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Cara has raised over $50K in a day to take legal action against Scrapers

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Just because one of the founders has Chinese roots doesn‘t mean it‘s a Chinese company. In fact Cara is based in the US and falls under Californian jurisdiction.

Also in their FAQ it says:

How does AI detection work on Cara?

Cara uses a third party service for AI image detection and moderation. As a small team with millions of images on the platform, we do not have the manpower to manually review every image uploaded. 

We do not use any of our user’s data to train generative AI models, and we do not give permission to any third party service providers to train on our users’ data either.

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Making synthetic fuels: a Swiss scientist's bid to decarbonise cars and planes

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This is what they wrote in the article

[…] and initial estimates suggest it could be cost-competitive with fossil gasoline once produced at an industrial scale.

I guess it‘s very vague and honestly I don‘t know anything about this field. The article just felt uplifting for me, hence why I posted it.

The way I understood is not to compete with the ongoing elecrification of traffic but to develop an alternative for the remaining combustion engines that will likely stay for who knows how long.

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Where to buy DRM-free music

I buy music on Bandcamp but I didn't know they where American :/ Whatever I couldn't find on Bandcamp I bought on 7digital (UK). I found it to be cheaper than Qobuz but I don't know about which one is more artist-friendly

Edit: Apparently Qobuz is superior when it comes to audio quality but I'm just an average listener

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My ongoing journey to replace US services with European alternatives

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Can't blame you for using Netflix since they have a lot of exclusive content that's really good. And they do support local filmmaking and recently joined the Blender development fund too which is at least some good news.

To find other alternatives I recommend looking up whatever you want to watch on https://www.justwatch.com/ (or TMDb where JustWatch is integrated) because it shows you where the movie/series is currently streaming within the country you live in. I found new (sometimes local) platforms like this and one of them was even free with a library card.

Also going to the cinema is always an option although it's not really the same type of activity of course.

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European sodas?

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Hi, fellow swiss here! I just recently compiled a list for European alternatives when grocery shopping and you can find some soda suggestions there too (the post). I think in Coop you can find Sinalco and Elmer which do Cola, Fanta and Sprite-like stuff.