con il fatto che, nelle ultime settimane prima del decesso, il jack in questione diventava veramente caldissimo durante l’uso… e forse faceva già qualche falso contatto, perché ogni tanto le luci si spegnevano da sole per degli istanti. Non ho idea di se fosse l’alimentatore il problema, ma probabilmente è più l’adattatore, perché già da anni dava problemi (per esempio, anche premendo OFF sul telecomando, le luci rimanevano accese di un leggero blu)… magari la porta era di suo prona a rompersi, e facendo contatti sempre più falsi ha fatto disperdere sempre più energia come calore, ed ecco qua. Non ha neanche senso rimpiazzare il connettore a questo punto, meglio comprare nuova tutta la schedina… però il casalinghi cinese non la venderà mai da sola, e online costa più del dovuto, quindi fin’ora sono rimasta letteralmente senza luce colorata, che la sera è una fottuta tragedia. ☠️ Beh, però la luce arcobaleno la ho sempre dalla mia tastiera meccanica cinesissima… eccetto che potrebbe dover sparire pure quella, perché ha ricominciato a fare le bizze. Mesi fa già aveva dato strani problemi, per cui per giusto qualche giorno un tasto (la lettera E) andava e poi non andava, a momenti completamente a caso; da ieri sera, invece, sono i tasti M ed I a fare lo sciopero, e un po’ anche la J… e il tempo per cui non funzionano è gravemente di più di quello per cui lo fanno. Scuotere, pulire e spolverare, così come premere i tasti più forte o per più a lungo, non cambia assolutamente nulla… semplicemente a momenti scrivono, ed altri no; e qualche volta scrivono con un leggero ritardo dopo averli rilasciati, finendo per inserire dopo un qualche altro simbolo che nel mentre ho premuto. Ah e, nel frattempo, ovviamente la mia chiavetta Bluetooth di 20 anni fa non funziona su Windows 10 64 bit (nonostante su Linux andasse, pure se male, mannaggia a tutt cos); e le altre tastiere USB che ho da parte, oltre ad essere a membrana, sono pure quelle mezze rotte (tra cui una che va su altri PC, ma non sul mio fisso; forse avrà il connettore marcio)… è la megafine. 🙃
La tastiera meccanica nuova non la comprerò neanche per idea, perché se questo problema si era risolto da solo prima allora deve farlo anche ora… altrimenti… ci rimarrò molto molto male!!! Però almeno una tastiera così, da battaglia, mi sa che devo comprarla, al casalinghi cinese, altrimenti finirò a pettinare le bambole per interi giorni. Questo post l’ho scritto dal tablet, per esempio, perché preferisco addirittura usare la tastiera touch mezza laggante piuttosto che quella a membrana con i tasti mezzi affossati e mezzi che non si premono se non si da un pugno, e tutte queste cose qui… Ah, tablet che, a tal proposito, per via del fatto che Samsung usa componenti di merda, ha la porta USB-C mezza rotta (un problema noto su questo modello)… e spero che quantomeno continui a caricare per sempre, quel poco che basta per evitarmi di dover comprare ed installare il pezzo di ricambio (che sarà ugualmente fallato, quindi dopo anni di uso andrebbe nuovamente cambiato…). Non ce la faccio assolutamente più, salvatemi da questa spaccnologia!!! 😨😓😭
When you see your own face in the mirror, no matter how far you are, the portion of the mirror showing your face is always half the size of your actual face.
Try it. Look at a mirror and put a ruler on the mirror, the size of your face on the mirror will always be the same, no matter how far you are. It will be half the size of your actual face.
It works because of triangles. Just start drawing some diagrams and you'll quickly figure out how on your own. Which is more fun than having someone give you a geometric proof.
Dr James Smith, an emergency physician, describes the aid situation in Gaza, where the Israeli military is killing people every day as they seek aid from US-backed distribution sites.
Iran Nuclear Attack: अमेरिकी हमलों से हमारे परमाणु ठिकानों को हुआ भारी नुकसान, ईरान ने किया स्वीकार
Iran News: Iran Nuclear Attack से ईरान के परमाणु कार्यक्रम को गहरा आघात लगा है। विदेश मंत्रालय के प्रवक्ता इस्माइल बाघेई ने अल जज़ीरा को बताया कि अमेरिकी हमलों ने नतांज़, फ़ोर्डो और इस्फ़हान सुविधाओं को भारी नुकसान पहुंचाया। रविवार को बी-2 स्टील्थ बमवर्षकों ने 30,000 पाउंड के बंकर-बस्टर बमों का उपयोग किया। ईरान का कहना है कि कोई रेडियोधर्मी रिसाव नहीं हुआ। यह हमला क्षेत्रीय तनाव को और बढ़ा सकता है।
ट्रंप का युद्ध समाप्ति का दावा
अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने Iran Nuclear Attack को सफल बताते हुए दावा किया कि इससे ईरान-इज़रायल युद्ध समाप्त हुआ। हेग में पत्रकारों से बातचीत में उन्होंने कहा कि उनके फैसले ने युद्ध रोका। ट्रंप ने खुफिया रिपोर्टों को खारिज किया, जिनमें कहा गया कि हमलों से ईरान का परमाणु कार्यक्रम केवल कुछ महीनों के लिए रुका। उन्होंने जोर देकर कहा कि यह नुकसान दशकों तक असर डालेगा।
परमाणु कार्यक्रम पर प्रभाव
Iran Nuclear Attack ने ईरान के परमाणु ठिकानों को गंभीर रूप से प्रभावित किया। बाघेई ने विस्तृत जानकारी देने से इनकार किया, लेकिन नुकसान की पुष्टि की। फ़ोर्डो, नतांज़ और इस्फ़हान सुविधाएं गहरे भूमिगत हैं, फिर भी बंकर-बस्टर बमों ने इन्हें निशाना बनाया। उपग्रह चित्रों से नुकसान का अंदाज़ा लगाया जा रहा है। ईरान का कहना है कि वह अपने परमाणु कार्यक्रम को फिर से शुरू करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है।
वैश्विक प्रतिक्रिया और भविष्य
Iran Nuclear Attack के बाद वैश्विक चिंता बढ़ गई है। ट्रंप ने दावा किया कि ईरान अब परमाणु हथियार बनाने की स्थिति में नहीं है। उन्होंने तेहरान से कूटनीतिक रास्ता अपनाने की अपील की। हालांकि, ईरान ने जवाबी कार्रवाई की चेतावनी दी है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय परमाणु ऊर्जा एजेंसी ने पुष्टि की कि हमलों से रेडियोधर्मी रिसाव नहीं हुआ। यह स्थिति क्षेत्रीय स्थिरता और वैश्विक कूटनीति के लिए नई चुनौतियां खड़ी कर सकती है।
Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.
Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics.
It’s a trend that has sparked alarm among civil rights and law enforcement experts alike.
Mike German, a former FBI agent, said officers’ widespread use of masks was unprecedented in US law enforcement and a sign of a rapidly eroding democracy. “Masking symbolizes the drift of law enforcement away from democratic controls,” he said.
🐌 La “lumaca killer” non è un killer. Il vero pericolo è un verme parassita l’Angiostrongylus cantonensis, che può colpire cani e, in rari casi, anche l’uomo.
Negli ultimi giorni, termini allarmistici come “lumaca killer”, “strage di cani” o “allarme in Australia” hanno fatto il giro del web e dei vari quotidiani. Ma cosa c’è di vero
Mamdani's emphasis on socialism and redistribution of wealth runs counter to Wall Street's preference for unbridled capitalism and policies that support growth, such as deregulation and low taxes. The 33-year-old has supported taxing the ultra-wealthy, financial transactions and passive income like dividends. He has also endorsed a state-level wealth tax and increased marginal income tax rates on high earners.
Hedge fund magnate Bill Ackman said he woke up Wednesday "a bit depressed" by Mamdani's victory. The Pershing Square chief said he's now looking at the logistics for another candidate, not himself, to run.
Lawrence Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and president of Harvard University, also expressed his distaste Mamdani's nomination.
His potential victory could bring what the Street despises the most — tax hikes and tighter regulation that threaten corporate and investment interests.
In a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence and copyright law, Meta has secured a bittersweet partial fair use victory in its defense of a 'piracy' lawsuit filed by several book authors. While granting Meta summary judgment on specific claims, the court outlined how copyright challenges against AI developers might succeed in the future. The decision emphasizes the critical importance of proving potential market harm, specifically by AI-generated books.
Second, the plaintiffs argued that Meta’s unauthorized copying harmed the relatively new market for AI training licensing. The court dismissed this too, ruling that the harm from the loss of licensing fees is not “cognizable”.
So all loss claimed by media giant for lost subscription (license fee) is not cognizable.
“As should now be clear, this ruling does not stand for the proposition that Meta’s use of copyrighted materials to train its language models is lawful. It stands only for the proposition that these plaintiffs made the wrong arguments and failed to develop a record in support of the right one,” the ruling reads.
The court also identified a third argument, which the authors didn’t pursue in great detail; market dilution. Under this theory, AI models trained on copyrighted works can generate “countless works that compete with the originals, even if those works aren’t themselves infringing,” Judge Chhabria wrote.
So, even if what you make isn't infringing on their rights, its still competing with them which should be forbidden. That whole argument is a machine shouldn't be allowed to compete with a human. So, if I am inspired by another's work, that's ok, but if a machine does that we need to ban it.
The latter part makes sense to me tbh. Machines should not allowed to compete with humans (in creative endeavours) because it is an intrinsically unfair competition that further erodes the rights of those humans who are more vulnerable, in the circumstance that is opposite to the intent of having machines around in the first place. They are supposed to do our beast-of-burden work, not make it so that our only pending value to be extracted by capitalism is beast-of-burden work.
What I'm not sure I buy is the idea that the "countless works" generated by AI actually compete with the original, in particular if they are non-infringing. Let's say I take the work of an author to train an AI on their style. The author writes exclusively noir; I instruct the AI to generate college drama in the same style. Are the new works competing? The author won't offer me a college drama in the first place.
A partire dal tardo Medioevo e poi con prepotenza durante il Rinascimento, pittori e scultori iniziarono a rappresentare la scena della tentazione con una mela tra le mani di Eva.
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