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Re:AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before ...
on Friday August 21, 2026 @01:20PM (#49391197)
AI companies are supporting the market for books that no one else wanted. The economically illiterate assumption of the author is that "rare" books are good. If they were that good, they would be priced higher.
https://abunner.substack.com/i/210907372/anthropic-is-suppor...
Re:The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars
on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:05PM (#48593282)
This is right. The good he was doing society was the product Craigslist.org. It touched hundreds of millions of lives for the better and, sometimes, worse. He had no great lever. I'm skeptical the non-profits/charities had any where near the societal benefit. The article seems light on what he actually accomplished by giving away $500M
Re:Website Impersonating a Desktop Environment
on Monday January 01, 2024 @11:16AM (#38832888)
This is beautiful work. I played Doom, launched vim and read a blog post in a tab that loaded faster than almost all modern web apps.
Re:Adept Open Sources 8B Multimodal Modal Fuyu
on Saturday October 28, 2023 @03:06PM (#38052500)
This is a really nice review. The examples helped me better understand the model's capabilities
Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites
on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:59PM (#22941269)
This is how other companies gather fraud signals as well. If you've ever clicked "I am not a robot", it also works on signals like mouse movements. Stripe is following industry best practices.
Re:Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take pictures of...
on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:24PM (#19653920)
No. The summary is that by tearing down the woman lead, women everywhere see what will happen to them if they achieve a measure of recognition on the internet.
Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first black hole image
on Saturday April 13, 2019 @11:44AM (#19653641)
Next time, just don't comment if your contribution is to cast doubt on the experience and intentions of a woman based only on your bias.
Re:Katie Bouman, the computer scientist behind the first black hole image
on Saturday April 13, 2019 @11:42AM (#19653624)
"I don't think she has enough experience"
You see how sexist that assumption is, right? Don't be that guy. Give her the benefit of the doubt you'd give a male researcher.