The judge making this determination is an idiot.
The judge hasn’t ruled on the piracy question yet. The only thing that the judge has ruled on is, if you legally own a copy of a book, then you can use it for a variety of purposes, including training an AI.
“But they didn’t own the books!”
Right. That’s the part that’s still going to trial.
Right, and that’s the, “but faces trial over damages for millions of pirated works,” part that’s still up in the air.
On the whole, I agree. Usually wouldn’t consider them.
However, a few years ago I bought a rather expensive item (several thousand dollars) and I was ready to just pay for it outright, but one of the payment options was 0% financing though one of these pay later companies with payments spread out over 4 years. So, I did that a put the money in a safe investment.
So I essentially got two discounts on the purchase. 1) the growth in the investment means I’m less out of pocket on the purchase, and 2) due to inflation, the dollars I’m using now to make payments are technically worth less than they were three years ago.
There’s been a few times in my life that I’ve been able to take advantage of 0% financing for large purchases and I’ve never regretted it. But, for the strategy to work, you have to A) be willing and able to just buy the thing outright, without financing (the financing can’t be a factor in your decision), and B) have the self control to not touch the invested money to make some other impulse buy.
ETA, another thing to watch out for is smoke and mirrors, where they claim 0% financing, but they’ve really just raised the price to cover what they would have made in interest charges, and then have a “discount for cash” type offer where you pay less if you don’t finance. Usually better to not finance in those scenarios.
How long before weird or dangerous incidents start to happen?
Well…
one gaggle of Tesla influencers was dropped off directly in an intersection
I had the same question. It’s buried in the next paragraph.
In this case, however, it appears the Tesla was able to drive along the tracks for a while before getting stuck.
“There is a mayoral primary coming up this week where one of the candidates does not believe
the Jewish stateany Palestinian has a right to exist,” said Sam Sutton, the senator from Brooklyn.
Fixed it for you, Sam.
Obligatory Technology Connections video about dehumidifiers. Hint: You might be using it wrong.
When I lived right off the water
Except that one. That one was probably being used right. But, [ gestures to everyone else ] y’all might learn something from the video and save yourselves a ton of money in otherwise wasted energy.
Oh, darn! If only we’d thought of that sooner! Hold my beer for a moment while I go push the “enact a form of ranked-choice or instant-runnoff” button, that’s just been sitting there this whole time. Why didn’t you suggest that sooner? It would have saved everyone so much trouble.
until I saw the picture of him in the polka-dot with the stupid fucking hat
Who hurt you?
An 8-year-old girl who loved dancing in a red dress at her dentist’s office. A 28-year-old national equestrian champion. A poet one week away from her 24th birthday. A graphic designer who worked at National Geographic. Grandparents in their 80s.
All are among the civilians killed during Israeli airstrikes on Iran.
Israel started this. My sympathies to the girl and her family, but Fuck Israel.
There’s even an official manual for those interested in joining the fight.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
“Simple Sabotage Field Manual” by United States. Office of Strategic Services is a historical publication written during the early 1940s, amid World War II. This manual acts as a guide for ordinary civilians to conduct simple acts of sabotage against enemy operations without the need for specialized training or equipment. Its main topic revolves around promoting small, accessible forms of resistance that could collectively disrupt the enemy’s war effort. The manual outlines various strategies and techniques for citizens to engage in sabotage that could be executed discreetly and with minimal risk. It provides specific suggestions for targeting transportation, communication, and industrial facilities to create delays and inefficiencies in enemy operations. The manual emphasizes the power of many individuals acting independently to contribute to a larger campaign of disruption, encouraging simple acts such as misplacing tools, delaying communication, or damaging equipment with household items. Overall, the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” serves as a unique historical artifact that illustrates grassroots resistance efforts and the belief in the collective power of ordinary people during wartime.
He said the same thing at the end of another twit 2-3 weeks ago. Sounded just as out of place then. My initial assumption is that the dementia is getting worse, but who knows.
Mr Coomer filed federal lawsuits in 2022 against Mr Lindell and two of his companies, My Pillow, Inc and Lindell TV, saying their actions had caused his reputation to be “irreparably tarnished”.
He “now endures frequent credible death threats and the burden of being made the face of an imagined criminal conspiracy of unprecedented scope in American history”, his lawsuit said.
“In the sense that [Coomer has] been through a lot and he’s still going to be looking over his shoulder,” added the attorney, Charles Cain.
$2.3M is not nearly enough for that shit.
I mean, yay, but…
That’s just the first round, right? Does he not understand how RCV works? Unless his team already knows who everyone’s second and third choices are, it’s not remotely over yet. What am I missing?