FuzzyRedPanda

Unfortunately North Carolina’s current abortion law is 12 weeks. That’s unacceptable.

I think it’s to send a message that many people feel disinterested in the olympics for whatever reason.

For me, I am disgusted that the the olympics have turned into a corporate money making machine. Hosting countries will pick a huge chunk of land to “terraform” into a games site, with little regard to the people who live there or nearby. They’ll displace residents, make people build the infrastructure for low wages and in poor conditions. They’ll spend billions to try and make snow where snow doesn’t naturally occur. The ecological impact alone is massive. There’s also the issue of the housing for the Olympians being substandard and dangerous. I’m not claiming that this happens every time in every country, but it’s certainly a problem and I don’t want to be part of it.

There’s also the issue of banning trans athletes from competing, which continues to be rooted in ignorance and hypocritical disagreements around what we define as fair. (Bring on the downvotes, I don’t care.)

I debated posting this at all because it’s off topic, but the question was asked so I gave my perspective.

These companies are scraping the internet to train their models. Scraping the internet isn’t bad; we scrape the internet constantly for all kinds of data. The free and open exchange of knowledge is what the internet is for. IMO you can’t steal text, audio, or video that someone already put up on the internet to be looked at or listened to. It can be pirated or it can be scraped.

“When a new technology comes along that breaks copyright, it’s always been copyright that must change, not the technology.” - Cory Doctorow

I highly recommend Cory’s now 20-year-old speech on copyright and DRM. You can find it all over the web.

Is stealing the right word to use? Or would it be more accurate to say ‘scraping’ or ‘unauthorized use’?

Those kinds of articles are still being written/generated! They are laughably absurd.

The latest one I saw: “Gen Z, Millennials’ spending habits fuel dependence on ‘bank of mom and dad’”

Yeah, my irresponsible spending habits of paying rent and buying food! No wonder I’m a disappointment to my parents! /s

There are dozens of us!

When the tape drive fails and eats your tape in the process, you better hope you have a second backup or you’ll be crying salty salty tears.

I worked in the service center for a tape-drive manufacturer and I would routinely see the drives we got back for repair. They were often taken apart by the customer in a frantic and desperate attempt to get their cassette out. The cassette was almost always still in there though, with multiple feet of tape snagged and wound around everything.

That’s not cool at all.

You have created a mental image that cannot be undone. I hope you’re happy.

And generally, baby wipes, bottom wipes and face wipes aren’t safe to flush, even if they say flushable on the package. If they were safe to flush, you wouldn’t be able to pull out a wet sheet from the package; it would be goo.

Does anyone else see the creepy upside down smiley face in the corner?

Sorry you have to deal with this. I know it wasn’t in your list of options, but you could attend HOA meetings, bring up the internet issue and see if they’ll change the current setup, or you could get elected to an HOA board and start pulling the strings of change. That’s more of a long-term goal though.