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It's always nice to have someone who's a good listener [The Square Comics] in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure they could get your MAC address pretty easily if you have Wifi turned on.

Record chicken prices squeeze US shoppers, benefit Tyson Foods in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How many times a week do you go grocery shopping and how many different stores do you go to? Personally, I don't know anyone who goes grocery shopping more than once a week, or MAYBE twice if their regular grocery store doesn't have what they need.

Texas man sent to death row over junk science denied US Supreme Court appeal in c/hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Abolish the death penalty!

Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Then why's marijuana schedule 3?

A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I've been using the Codium plugin in VSCode for a little bit now and find it useful. It's free, but does require an account.

What is one show you wish wouldn't have gotten cancelled when it did? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Omg I totally forgot about that show!

Supercut of Mike Lindell's problematic deposition in c/news@beehaw.org

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anyone have a video of the full deposition?

Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is more of an issue with copyright law than of A.I. content generation. All you really need to do is create an algorithm that creates images based on every combination of pixels. There were a couple of lawyers who did this with melodies by creating an algorithm to generate every combination of 12-note, 8-beat melodies. One of the lawyers has a TED Talk where he goes into more detail with the issues of copyright laws: https://youtu.be/sJtm0MoOgiU

The cofounder of Google's AI division DeepMind says everybody will have their own AI-powered 'chief of staff' over the next five years in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Aren't these current personal assistants already relying on API calls for their responses?

4-Year-Old Fatally Shot By Woman Who Was Teaching Her 'Firearm Safety,' Authorities Say in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IANAL stands for "I am not a lawyer"

Microsoft to Force Web Links Shared in Teams to Open with Microsoft Edge in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Same on Windows in my experience 😁

So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why should that fall on the developer if you choose not to upgrade?