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clearly, freedom and easy access to information has nothing to do with the issue at hand, which is enforcement of copyright law.

so long as they don’t plan on violating russian or chinese (or whatever country’s) copyrights (and other applicable laws), why should those countries care at all? archive.org is hosting material copyrighted in a country where said copyright can be enforced (the US). it’s really that simple. while china or russia may not be the most suitable option (I imagine they also host plenty of content that those countries would find to be inflammatory or illegal but not for copyright reasons), they’d be an improvement overall.

“Hey sister I’m going out for a bit will be back by 11”

“Ok”

Like no offense, but you should probably figure out how to communicate with your family before you attempt dating lol

nor do the creatures their fruits are designed for

science illiterate ppl try to discuss evolution without using creationist phraseology challenge (impossible)

Dudes rock

That’s actually pretty cool. I was born with one of my adult molars missing and always wished this was possible. Hope the results turn out positively.

So are you saying you think western sanctions have been working as intended, then? You haven’t actually stated anything that refutes what others in this thread have said. I only ask because Russia seems to be doing fine economically, all things considered. Germany and the rest of Europe that were/are dependent on Russian exports, though, not so much…

Care to elaborate?

Personally I don’t like reading news very much, I just keep various live news feeds up in the background while I do other things. Typically Al Jazeera English, but they rerun segments pretty often throughout the day, at which point I’ll just turn it off, or switch over to CGTN. Occasionally I’ll watch MSNBC or CNN if they aren’t being ultra cringe (rare occurrence) for more US focused coverage, though I can hardly stand to watch either for very long.

If that were true, there would be no reason for advanced tools like ComfyUI to exist.

I use a Macbook Pro because they are much more performant and have way longer battery life compared to a similarly priced Windows laptop, no other reason. There is just nothing in the x86 realm that is even comparable to what Apple silicon offers, and Windows on ARM offerings just aren’t really there yet. I use a Windows desktop and an Android phone, though.

I paint digitally and with acrylic and oil, which isn’t that different from the methods Da Vinci would have utilized. If you wanted to paint the Mona Lisa in photoshop the expertise required is the same minus only color mixing and physical preparation and finishing.

So, you’re really saying the expertise required is not the same, then?

Regardless of method, saying “paint this picture for me” isn’t making art. The claim is on its face absurd.

Who is claiming that? Not me. Anyone who has used a generative AI tool for more than 10 seconds knows this isn’t true.

If I go to the hospital and say “heal this person” am I now a doctor?

This is a bad analogy. If in some far off future we had some magical “auto-doc” device that could heal injuries, etc., but still required someone with sufficient knowledge to operate the device, I would call them a doctor, or perhaps a medical engineer. Yes.

Weird how all it takes to turn an ostensible leftist into a sneering lib condescending to an entire classification of worker is to insult their little toy.

What did you mean by this? The only one sneering and condescending here is you lol.

Somehow I doubt da Vinci and a modern digital artist toiling away in Photoshop would be able to agree on the definition of, or criteria for, what it means to be an artist…

I’m curious what you think Navalny stood for, which you claim to totally support? Spoilers, he was an ultra far-right nationalist piece of human garbage.

huh? at least on windows, firefox just uses its background maintenance service to take care of updates. no admin needed. I don’t even notice when it happens, except for the occasional “what’s new” page that opens along with firefox.

Be installed on any PC I own

Beewho?

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