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  1. Ryujin

    Disney sues Midjourney

    Photocopiers don't inherently contain the infringed works, by design. Printing presses also aren't illegal, but they can be used to infringe upon copyright. I certainly hope so. And they could always use the "educational/research purposes" argument when they were initially training LLMs but...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I saw GATTACA in a theatre, the first time around. I really enjoyed it but, given the current public need for 'splosions and spectacle, I can understand why so many don't like it. Slow burn dramatic stories only seem to get critical love these days.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Also spoken here starting at 9:31. We spent hours, on the old ZOE forums, translating this short interaction. (A few of us original backers have words in there too ;) )
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Let me introduce you to my friend Matt Vancil: https://www.amazon.com/Orcish-English-Dictionary-Reference-Travelers-Merchants/dp/1982991283 A complete language, as spoken by the Orc characters in his films, including verb conjugations, syntax, and the whole schpiel.
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    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    The absolute genius of making the horn in the music spell out MI in Morse Code. I didn't get that until maybe 5 years ago. Flew right past me.
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    Spoilers Ironheart spoilers

    1. Seems that they succeeded and that resulted in an ongoing payday, from what Hood was saying. EDIT - Sorry, I guess I'm thinking about Ep2. Ep1 was pre-Riri joining, wasn't it? 2. As far as I know, as of Ep3, he's dead. 3. Riri didn't really have any trouble with the suit hardware. It was the...
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    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    The more that I see of that retro-future "Gernsback Continuum" Earth, the more I'm liking it.
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    Spoilers Ironheart spoilers

    The hood and boots don't come from Mephisto, but I suspect it'll be used to bring him in.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    On another forum: Half the membership reads newspaper hit piece. Swallows it hook, line, and sinker, and start going off about the injustice. Me, after 30 seconds of research, "Yeah, that's a bunch of inflated garbage. Here's why..."
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Pretty sure that I'm guilty of it, too, because I react how a post hits me.
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    Captain America: Brave New World - Official Trailer (2025)

    Funny you should say that....
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I raise a glass to your future of flinging excrement at a rotary air distribution device.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Exactly what I was thinking and the sort of behaviour that you see from bots/LLMs.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    To reinforce my opinion, co-workers actually saw her doing it.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    The surprising part is there have been at least two more high profile cases of this sort of thing AFTER this one that he talked about, 2 years ago. EDIT - The previous departmental assistant, at our law school, very obviously used ChatGPT to respond to emails. I would send a message with...
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    Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Unlike Luthen, Kira wouldn't have been so willing to sacrifice her fellow freedom fighters if "the situation demanded it." She'd have gone, herself.
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    Tv in gaming table and general gaming table advice

    You can also daisy-chain DisplayPort monitors from a single source. With the right monitor and a newer Thunderbolt enabled laptop you could connect the first via USB-C, then the second to the first via DisplayPort. I've set clients up like this many times. Instant full DM screen via monitors and...
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    Tv in gaming table and general gaming table advice

    I don't know if that says more about the falling costs of tech, or the cost of rulebooks.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    If you end up needing to commission, I know a guy who has done a metric buttload of RPG art.
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