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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent

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I might try this. Im concerned that some of the books may still be under copyright. Not all of my rare books are that old. I collect indie poetry books and comics as well as old religious texts/pamphlets.

Also concerned that some might be literally some of the only remaining copies and I really don't want to risk damaging them.

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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent

I own some rare books but no book scanner. What should I do?

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Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims

Sucks they got caught

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World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent

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Hmm, it's just a few books but I do think they're pretty rare. Not something I'm willing to send away. I wonder if a library would be willing to help?

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Such is life

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Wild that this isn't a troll account

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nostupidquestions

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What's the origin of the many phrases that include a person's name?

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Greek plays are notorious for mentioning other works we have no record of.

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Abandoned LA-area (Hawthorne Plaza Mall) featured in 'The Fast and the Furious' 'Gone Girl' 'Minority Report' movies 'Westworld' TV being demolished

Oh no not the Abandoned LA-area (Hawthorne Plaza Mall) featured in 'The Fast and the Furious' 'Gone Girl' 'Minority Report' movies 'Westworld' TV

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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399

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Yep just did some research and it looks like 2030+ just for the expected plateau.

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The Moon is an Alien Trojan Horse

FACTS ☑️

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aboringdystopia

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Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399

Will prices ever go down or it's stuck like this now?

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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak

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Palworld was the final straw for me.

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(It's so refreshing to hear a dev company talk openly and upfront about their game like this.) WARDOGS | 10 Reasons NOT to Buy | Bulkhead [15:04]

Aside from not knowing if their game supports Linux or not, what are the ten reasons?

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Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is

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This is correct

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I feel much safer already

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The person who dropped the money was a cop. I bet you $30.

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How do chameleon owners take the right one home after taking it to play with other chameleon pets?

Can someone explain this joke plz

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I feel much safer already

This is so poorly worded. It really reads like someone dropped their money and then picked it back up.

Took me forever to realize it was a cop who dropped the money.

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I feel much safer already

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There is no other plausible explanation.

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graffiti tags

This is cool. Where did these tags come from?

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Advancing humanity

We very literally already have 1000 Motzarts and 1000 Einsteins. They are poor and working in your wearhouses and have no means or free time to pursue the fields they would accel in.

Pay your taxes Jeff.

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No matter how "realistic" A.I. video gets, It'll always be technically still be a cartoon.

Idk I feel like the terms "cartoon" and "animation" should be saved for things that were made deliberately.

Pretty sure what you're referring to is just called "slop".

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