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So is it fair to say (in your view) that the case is more about AI personhood than copyright itself?

Headline definitely seems misleading. Even some parts of the body of the article try and push it the other way.

Microsoft will have plenty more missteps as they continue to fall from relevance.

Happened to me too. Super annoying. I use eBay in part not to support Amazon.

I returned it, and even the return was direct to Amazon. Then had to wait for the shady seller to actually give me the money.

I’m not sure it is against eBay’s TOS, though, which is very unfortunate.

I looked around me and saw blocks, floating in the sky. A turtle was at my feet, staring blankly as it approached without hesitation. Mushrooms were walking around like people; I had to jump over them or I knew I would come to harm. I found I could flatten them if I landed on top in the right spot. I knew there was a princess I was trying to save, but she was in another castle.

Pay up, Nintendo!

These kinds of projects are basically always impressive, in particular on machines which predate the concept of protected memory. It is especially impressive on this machine.

For anyone who may not be familiar with the TI-99/4A, it is a strange beast. It competed with 8-bit micros like those from Commodore and Apple. On paper, the TI-99/4A looked more impressive because it has a 16-bit CPU, but the machine is effectively limited to 8 bits anyway due to supporting hardware and logic elsewhere. The weird design backfired, because it’s ultimately a very slow machine and obviously less performant than those 8-bit machines against which it was meant to compete.

This. AI is not and will not be profitable. It’s afloat because of an investor circlejerk. Once they get off then it’s over. A waiting game.

The FCC Fairness Doctrine has not been a thing since 1987. If they want it back, they should go through the proper channels. This “legislation” based on Trump’s whims is pure theater designed to flood the zone with endless distraction.

Their no DRM commitment and use of AI slop cancel each other out, in my view.

I don’t think it’s controversial to say that “conservative” in the context of US politics has been bifurcated. On the one hand, there are definitely traditional conservatives out there. On the other hand, the really loud ones tend to be far right edge lords who purposefully speak loudly about topics that are socially unacceptable. It’s always based on a misunderstanding of free speech, too: people are generally free to say what they want, but they are not free from the consequences imposed by society based on what they say, especially when supporting harmful activities or straight violence. This is something Elon Musk really should learn about.

I’m all for open discourse with traditional conservatives, but I’m not about to sit idly by while Nazis return to the stage. There was a war and the outcome was pretty darned clear. So, I’d say it’s a good example of bad apples ruining the bunch (though from what I have seen, the number ratio of Nazis vs traditional conservatives is sadly pretty high). I think it is an issue that will need to be fixed between conservatives, ultimately. Shutting down Nazis (again) seems quite acceptable to me, however.