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US Copyright Office denies protection for another AI-created image
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I don't know why they didn't! It's not like it's copyrighted ....
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US Copyright Office denies protection for another AI-created image
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I don't know why they didn't! It's not like it's copyrighted ....
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Ensign Rivers has had enough.
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It's canon in my mind
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A Close Look at Some Key Evidence in the Gaza Hospital Blast
For those who want to read it without the paywall, here are the important parts:
Multiple synchronized videos show a projectile, previously identified by Israeli officials as a Palestinian rocket, launching from Israel and detonating near the Israel-Gaza border.
The footage has become a widely cited piece of evidence as Israeli and American officials have made the case that an errant Palestinian rocket malfunctioned in the sky, fell to the ground and caused a deadly explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.
Numerous media outlets have shown the video footage and several have cited it as evidence that a Palestinian rocket hit the hospital.
But The Times concluded that the missile in the video was never near the hospital. It was launched from Israel, not Gaza, and appears to have exploded above the Israeli-Gaza border, at least two miles away from the hospital.
To trace the object in the sky back to Israeli territory, The Times synchronized the Al Jazeera footage with five other videos filmed at the same time, including footage from an Israeli television station, Channel 12, and a CCTV camera in Tel Aviv. These different videos provided a view of the missile from north, south, east and west. Using satellite imagery to triangulate the launch point in those videos, The Times determined that the projectile was fired toward Gaza from near the Israeli town of Nahal Oz shortly before the deadly hospital blast. The findings match the conclusion reached by some online researchers.
The Times cannot independently identify the type of projectile that was fired from Israel, though it was launched from an area known to have an Iron Dome defense system.
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How are you using or hoping to use kbin?
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Same! I was a long time Reddit user and decided to leave after the whole spez thing. I'm hoping to build up some of the same communities that I really loved. The apps will also make a huge difference imo
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Sorry, Philip: Young Canadians' unhappiness is older generations' fault
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Holy cow, you weren't kidding!
when a generation habituated to unquestioning adulation enters a labour market in which competition is global “the approval bath stops. The world doesn’t know your name or care who you are.” That’s a shock for a generation used to “years of being coddled in schools without failure and provided unearned rewards and medals for mediocre performance so their feelings wouldn’t be hurt or egos threatened,”
Brooks argues a lack of morality leads to a focus on self rather than the well-being of others. David Foster Wallace agrees: “This is a generation that has an inheritance of absolutely nothing as far as meaningful moral values.” Brooks recommends turning off the screen, which too often acts as a mirror to yourself, and getting involved in the outside world
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The holy trinity of DS9
Someone's been watching season 4 😂
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Teenage girl kills classmate and herself in Russia school shooting
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So what do you think is going to decrease school shootings? What are you proposing or support that will improve the situation?
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Food Can Be Literally Addictive, New Evidence Suggests
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Federal Judge in Trump case says, No, bring your ass to Court on Friday like I said
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I mean, the article's actual headline is "DC judge rejects Trump team’s delay attempt and schedules protective order hearing"
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Black characters and stories are finally in the sci-fi and horror spotlight. It’s been a long time coming for fans
As a white person I'm super happy and supportive for the increased diversity. Not to mention how some of the best sci fi stories I've watched lately have been black! This can only improve sci fi
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Man who set fire to Planned Parenthood sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Yeah I'm really not sure how you get "abortion = commodification of human life". If we're going there, it's the women forced to carry dead babies and schoolgirls giving birth in toilets who are being commodified.
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A revelation about trees is messing with climate calculations
Wow, that's actually super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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Man who set fire to Planned Parenthood sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Making abortion illegal (or burning down centers where they happen) doesn't stop abortions. It just makes it significantly more dangerous for women with BOTH wanted and unwanted pregnancies.
Planned Parenthood provides a significant number of other services in addition to abortion that are geared towards sexual health and women's health. Some of this care wouldn't be accessible to the patients without a PP.
Burning down a Planned Parenthood doesn't stop abortions. See point 1
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People aren't going to decide not to become a nurse or a doctor because of ubi. People who go into those professions do so because they care, pressure (from family, etc), to get rich, etc. Ubi isn't going to change that.
The Expanse is awesome but it's far from a qualified analysis
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[News] "Write a Check for $11,000. She Was 26, She Had Limited Value." SPD Officer Jokes with Police Union Leader About Killing of Pedestrian by Fellow Cop - PubliCola
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I agree completely with everything you've said. The way it is now, the police are pretty much just a legally protected gang. It doesn't feel like they're here to protect civilians at all. I just have one question - does it make sense to take guns away from cops when the US has a gun problem? In England there are significantly fewer guns, which is just one of several reasons why it works for the police there. I feel we would need significant overhaul to be able to get to the same point, and only after we did so could they start to build trust with the public again.
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"That's a bold move, Cotton" - Reddit to begin paying people for popular posts
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And the content that makes up top posts isn't what you want to make top posts..
X now rewards Premium subscribers with an ad revenue share tied to the number of impressions, or views, of ads a user generates in their tweet replies," he said.
"This incentives X users to post content that sparks the most replies, and the characteristics of content that typically generates the most replies is content that is divisive, polarising, provocative, and controversial... exactly the sort of content that brands do not want to have their ads placed amongst.
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Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas
When customers began experimenting with entering a wider range of household shopping list items into the app, however, it began to make even less appealing recommendations. One recipe it dubbed “aromatic water mix” would create chlorine gas. The bot recommends the recipe as “the perfect nonalcoholic beverage to quench your thirst and refresh your senses”.
“Serve chilled and enjoy the refreshing fragrance,” it says
New Zealand political commentator Liam Hehir posted the “recipe” to Twitter, prompting other New Zealanders to experiment and share their results to social media. Recommendations included a bleach “fresh breath” mocktail, ant-poison and glue sandwiches, “bleach-infused rice surprise” and “methanol bliss” – a kind of turpentine-flavoured french toast.
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Covid is surging again—you may want to mask up in these 3 scenarios, says infectious diseases doctor
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I think they're just listing situations where it'd be bad to get sick. The article also mentions to wear masks in crowded places like on the metro or plane rides. Probably a good idea to wear one at the store though too
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I was made to hang out with my partner's friend's new boyfriend
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Is there a community/instance here for poly people? I haven't seen one yet
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Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish
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I just tried libretube but it crashes every time I click on a video :(
It's such a shame because I used to use newpipe all the time and I absolutely loved that, until it also stopped working