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rand1239··on The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
You do copyright for content that you invented and which didn't exist before.

But NYT content is reporting on events truthfully to the public without any fiction or lies.

Since there can be only one truth it should not matter whether NYT or Washington Post or ChatGPT is spinning it out.

Unless NYT is claiming they don't report truth and publishes fiction.

That is of concern since, NYT claims to reporth news truthfully.

So is NYT scamming Americans hundreds of millions of dollars by charging for subscription fees by making a false promise on things that they report?

This should be the bigger question here.

rand1239··on Things software developers should learn about learning
Okay. Are humans different than this?

Thoughts -> Action -> Thoughts

Thoughts are generated by brain. You don't control how the neurons are fired in the brain. As far as you are concerened you experience the thoughts, the sounds, images etc which.

So what exactly is the point of this article?

rand1239··on Things software developers should learn about learning
I wonder whether including this article in GPT-5 training data would improve the performance of the model.
rand1239··on Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011)
There is no you. It's just an illusion in consciousness. Disagree?

Try to find and locate the you in the next 5 mins.

There are only sensations, images, thoughts and sound which rises and go in consciousness. No you.

Unless a thought comes and says thats you. But it's again just a thought.

rand1239··on How to Become a Great Software Engineer
The universe was created without my help.

Humanity survived till 21st century without my help.

I am sure the world will do just fine with me working in Europe instead of US.

I am sure it will do fine when I am dead.

I will focus on helping myself as the first priority.

Thanks.

rand1239··on How to Become a Great Software Engineer
Yeah. But end goal of engineering is to improve life. You have only 1 life. Europe >>> USA quality of living.
rand1239··on Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record
HN is a wormhole through which you can connect pretty much anyone in tech industry.
rand1239··on X: All Tweets Disappeared
Yes. There is the neutral reality and your projections of meaning to it.
rand1239··on X: All Tweets Disappeared
> I’m not surprised to see Twitter’s reliability get progressively worse.

Can you share the graph of Twitter reliability over years that you plotted to arrive at this conclusion? Thanks.

rand1239··on Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record
That's just a sentence. Not who you are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-enquiry_(Ramana_Maharshi)

rand1239··on Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record
If you know yourself through a series of connection then that's a false you.
rand1239··on It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber
Do you think low test scores are because of changes in societal conditioning or changes in DNA?
rand1239··on It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber
> Test scores have been falling for years

Does low test score means students became dumber or they care less about tests?

rand1239··on Man with no ticket or passport flew from copenhagen to Los Angeles, FBI says
> this would be the most terrifying situation to be in

Are you sure? How about a few seconds before you die? I would take being in US illegally over non existence any day.

rand1239··on 23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing
> Why would anyone willingly do that?

Maybe they accept the possibility that they die one day?

rand1239··on X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S. states
The critical difference here is this is being attempted by the guy who was kind of behind PayPal, Tesla and Spacex.

The guys who are trying to make Messenger an everything app are probably some random MBA grads who have done nothing of significance in their life and real world.

It's more about ability to make change in real world to improve human condition. Facebook has 0 expertise when it comes to this.

Only thing Facebook has expertise is in building web pages, servers and running AB tests to make humanity keep scrolling down and stare at bullshit.

rand1239··on X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S. states
Will I get free money if I post something positive?
rand1239··on According to Plutarch, Julius Caesar was once captured by pirates
So you are saying, Roman empire declining didn't require any particular man but reviving it did require one??
rand1239··on X, the moonshot factory
Do any of them generate profit?
rand1239··on Llama 2
Would you say you are exploiting your employer by taking a salary?
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