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BadlyDrawnRhino , to gaming in New AI model can hallucinate a game of 1993’s Doom in real time

To be fair, half of the AAA gaming industry is all about trying to clone the latest successful game with a new coat of paint. Maybe using AI to make these clones will mean that the talented people behind the scenes are free to explore other ideas instead.

Of course in reality, it just means that the largest publishers will lay off a whole lot of people and keep churning out these uninspired games in the name of corporate profits, but it’s nice to dream sometimes.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to science_memes in Sloths 🦥

Just wait until some oil baron says that sloth-dug tunnels is the way to “deal” with climate change.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to science_memes in Consssssspiracies

The real conspiracy is that there’s only one recognised holiday per year for most species on the planet, except for humans that get several per month. Seems to me that humans are trying to keep other species from having enough free-time to plot the revolution.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to technology in Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour

Thanks for this, I’m going to try this out on my way home. My main use for Gmaps is to determine the quickest way to and from work during peak hour, so keen to see how Magic Earth’s traffic data compares.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to asklemmy in Since America is bringing back kings what other kind of stuff is on your medieval wishlist?

Trebuchets aren’t really a tool for defence. They have tremendous range and aren’t exactly speedy to load, aim, and launch.

Unless you meant defence in the same way that a country’s military operations are known as “defence forces” regardless of intent, in which case carry on.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to nottheonion in Australia nuclear facility installs massive rooftop solar system to save $2 million

For context, the conservative party here in Aus is pushing hard for a transition to nuclear power, rather than renewables.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to nottheonion in Australia nuclear facility installs massive rooftop solar system to save $2 million

At least here in Australia, we believe in the right for a select group of billionaires to make money off the land in the form of coal mining, and renewable energy threatens that right.

Now that the world is turning away from coal as much as possible, we’re now pivoting to allow a select group of billionaires to make money off the land in the form of uranium mining, and renewable energy also threatens that.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to piracy in Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

That’s an oversimplification. All works are derivative to some extent. There’s a huge difference between taking inspiration from something, to taking the characters and setting from something. Particularly if you’re intending to make a profit.

If an author makes something that a large number of people enjoy, why shouldn’t they be able to make money off it for the rest of their life? Why exactly should an individual give up the rights to their creation simply so that someone else can use their characters and their worlds?

To be clear, I’m talking solely on an individual level. I think the system we have where a corporation can own an idea is very broken. I’m also talking about this from a perspective of the world we currently live in. In an ideal world where money wasn’t the endgame for survival, ideas would flow more freely and nobody would need to care. But that’s not the world we live in.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to piracy in Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

I think an argument could be made to set it to the date of death of the author. I agree with the other guy that it should only apply to commercial works though.

I also don’t think that the copyright should be transferable. The trading of ideas is an absurd concept to me. But then us humans do a lot of absurd things so I guess it’s just par for the course.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to technology in YouTube will have fewer ad breaks on TV — but the ads are getting longer

On top of the tracking within the ads themselves, you also have all of the general usage data that Google sells. They’re double-dipping.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to nottheonion in Taliban Militants Fed Up With Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit

Editor: The article is great! All we need now is a quote from social media and we can publish.

Journalist: We haven’t been able to find anything suitable, everyone thinks this story is satire.

Editor: Then just post one yourself and then quote that! But don’t reference your name, that’ll be a dead giveaway.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to technology in Should AI images be copyrightable?

The seed is more like an address. It’s a number that gets paired with the prompt to tell the model what variation of the thing it should output. Given the same seed and same prompt, the model will output the same image every time, no matter what.

BadlyDrawnRhino , to gaming in Microsoft’s Xbox Series S Parity Demands Are Now Handing Sony Free Wins

But Microsoft is doing exactly the same thing, only instead of paying for exclusivity of one title, they’re buying developers so not just their next title, but all future releases will be exclusive, up until MS decides they’re not worth it and dumps them.

Sony absolutely participates in anti-consumer practices, but let’s not pretend that MS is any better.

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