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Re:Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:57PM (#45830530)
Hard agree. I may cross state lines for large purchases like laptops, but the liquor prices aren’t so bad that I’d drive >30min for better deals.
Re:Meta pirated at least 101 of my books, and others on Sunday March 23, 2025 @12:05AM (#43450838)
It feels like there are two equally valid sides to this argument that get muddied because of our current model’s/regulations inability to differentiate one over the other.

On the free-information side, I don’t think anyone would argue that AI shouldn’t be allowed to offer a general synopsis of a given book / series. From an author/creator’s POV, it feels like extortion to be able to summarize/recreate any given chapter/subsection to the point that the entire work could be reproduced near-verbatim.

IMO the question is, can we meaningfully draw a line between the two, and if so, how?