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otl , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Why do dentists always recommend to brush 2 times for 2-3 minutes?

Ah yeah this hits a nerve for me: the idea that some individuals are the arbiters of medical science and knowledge. Answers to questions like “why should I brush my teeth” is something to be found in a textbook, hopefully at a public library, not to be dispensed out by some individual with fat fees.

otl , 7 months ago to technology in Microsoft AI Image Generator Blocks 'Disney' After Viral Movie Poster Trend

“Reproduction of the Disney logo is clear trademark infringement. I would imagine that is why the AI might be jumbling the logo,” Andrew White, partner at IP law firm Mathys & Squire, tells The Financial Times.

Doesn’t seem clear to me.

I’m allowed to sketch out the Disney logo by hand, right? But I’m not allowed to place their trademark on any of my own products or services.

Microsoft’s tool reproduces the Disney logo. Searching “Disney logo” in Google Images also reproduces the Disney logo. I can print the logo from my shitty black and white printer to my heart’s content, right?

From Bing’s terms of use, section 7:

Use of Creations. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, the Microsoft Services Agreement, and our Content Policy, you may use Creations outside of the Online Services for any legal personal, non-commercial purpose.

otl , 7 months ago to fediverse in Well looks like a Lemmy comment is making the rounds on Mastodon!

Interesting - will look into Friendica. I just hacked up the latest stable release of Lemmy to run on OpenBSD but it’s not something I think I want to maintain long-term. Looking for something that will last a while, kinda like email but maybe not that long!

otl , 7 months ago to asklemmy in Have you ever done something for yourself on your (job) company's infrastructure?

My colleagues back in the early bitcoin and cryptocurrency days were mining across any spare infra and customer servers they could get their hands on. Back when you could do it with just CPU.

otl , 7 months ago to fediverse in Well looks like a Lemmy comment is making the rounds on Mastodon!

Way to make me feel silly for having both an account on both a Mastodon server and a Lemmy server! ;)

otl , 7 months ago to linux in Wanting to improve my Linux skills after 17 months of daily driving Linux

Alpine Linux might be good, too. It’s different. But that makes it a great exercise. See drewdevault.com/…/Praise-for-Alpine-Linux.html

otl , 7 months ago to linux in Query about your linux daily drivers?

I got a T480s for approx. 350USD. Battery life is fine and parts are cheap. Can’t really fault it… I guess the screen could be brighter? Great little machine.