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> It is my opinion that, as with anything that can be copied infinitely for free, his (and my) personal information is worth $0.

I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view?

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>I realize I’m responding to an account created four minutes ago but… the output of nearly all work done on a computer meets this criteria. Is all work done on a computer worth $0 in your view?

Yes. Also, this website is very pro-piracy, which means they generally agree with me. (Saying this last part because by mentioning the age of my account it seems you're accusing me of being a troll,)

Go ahead, prove you're not a troll by posting your worthless home address, account numbers, and PIN info in public

Interesting! I imagine this website is also full of software developers, startup founders, VCs and others who earn a living in software. How do you reconcile all of that work actually being worth $0 with the fact that we are earning a living?

What would you exactly do with a copy of the source code of the Facebook app?

Sure you can cherry pick an example that would be difficult for me to monetize.

However I can think of plenty I’d do with the model weights for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Can’t you?

I can go on with hundreds of examples. The Waymo source and models, as another example. Enumerating everything would detract from the message so I’ll stop here.

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