Category: Hmm…

Robo McDonalds

December 23, 2022

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, Hmm…, News, Politics, science

A McDonalds in Texas is fully automated (except, of course, for the people maintaining the machines). Expect to see more of these… especially
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AI art loses copyright

December 22, 2022

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scottlowther

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Art, Hmm…, News, science

Here’s something interesting… AI-Created Comic Has Been Deemed Ineligible for Copyright Protection If AI created art is ineligible for copyright protection, that’ll
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This sort of thing really aught to be illegal

December 20, 2022

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Gah, Hmm…, News, Politics, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

The great majority of the time when someone says “there aught to be a law,” there really aughtn’t. But a law I’d get
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Kinda like university students going on strike

December 19, 2022

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scottlowther

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Art, Crazy, Hmm…, Meh, News, Politics, science

Artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork on ArtStation At best they’ll *slightly* delay the development and deployment of AI that will
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Twitter is finally reaching its potential

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Hmm…, News, Politics

UPDATE: twitter seems to ahve deleted the “offending” posts. here are screenshots: So today twitter posted a new rule: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817 It’s a
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Cyanotype test 4

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, Hmm…, spacecraft

Ran two prints today. The second one, the 4th test of the new setup, turned out to be pretty much there with just
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Putin’s War

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, Hmm…, News, Politics, Russian Empire, Science Fiction, ಠ_ಠ

Yes, I’m shocked too… I’m linking to a New York times article that is both interesting and informative: Putin’s War A Times
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This will make someone an entertaining target

December 17, 2022

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scottlowther

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Hmm…, News, Politics, Russian Empire, Weapons, youtube

The more challenging you try to appear, the more people will challenge you. Armored trains these days seem like the sort of thing
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Vigilante Justice

December 16, 2022

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scottlowther

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Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Hmm…, News, Politics, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

There was a time when vigilantes were more legend than fact, because the police and justice system did the job that needed doing.
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When is a non-threat to democracy a threat to democracy?

December 16, 2022

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scottlowther

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Crazy, Forward, Hmm…, Meh, News, Politics

When Twitter banned the New York Post for accurately reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop story, the progressive media said nothing. When twitter
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