Nikki Main's saved articles

Is this the same company that writes headlines like “These people had so so so so so so so so so bad of a day?!” Read more

I do not think copyright will last. At least not as we know it now. Google is betting big on AI and if that means pissing off copyright holders, I think they are prepared to do that. Read more

This “AI revolution” is so lame.  Read more

Kind of ironic that it’s a genre born from sampling that’s the tip of the spear for AI infringement issues in music. I know it’s different, but it’s an extension of that same discussion. There is an argument to be made for the human creativity that thinks about what sources to draw from and prompts and all that, but I… Read more

How about an app that’s pay ONCE with no ads like Dark Sky was. I HATE that all these apps want to bleed me dry monthly/yearly.  Read more

The idea is to allow those who don’t have fancy home theater setups that allow for isolated center channels to still have access to a boosted dialogue track. Read more

Sam Altman has said the the era of big datasets is already over and the next advances in AI will be developed from its interaction with users. If that is true it may be a bit late for Reddit to make that coin.
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I suppose it really is too much to ask that competent audio mixers be hired -- we’re just going to automate it, instead. Perhaps there are no competent sound mixers left? I haven’t seen/heard the work of any for at least a decade. Read more

Hopefully we won’t get stuck with Bing - it would turn lots of people including me away from Samsung.  From my viewpoint, Bing is as bad as it gets, plus it concentrates even more power with MicroSloth. Read more

The default search engine of a phone, as opposed to opening the browser first so I can go right to various webpages and open multiple search results in new background tabs before diving into more detail on whatever I’m searching? Yeah I don’t care, people should not care, this is a drop in the bucket for Google. Read more

If part of the settlement involves firing Tucker Carlson ... out of a cannon ... into the Sun, then I might be on board with it. Read more

We need them to not accept a settlement so that actual legal precedents can be set. Fox can overcome a financial penalty, but it is much harder to hide from a good ruling. Read more

FOX NEWS ENTERTAINMENT... I hope Dominion doesn’t settle. I want a jury to decide that Fox is a sham and that they’ve been lying.. Read more

Fox hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity as well as Murdoch himself, all of whom claim they are exempt from any wrongdoing on the basis of the first amendment. This case will call into question how far the right to free speech can go to protect a news station from defamation claims. Read more

The problem here is that Arnie used publicity -- what needed to be done could have been done under cover of darkness, anonymously -- and then for good measure slap a faux Toynbee Tile on it so folks notice it rather than just driving over it like ungrateful louts (of course even so marked most people will just drive… Read more

So often around here they’ll patch a pot-hole and leave a big mound.  Read more

Ah, shit, poor guy got fired for saying the quiet part out loud. Read more

Arnold tapping into his inner Swanson here:

If this was a “planned hole” that was put for service... and it’s been like that for 2-3 weeks.... how come there wasn’t any cones or signage saying it’s a construction site? Read more

it still wasn’t fixed, ya dolt.  Read more