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[Ryujin]

Update on learning lockpicking: Turns out that modern padlocks seem to be relatively crappy compared to the 50 year old East German padlocks I've been using on a 60 year old banker's box. Popped open a newer lock in 2 minutes, when the old locks have me stumped.

Next weird skill to work on: Using a geological compass and Cartes du Ciel to identify planetary and stellar objects in the night sky. After that maybe I'll take it with me, on my next trip to the West Coast, to see how accurately I can locate myself on a topo map.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Update on learning lockpicking: Turns out that modern padlocks seem to be relatively crappy compared to the 50 year old East German padlocks I've been using on a 60 year old banker's box. Popped open a newer lock in 2 minutes, when the old locks have me stumped.

Next weird skill to work on: Using a geological compass and Cartes du Ciel to identify planetary and stellar objects in the night sky. After that maybe I'll take it with me, on my next trip to the West Coast, to see how accurately I can locate myself on a topo map.

I feel like your next vacation should involve dropping you in a dungeon somewhere.

 

[Ryujin]

I feel like your next vacation should involve dropping you in a dungeon somewhere.

Well so far I've got chainmailing, bowyer/fletcher, lockpicking (maybe level 1), and working on land navigation, so I might be better as a crafter NPC

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well so far I've got chainmailing, bowyer/fletcher, lockpicking (maybe level 1), and working on land navigation, so I might be better as a crafter NPC

Have you taken an arrow to the knee yet?

 

[Richards]

I hit a weird milestone today. My boss is a 40-year-old Air Force lieutenant colonel. As of today, I have officially been married for two more years than he's even been alive: I got married in 1984, and he was born in 1986 (the same year as my youngest son).

Johnathan

 

[trappedslider]

This is either the most cringey or most relatable thing i've read:
Ashes of a Charger
Verse 1 :
Woke up late again, my phone’s at one percent
The cord’s frayed and dead, I can’t even vent
Tried to plug it in, sparks flew in my face
All my playlists gone, erased without a trace

Pre-Chorus:
I screamed into the void, cursed the gods above
This little wire betrayed me, but I’ll rise with love

Chorus:
From the ashes of a broken charger
I’ll find my spark, my soul won’t falter
Even when the cord is fried and tired
I’ll rise, I’ll rise, electrical heart inspired

Verse 2:
Snap a pic of my despair, post it online
#BatteryLife #Tragedy #TotallyFine
Friends all laugh, but they don’t understand
It’s the end of the world in my digital hands

Pre-Chorus:
I cried over texts that’ll never send
But every broken wire teaches how to mend

Chorus:
From the ashes of a broken charger
I’ll find my spark, my soul won’t falter
Even when the cord is fried and tired
I’ll rise, I’ll rise, electrical heart inspired

Bridge:
One day I’ll find a cable that survives the night
A charger that’s true, that finally feels right
But till then I’ll scream at the walls of my room
And turn my frustration into electric gloom

Final Chorus (with gang vocals):
From the ashes of a broken charger
I’ll find my spark, my soul won’t falter
Even when the cord is fried and tired
I’ll rise, I’ll rise…
Electrified, amplified, battery recharged, fire

 

[Thomas Shey]

Update on learning lockpicking: Turns out that modern padlocks seem to be relatively crappy compared to the 50 year old East German padlocks I've been using on a 60 year old banker's box. Popped open a newer lock in 2 minutes, when the old locks have me stumped.

Next weird skill to work on: Using a geological compass and Cartes du Ciel to identify planetary and stellar objects in the night sky. After that maybe I'll take it with me, on my next trip to the West Coast, to see how accurately I can locate myself on a topo map.

It should be noted the quality of older hardware is often superior to modern in a number of ways; that's partly a consequence of a focus on making things cheaper. But I notice some of the hand tools I inherited from my father are better than ones I've bought, even though they're usually somewhat worn and even sometimes a little rusty.

 

[overgeeked]

Hey, there's actually some good news today. AI art is not copyrightable. Ha ha.

Supreme Court Declines Case on Granting Copyright to AI-Created Art

A piece of AI-generated art is still the subject of a prolonged legal fight, 14 years after its creation.

www.cnet.com

 

[Deset Gled]

It should be noted the quality of older hardware is often superior to modern in a number of ways; that's partly a consequence of a focus on making things cheaper. But I notice some of the hand tools I inherited from my father are better than ones I've bought, even though they're usually somewhat worn and even sometimes a little rusty.

Survivorship bias is a thing, too. I've got cheap, crappy modern tools and good modern tools. Guess which ones last longer?

Generally speaking, I only bother buying the good stuff if I have a cheap one wear out on me. Or if I use it enough that it hurts my hands and I care enough to get a more ergonomic version. I can't tell you how much easier flat pack furniture is with a high quality, long handled, ball end allen wrench.

 

[trappedslider]

Hey, there's actually some good news today. AI art is not copyrightable. Ha ha.

Supreme Court Declines Case on Granting Copyright to AI-Created Art

A piece of AI-generated art is still the subject of a prolonged legal fight, 14 years after its creation.

www.cnet.com

so what everyone is leaving out

US copyright law requires human authorship. Courts and the Copyright Office have said this for years. Purely autonomous AI output, (raw AI output) with no meaningful human creative control, is not copyrightable.

They did not ban copyright for AI-assisted works

• AI-assisted works can be copyrighted
• Human selection, editing, composition, iteration, and direction matter
• Copyright can apply to:
  • the prompting strategy
  • the curation/selection
  • the post-processing
  • the overall creative arrangement

The Copyright Office itself has said this explicitly.

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence | U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Copyright Office Analyzes Human Authorship Requirement
https://www.sternekessler.com/news-...ith-the-assistance-of-generative-ai-part-two/

1. The USSC didn't rule anything. They declined to hear the case, which means that lower court cases (and USCO guidance) stand.

2. USCO is still accepting copyright registrations for partly AI-made work. You can still copyright the human elements in any work,That can be as little as a cropping, a recoloring, a minor fix. Good luck entangling those from the rest.

3. The case is the Thaler case. For anyone who hasn't followed this, Thaler is the nut who wants to give copyright to the AI itself.