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gregorum , (edited )

Dorsey more of a proto-Musk IMO. He went off to an island to live with cocaine and guns. He only came back recently to create another social network because he hates Musk’s guts. (Edit: I guess I was wrong, and he doesn’t hate Musk)

Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty sure the guys fucking insane, but I also don’t think he’s as bad as musk or as hell-bent on destroying democracy. He’s just interested in making money to buy more cocaine and islands and guns.

gregorum ,

Are you sure? I know they used to be super friends, but I thought they had a falling out.

gregorum ,

Hmm… either they made up, or I’m thinking of something else. I’ll take your word for it.

Anyway, the rest of what I said stands. Dorsey may be bonkers (check out that Vice interview from a year or two ago), but he’s not even in the same league of evil bastards as Musk. He may be completely a self-interested billionaire, scumbag, but he’s not a literal fascist with Musk’s track record, nor is he actively stoking neo-nazi activity while personally interfering with an ongoing war in favor of our country’s greatest and longest-standing enemy.

I think you’re giving Jack Dorsey a bit too much credit by calling him another musk.

Edit: Although… he kinda was “Musk before Musk” if you know what I mean. Like I first said: proto-Musk.

gregorum ,

I can definitely empathize with why he did this, but I simply cannot condone it. If he had simply concluded each performance by revealing that some of his stories were exaggerated and/or fabricated while explaining his reasoning for having done so, as is the case with many narrative works/performance art pieces, that would have lent gravitas and credibility to his performances as a whole, but this? This is huxterism, and his admitting to it now - no matter how openly - and without and shred of remorse makes him look all the worse for it.

US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina (www.aljazeera.com)

US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina::Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina.

gregorum ,

One would hope that flying an F-35 is beyond the capabilities of the average civilian.

gregorum ,

[hissing laughter ensues]

gregorum ,

Rather easily, it would seem…

gregorum ,

What streaming service is it on?

gregorum ,

It is a huge ask. Sadly, unity made it necessary.

gregorum ,

Let me just look up how many times the Wright brothers crashed before they succeeded…

[googles]

Oh, my…

gregorum ,

lol, I definitely didn’t say that 

gregorum ,

That’s a pretty good argument for why flying cars is a pretty stupid idea.  all the dangers of a regular car accident plus the several hundred or several thousand feet crash to the ground, and then all of the bloody, fiery horror of a second collision at that time. 

gregorum ,

Here you are accusing people of cherry picking when you’re doing the same thing, or just assuming that we can rely on technology that hasn’t even been invented yet, cannot be manufactured at scale, or is far too expensive for anyone but the most wealthy people on the planet to use. 

You’ve made several comments throughout this post that are absurd, reductive, and so out of touch with reality as to be ridiculous and/or hilarious. None of them make any rational sense. 

gregorum ,

There would be many more of them in a small area and it’s a completely new type of flight system with which zero people have any type of flight experience. Not to mention the total lack of an air traffic control system and the fact that the risk of a crash is already pretty high.

That’s plenty right there.

gregorum ,

Lmao, the this is a joke, right?

Being a mechanic doesn’t make you a pilot or give you any special knowledge about flight systems.

gregorum ,

That doesn’t make flying any less dangerous in general, and it’s already pretty dangerous as it is. Add to that a bunch of tiny little flying vehicles buzzing around, and it the odds of more mid-air collisions (and their result and ground crashes) rises significantly.

gregorum ,

We’re not talking about the design of the aircraft at all, and this has nothing to do with the other responses. Are you even paying attention?

gregorum ,

Copyright infringement, which, in this context, is still a seriously concerning crime.

gregorum ,

It is, as a matter of fact. When Fry recorded his voice for those audiobooks, they were copyrighted. Reproducing the contents of those works as they have is, arguably a violation of copyright.

And when you compare Steven Frye to Pepsi Max, that’s a false equivalence, because you’re comparing a copyrighted material to a trademarked brand which are two different things.

Still, to your point of theft, nobody is taking anything from anyone. They are using something without permission, and that still falls squarely as copyright infringement, not theft.

gregorum ,

When they reproduced Fry’s voice with an AI based on what they captured from the copyrighted audiobook, that’s precisely what happened. Just because you refuse to understand or admit it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

gregorum ,

That is not for you to decide. That is for a court to decide. By the letter of the law, and how current copyright law is written, it very clearly is.

gregorum ,

You are twisting yourself into knots to describe something other than what happened. All of which amounts to is an elaborate “Nuh uh”

gregorum ,

So, like, arguing against the letter of the law, in order to defend a morally bankrupt practice in defense of profitability for large corporations, to rip off artists work.

No, I got that

gregorum ,

All that it’s proof of is that you don’t understand what you’re talking about.

There are laws and standards which govern this usage, it’s called the digital millennium copyright act. While there does exist currently an argument for AI to co-op current works for what the DMCA refers to as “fair use“, whether these works would be regarded as “Derivative works” or unauthorized infringement is up for the courts to decide, not you.

gregorum ,

That’s not the same thing as this case. Google did not use the information it scraped from a single specific work to create another specific creative work. These two things are different, and the fact that you used this precedent to defend this practice in this context, shows your lack of a grasp of the material at hand.

gregorum ,

I’m not missing anything. You’re very clearly missing a full comprehension of US copyright law and are stubbornly resisting any attempt at having it explained to you.

But thanks for explaining your bias.

gregorum ,

As I said, you’re conflating two different things that aren’t the same because you don’t understand the law despite it having been explained to you repeatedly. Now you’re devolving into straw men fallacies and ad hominem personal attacks because your arguments have failed over and over.

Since you’re clearly incapable of having a rational, adult discussion, I’m gonna leave it here. Have a nice day.

gregorum ,

It’s much closer to having glass blowing artists designs, perfectly replicated in an automated fashion, and at scale— and without compensation to the artist. I would argue that it is tantamount to being scammed.

gregorum ,

Your “nuh uh” arguments are as ineffective here as they would be in your pretend court scenario.

Again, I say, good day, sir

gregorum ,

It’s just their planet that’s warm (don’t judge!)

gregorum , (edited )

More like Turd Reich in Florida

gregorum ,

Let’s meet in the middle and call it “jumping off a bandwagon” while introducing a wider audience to an alternative.

gregorum ,

“They didn’t suck my dick, so I hate it”

Some people simply cannot appreciate anything.

gregorum ,

“I’m going to forget recycling exists and assume the worst to perpetuate OP’s nihilism while shitting on a nice display of environmental solidarity”

And I suppose you posted this comment on a piece of locally-sourced tree bark powered by love?

gregorum , (edited )

If I find out how to make 1000 drones suck my dick, ya never fucking gonna hear from me again, L O L

gregorum ,

I would’ve predicted that this would have been there first, and only use, and, frankly, I’m shocked that this has happened yet.

gregorum ,

SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦

gregorum ,

Manhattan is geographically tiny. Technically, they hovered it over several oil executives’ penthouses, although, perhaps, not intentionally. 

gregorum ,

“i’m being overly reductive and cynical while participating in pointless virtue signaling”

Yeah, we got it. PS: these drones aren’t single use only

gregorum ,

[takes deep breath]

My child…

gregorum ,

We’ve all suspected this for generations, but now we have the proof.

gregorum ,

“This really Toads the Wet Sproket!”

gregorum ,

It’s too late, dude. You already told the world how you really feel— in full sexist and racist detail. This performative apology and explanation for your actions after such swift rebuke is clearly just that: performative and obviously written by some PR wonk.

You’re not sorry for what you did or said, you’re just sorry that you faced consequences for it.

gregorum ,

This guy is entrenched in his own sexism and racism, and when it’s pointed out, he deflects and defends it with denials and faux erudite bullshit as if he’s somehow elevated by it.

Ugh, fuck off. You’re not some arbiter of music intellectualism, and you just proved it to the world in a handful of sentences. All he managed to do here is to undermine his and his publications credibility. 

gregorum ,

It’s great!

gregorum ,

Seems fitting that the most interesting thing about him wasn’t actually about him, lol.

Even Q made fun of what a bore he was in the episode ”The Q and the Grey”

Q: I’m sure your First Officer— Chuckles, was it? I’m sure he has everything under control.

gregorum ,

Grey’s Anatomy had hotter guys and (somehow) less melodrama.

More like Stardates of Our Lives or As the Galaxy Turns

gregorum ,

And a coin to your Witcher!

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