#david thaler

[sophiaphile]

"Like The New York Times, CNN and network news programs, it [PowerPoint] appears to be neutral, unbiased and free of any leanings one way or another. Just as a hammer does not tell you what kind of house to build, Microsoft would like us to think...that their product is merely a neutral tool. It is faceless, and it is what you put into it that counts.

However, every piece of software comes with its own set of biases and tendencies. The most obvious bias and the easiest to see in PowerPoint, is the Auto Content Wizard, a feature that makes outlines of presentations with bullet points for those who feel they don't know how to make a presentation themselves...

However, there are more subtle sets of biases at work. The way the PowerPoint is structured and the various options provided have not only been limited...but they have been designed assuming, a priori, a specific world view. The software, by making certain directions and actions easier and more convenient than others, tells you how to think as it helps you accomplish your task. Not in an obvious way or in an obnoxious way or even in a scheming way. The biases are almost unintentional, they are so natural and well-integrated. It is possible that the engineers and designers have no intention of guiding and straightening out your thinking; they simply feel that the assumptions upon which they base their design decisions are the most natural and practical. You are thus subtly indoctrinated into a manner of being and behaving, assuming and acting, that grows on you as you use the program."

—David Byrne, "Exegesis," Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information

[selfhelpforstudents]

Books to get you into Finance <3

1. Foundational Finance:

"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" by Burton Malkiel

"The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham

2. Investment and Portfolio Management:

"Security Analysis" by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd

"Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments" by Harry M. Markowitz

3. Financial Markets and Instruments:

"Market Wizards" by Jack D. Schwager

"Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives" by John C. Hull

4. Corporate Finance:

"Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies" by McKinsey & Company Inc., Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, and David Wessels

"Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports" by Howard M. Schilit and Jeremy Perler

5. Behavioral Finance:

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman

"Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics" by Richard H. Thaler

Join our Girls in Finance project if you want to learn more about studying finance and the financial world <3

[dailyanarchistposts]

Footnotes, 51-100

[50] Martin Crutsinger, “United States Cites China and Other Nations in Report on Unfair Trade Practices,” Associated Press, March 31, 2006.

[51] Dale Maharidge, “Rust and Rage in the Heartland,” Nation, September 20, 2004, www.thenation.com.

[52] Pam Belluck, “To Avoid Divorce, Move to Massachusetts,” New York Times, November 14, 2004, as quoted in Michelle Goldberg, Kingdom Coming, 67.

[53] By 2010, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, if the proposed federal cuts remain in place, elementary and secondary education funding will be cut by $11.5 billion, or 12 percent; 670,000 fewer women and children will receive assistance through the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program; 120,000 fewer children will be served through Head Start; and 370,000 fewer low-income families, elderly people and people with disabilities will receive rental assistance with rental vouchers. See Sharon Parrott, Jim Horney, Isaac Shapiro, Ruth Carlitz, Bradley Hardy, and David Kamin, “Where Would the Cuts Be Made under the President’s Budget?: An Analysis of Reductions in Education, Human Services, Environment, and Community Development Programs,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 28, 2005, www.cbpp.org.

[54] Dale Maharidge, “Rust and Rage.”

[55] Arlie Hochschild, “The Chauffeur’s Dilemma,” American Prospect 16: 7 (July 2005), 53.

[56] Ibid.

[57] Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community (New York: HarperCollins, 1954), 330.

[58] D. James Kennedy, Evangelism Explosion, 4th ed. (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1996), 59.

[59] Ibid.

[60] Ibid., 60.

[61] Ibid., 137.

[62] Ibid., 2.

[63] Ibid., 139.

[64] Ibid., 103.

[65] Ibid., 22.

[66] Margaret Thaler Singer, Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003), 114.

[67] Robert Jay Lifton, cited in Denise Winn, The Manipulated Mind (Cambridge, MA: Malor Books, 2000), 21.

[68] William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (Mineola, NY: Dover, 2002), 187.

[69] “Staff Biography: ‘Dr. James Kennedy,’” Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, www.reclaimamerica Us.aspx?pg=djk.

[70] “Dr. Kennedy’s Profile,” The Kennedy Commentary, www.kennedycommentary.org; Truths That Transform, Coral Ridge Ministries, www.truthsthattransform. org/ITT.asp?page=about; “About the Coral Ridge Hour,” The Coral Ridge Hour, www.coralridgehour.org page=crh.

[71] Terry Gross, “Closing the Gap Between Church and State,” Fresh Air from WHYY, May 18, 2005.

[72] Ibid.

[73] Bob Moser, “The Crusaders,” Rolling Stone, April 7, 2005, www.rollingstone.com =1140382586732&has-player=false.

[74] Ibid.

[75] Ashley Fantz, “Cross Purposes: The Rev. D. James Kennedy Teaches That Homosexuality Is a Sin. Richard Murphy Loves Him Anyway,” Broward–Palm Beach New Times, May 2, 2002.

[76] Worthy Creations, www.worthycreations.org.

[77] Rob Boston, “D. James Kennedy: Who Is He and What Does He Want?” Americans United for Separation of Church and State, www.au.org.

[78] Kennedy, Evangelism Explosion, 72.

[79] Ibid.

[80] Ibid., 73.

[81] Ibid., 84.

[82] Ibid., 42.

[83] Ibid.

[84] Paul Tillich, “You Are Accepted,” in The Shaking of the Foundations (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1948), 155.

[85] Kennedy, Evangelism Explosion, 48.

[86] D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1996), 135.

[87] “Aggregated Grants to Coral Ridge Ministries, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Evangelism Explosion” (grants cover January 1998 to February 2004), Media Transparency, www.mediatransparency.org.

[88] Klaus Theweleit, Male Fantasies (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1987), 1:218.

[89] Francis FitzGerald, “A Disciplined, Charging Army,” New Yorker, May 18, 1981, 53, quoted in Robert Smart, “The Passion of the Christ: Reflections on Mel’s Monstrous Messiah Movie and the Culture Wars,” Jump Cut 47 (Winter 2005), www.ejumpcut.org.

[90] Karen McCarthy Brown, “Fundamentalism and the Control of Women,” in Fundamentalism and Gender, ed. John Stratton Hawley (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 176.

[91] Ibid., 182–183.

[92] “Dobson’s Choice: Religious Right Leader Becomes Political Power Broker,” People for the American Way Foundation, February 24, 2005, www.pfaw.

[93] James Dobson, Dare to Discipline (New York: Bantam, 1977), 23.

[94] “Dobson’s Choice.”

[95] “Right Wing Organizations: Focus on the Family,” People for the American Way Foundation, www.pfaw#.

[96] “Dobson’s Choice.”

[97] James Dobson, “The Gender Gap,” Focus on the Family, www.family.org.

[98] Mark Edmundson, “Freud and the Fundamentalist Urge,” New York Times, April 30, 2006.

[99] Ibid.

[100] Susan Friend Harding, The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000), 176.

[yseeart]

Bogdanas! A species I created, these live in the Star Wars Universe, the first is called David MontelStriker, and the second, who is David's mother, is called Galadriel.

David in the drawing is an adult, but he hasn't seen his mother since he was 14 Thalers (which is equivalent to 14 years of a human child, even though he literally has about 45 years of existence at that time)

Galadriel, the eternal servant of Padme Amidala, was responsible for 100% of the life and existence of Queen Amidala while she was still alive, when the fall of the republic happens and soon the death of Amidala, Galadriel gives her only son Ouriel ( today known as David) to Obi Wan Kenobi, which he promises to keep Ouriel and the twin children of Amidala safe while Galadriel and her millennial sword called Sycorax remain to give the children time to escape. Galadriel heard of the destruction of her home planet-moon: Talassa, and soon joined Force 99, as she would soon discover that her species were the primordial clones, created about 10,000 years ago to serve the Jedi order.

Galadriel was the only Bogdana reported in about 8000 years who had no connection with the force, her sword: Sycorax, is made of a unique and indestructible material coming from an already extinct moon of the same name. Galadriel died in a glorious battle without ever seeing her son again, becoming a martyr to the Rebels.

David has a long story and not yet completely finished, I will show it soon.

[byneddiedingo]

Theeb (Naji Abu Nowar, 2014)

Cast: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Jack Fox, Marji Audeh. Screenplay: Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour. Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler. Production design: Anna Lavelle. Film editing: Rupert Lloyd. Music: Jerry Lane. 

Theeb (the name, we learn, means "wolf") is a young Bedouin boy whose older brother, Hussein, is called on to help an Englishman find his way to a well in the desert. The Englishman, a soldier, carries with him a wooden box that arouses Theeb's curiosity, though the Englishman angrily shoos him away every time Theeb tries to inspect it. It is 1916, and we recognize the box as a detonator and, especially if we've seen Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962), realize that the soldier is delivering it to the Arabs rebelling against the Ottoman Empire. When Hussein leaves with the soldier, Theeb sneaks away to follow them; when he catches up with them, the soldier insists that they don't have time to return him to the tribe's camp but must continue to the well, where he is scheduled to meet up with his contacts. At this point, the conventional desert adventure movie might play off the relationship between the angry soldier and the curious boy, perhaps developing a friendship between them as they carry out the soldier's mission. But this isn't a conventional film. It's British-Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's first feature film, and even though he describes it as a "Bedouin Western," it's grounded in actuality more than in Hollywood genre films. All of the actors except Jack Fox, who plays the soldier, are non-professionals.  Abu Nowar and co-screenwriter Bassel Ghandour spent a year living with and researching the Bedouins in Jordan, and choosing their cast, including the pre-adolescent Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, who plays Theeb in an engagingly natural performance. The film takes place at the same time and in the same place as Lawrence of Arabia, and the cinematography of Wolfgang Thaler shows the influence of Freddie Young's work on that film. But Theeb stands Lean's celebrated film on its head by making the soldier a dispensable secondary character. The adventure is Theeb's, as he finds himself first alone in the desert and then with a companion he has good reason to hate. The result is a smart, unsentimental look at a place and way of life filled with hardships and perils. It received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.

[captain-starskull]

they want you to submit your email to read this, but don't worry. I was too slick for 'em.

Why Does a Decomposing Whale Explode?

4–5 minutes

Experts are scrambling to find a way to dispose of the 380,000-pound (170,000-kilogram) corpse before gases generated by its decomposing body cause it to explode.

News of the bulging behemoth has gone viral, with hundreds of news articles and the creation of the hashtag #explodingwhale and the website Has the Whale Exploded Yet?

But no one knows when the whale’s going to blow, if at all. Don Bradshaw, a reporter for Newfoundland station NTV News, has tweeted that the gas inside the whale has begun to naturally deflate.

National Geographic spoke to the exploding-whale website’s founder, Andrew David Thaler, a marine biologist who also runs the blog Southern Fried Science, to learn more about the phenomenon of exploding beached whales.

How frequently do dead whales end up on beaches?

Marine mammal strandings, either alive or dead, are not particularly uncommon. [Strandings of] big whales, like blue whales, are much more rare simply because there are very few blue whales left [in the world]. (Explore National Geographic’s blue whale interactive.)

What would cause a whale to explode?

The whale is seen bloated with gas (left) and a more recent picture of it slowly deflating.

Photographs by Don Bradshaw, NTV

It can handle a lot of pressure.[Usually what] causes whales to explode is people doing stuff to them, either from bystanders trying to climb on or take a souvenir from the carcass, crews trying to move the carcass, or, in the case of the Faroes exploding sperm whale, intentionally degassing it (graphic video). That’s one very good reason you should never approach a dead-whale carcass.

If the whale died in the ocean, what would happen to its body?

The whale seen on April 27.

Photograph by Don Bradshaw, NTV News

When a whale dies at sea, it will eventually sink. Whales are so big that scavengers aren’t able to tear the carcass apart, so they often arrive on the seafloor intact. The deep sea is generally a pretty low-energy environment, so an entire whale represents a massive influx of food. (Related: “Dead Whale Contains a Bounty of Life.”)

Entire communities grow around these “whalefalls.” First the mobile scavengers—large deep-sea sharks, hagfish, and others—come in to remove soft tissue and break apart the carcass. Later, creatures like Osedax mucofloris, the bone-eating worm, arrive to slowly break down the bones. (Watch an animated video of the phases of a whalefall.)

This entire process can take 30 years or more, so the afterlife of a whale is as ecologically significant as its natural life.

What are a community’s options to dispose of a beached whale’s dead body?

The best option is usually to bury it on site. If that is not possible, removal is a challenging proposition. Whales are huge, and bringing in major earth moving equipment in some cases can be more destructive to the shoreline than just leaving the whale to decompose naturally. (Related: “A New, More Humane Way to Euthanize Stranded Whales.”)

News reports say that residents were complaining about the smell. What exactly does dead, bloated whale smell like?

Imagine a jar of bacon grease that you leave out in the sun for weeks. Now imagine that odor is so potent that it clings to everything you own. It gets in your sinuses and stays there for days afterward. I participated in the necropsy of a right whale about six years ago and my chest-waders still smell faintly like that day. Decomposing whale is one of the worst smells in the world.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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[ulkaralakbarova]

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Kleinman: Woody Allen Prostitute: Kathy Bates Student Jack: John Cusack Irmy: Mia Farrow Prostitute: Jodie Foster Hacker’s Follower: Fred Gwynne Clown: John Malkovich Alma: Julie Kavner Marie: Madonna Magician: Kenneth Mars Eve: Kate Nelligan Doctor: Donald Pleasence Prostitute: Lily Tomlin Mr. Paulsen: Philip Bosco Spiro’s Assistant: Robert Joy Simon Carr: Wallace Shawn Vogel’s Follower: Kurtwood Smith Priest: Josef Sommer Hacker: David Ogden Stiers Cop at Police Station: John C. Reilly Woman with Baby: Eszter Balint Vigilante: James Rebhorn Roustabout: Richard Riehle Cop: William H. Macy Undesirables Onlooker: Fred Melamed Killer: Michael Kirby Vigilante: Victor Argo Vigilante: Daniel von Bargen Landlady: Camille Saviola Dwarf: Tim Loomis Fat Lady: Katy Dierlam Strongman: Dennis Vestunis Prostitute: Anne Lange Student: Andy Berman Student: Paul Anthony Stewart Student: Thomas L. Bolster Police Chief: Greg Stebner Cop at Police Station: Peter Appel Cop at Police Station: Brian Smiar Cop at Police Station: Michael P. Troy Cop at Police Station: Remak Ramsay Cop at Police Station: Ron Turek Bartender: Peter McRobbie Cop with Priest: Ira Wheeler Baby: Rebecca Gibson Hacker’s Follower: Robert Silver Spiro: Charles Cragin Vigilante with Spiro: Tom Riis Farrell Vigilante with Spiro: Ron Weyand Roustabout: Max Robinson Film Crew: Additional Casting: Todd M. Thaler Casting: Juliet Taylor Writer: Woody Allen Producer: Robert Greenhut Assistant Editor: Mark Livolsi Costume Design: Jeffrey Kurland Production Coordinator: Helen Robin Executive Producer: Charles H. Joffe Executive Producer: Jack Rollins Editor: Susan E. Morse Hairstylist: Romaine Greene Assistant Art Director: W. Steven Graham Casting Associate: Laura Rosenthal Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Hein Director of Photography: Carlo Di Palma Gaffer: Ray Quinlan Sound Designer: Dan Sable Foley Artist: Brian Vancho Set Decoration: George DeTitta Jr. Assistant Costume Designer: Donna Zakowska Production Sound Mixer: James Sabat Production Design: Santo Loquasto Assistant Sound Editor: Stuart Levy Co-Producer: Joseph Hartwick Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter Construction Coordinator: Ron Petagna Key Scenic Artist: James Sorice Production Assistant: Robert C. Albertell Makeup Artist: Bernadette Mazur First Assistant Director: Thomas A. Reilly Art Direction: Speed Hopkins Property Master: James Mazzola Assistant Production Coordinator: Ilyse A. Reutlinger Still Photographer: Brian Hamill Standby Carpenter: Joseph A. Alfieri Jr. Scenic Artist: Cosmo Sorice Set Dresser: Dave Weinman Assistant Camera: Michael Green Sound Recordist: Frank Graziadei Camera Operator: Dick Mingalone Script Supervisor: Kay Chapin Set Decoration: Amy Marshall Boom Operator: Louis Sabat Dolly Grip: Ronald Burke Key Grip: Robert Ward Wardrobe Supervisor: Patricia Eiben Second Assistant Camera: Michael Caracciolo Camera Trainee: David E. Baron Art Department Coordinator: Glenn Lloyd Second Assistant Director: Richard Patrick Assistant Editor: William Kruzykowski Transportation Captain: Peter Tavis Transportation Captain: Harold ‘Whitey’ McEvoy Production Assistant: Justin Moritt Wardrobe Supervisor: Bill Christians Foley Artist: Elisha Birnbaum Additional Casting: Judie Fixler Key Construction Grip: Vincent Guarriello Production Assistant: Danielle Rigby Projection: Carl Turnquest Best Boy Electric: Jim Manzione Costume Assistant: Lauren Gibson Assistant Art Director: Robert Perdziola Foley Editor: Lori Kornspun Assistant Art Director: Peter Eastman Location Scout: Megan Monaghan Assistant Art Director: Richard Michael Miller Apprentice Sound Editor: Yasmine Amitai Location Manager: James A. Davis Movie Reviews:

[goalhofer]

2024 IIHF Worlds Austria Roster

Wingers

#3 Peter Schneider (E.C. Red Bull Salzburg/Klosterneuburg)

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Centers

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Defensemen

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Goalies

#30 David Kickert (E.C. Red Bull Salzburg/Korneuburg)

#31 David Madlener (Pioniere Vorarlberg/Feldkirch)

#33 Thomas Höneckl (Steinbach Schwarze Flügel Linz/Schwarzach Im Pongau)

[financebloging]

50 Best personal finance books

Understanding how to handle your money is super important, and that's what personal finance education is all about. It's like having a guide that helps you make smart decisions with your cash. Learning about personal finance isn't just about numbers; it's also about seeing things from different angles. Different people have different ways of dealing with money, and that's what makes learning from diverse perspectives so cool. It's like getting advice from various friends who've been through different money adventures. Now, why are we making a list of the 50 best personal finance books? Well, think of it as putting together a collection of super helpful tools. Books are like treasure chests of knowledge, and with this list, we're giving you a bunch of these treasures in this best personal finance books guide. No matter if you're a money pro or just starting, these books are here to share tips, tricks, and wisdom from lots of smart people. So, let's dive into the world of money wisdom and see how these books can help you on your financial journey! Here are 50 of the best personal finance books available today: - "The Richest Man in Babylon" by George S. Clason - "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill - "Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez - "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko - "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki - "The Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey - "Nudge" by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein - "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely - "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham - "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" by Burton G. Malkiel - "Broke Millennial" by Erin Lowry - "I Will Teach You to Be Rich" by Ramit Sethi - "The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing" by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf - "The Automatic Millionaire" by David Bach - "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries - "The $100 Startup" by Chris Guillebeau - "The Budgeting Habit" by S.J. Scott and Rebecca Livermore - "Smart Women Finish Rich" by David Bach - "The Index Card" by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack - "The ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy - "Rich Bitch" by Nicole Lapin - "The Four-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss - "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing" by John C. Bogle - "Money: Master the Game" by Tony Robbins - "The Simple Path to Wealth" by J.L. Collins - "Women & Money" by Suze Orman - "The Behavior Gap" by Carl Richards - "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ DeMarco - "The Wealthy Barber" by David Chilton - "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" by Gary Keller - "The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them" by Peter Mallouk - "You Are a Badass at Making Money" by Jen Sincero - "The One-Page Financial Plan" by Carl Richards - "The Power of Broke" by Daymond John - "Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling, and Protecting Your Credit Score" by Anthony Davenport - "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke" by Suze Orman - "The Art of Money" by Bari Tessler - "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business" by Elaine Pofeldt - "The Millionaire Mind" by Thomas J. Stanley - "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" by Gary Keller - "The Truth About Money" by Ric Edelman - "The Soul of Money" by Lynne Twist - "The Millionaire Messenger" by Brendon Burchard - "The Financial Diet" by Chelsea Fagan and Lauren Ver Hage - "The Little Book of Value Investing" by Christopher H. Browne - "The Elements of Investing" by Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis - "Money Rules" by Jean Chatzky - "The Automatic Customer" by John Warrillow - "The Millionaire in the Mirror" by Gene Bedell - "The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset" by Russ Whitney" Read the full article

[zwoelffarben]

Actually, OP's got another detail incorrect, specifically about how copyright surrounding this issue is shaped, and I think it's important to discuss.

There is no real argument to be had about whether or not the machines are infringing. The machines have made use of copywrit material without consent from nor compensation to the state recognized owners. It is demonstrably true that under the law, the algorhythms are infringed upon copywritten material. That is not a disputed fact in any of the cases, of which I am aware.

The defense the algorythm's owners will present to the court is gonna be fair use, which is an affirmative defense: to use an affirmative defense, you first admit guilt and then argue to the court that your specific circumstances fall under a specific, established, protective exception to the rule.

And, that argument could go either way, but there's a strong argument that the algorythms don't constitute a fair use of the materials infringed, and accepting that agrument wouldn't have any broader implications for mediums like colliage.

The simple argument is thus:

One of the key-most factor of Fair Use is Transformativity.

A transformative use adds "new expression, meaning, or message" to the original work, which requires authorship.

The intent of the law as writ and interpreted by the courts thus far is to protect human authorship specific, rejecting copyright for Monkey selfies in Naruto v. David Slater et al and machine generated images in The US Copyright Office's decision on Thaler's A Recent Entrance into Paradise.

Because it's been established that works with and without human authorship can be and are treated differently by current existing law.

Because machine generated images are established by case law to lack human authorship.

Because transformativity, a key-most factor in determining fair use, requires things which require authorship.

It can be argued that machine learned algorythm's outputs do not constitute a fair use, as they are merely derivative rather than transformative.

From there just you have to do some rhetorical and legal arguments to get the courts to consider the algorythm on the merits, demerits, and character of its outputs.

And Bam! The algorythms that exist because they've infringed get yote into oblivion and there are none ramnifications for the humans working in mediums like colliage, because they are humans, and humans are legally distinct from non-humans and get preferencial treatment under the law as intented.

Now, clarifying all of that, I'm a copyright abolitionist who thinks we should well do away with the whole fucking system as it exists, and that no matter the outcome of the copyright cases being litigated currently, copyright will not fully deliver us from these fucking useless-ass algorythms nor their rammies.

But, I'm still clarifying because I think it's important to understand the mechanics of the systems one advocates against.

What I don't get is that other your support of AI image generation, you're SO smart and well read and concerned with ethics. I genuinely looked up to you! So, what, ethics for everyone except for artists, or what? Is animation (my industry, so maybe I care more than the average person) too juvenile and simplistic a medium for you to care about its extinction at the hands of CEOs endorsing AI? This might sound juvenile too, but I'm kinda devastated, because I genuinely thought you were cool. You're either with artists or against us imho, on an issue as large as this, when already the layoffs in the industry are insurmountable for many, despite ongoing attempts to unionize. That user called someone a fascist for pointing this out, too. I guess both of you feel that way about those of us involved in class action lawsuits against AI image generation software.

i can't speak for anyone else or the things they've said or think of anyone. that said:

1. you should not look up to people on the computer. i'm just a girl running a silly little blog.

2. i am an artist across multiple mediums. the 'no true scotsman' bit where 'artists' are people who agree with you and you can discount anyone disagrees with you as 'not an artist' and therefore fundamentally unsympathetic to artists will make it very difficult to actually engage in substantive discussion.

3. i've stated my positions on this many times but i'll do it one more: i support unionization and industrial action. i support working class artists extracting safeguards from their employers against their immiseration by the introduction of AI technology into the work flow (i just made a post about this funnily enough). i think it is Bad for studio execs or publishers or whoever to replace artists with LLMs. However,

4. this is not a unique feature of AI or a unique evil built into the technology. this is just the nature of any technological advance under capitalism, that it will be used to increase productivity, which will push people out of work and use the increased competition for jobs to leverage that precarity into lower wages and worse conditions. the solution to this is not to oppose all advances in technology forever--the solution is to change the economic system under which technologies are leveraged for profit instead of general wellbeing.

5. this all said anyone involved in a class action lawsuit over AI is an enemy of art and everything i value in the world, because these lawsuits are all founded in ridiculous copyright claims that, if legitimated in court, would be cataclysmic for all transformative art--a victory for any of these spurious boondoggles would set a precedent that the bar for '''infringement''' is met by a process that is orders of magnitude less derivative than collage, sampling, found art, cut-ups, and even simple homage and reference. whatever windmills they think they are going to defeat, these people are crusading for the biggest expansion of copyright regime since mickey mouse and anyone who cares at all about art and creativity flourishing should hope they fail.

[davidthaler]

[head-post]

UK Supreme Court rules AI cannot be patent “inventor”

On Wednesday, a US computer scientist lost a bid to register patents for inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a UK landmark case on whether AI can own patent rights, Reuters reported.

Stephen Thaler wanted to obtain two patents in the UK for inventions he claimed were invented by his “creative machine” called DABUS. His attempt to register the patents was rejected by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office on the grounds that the inventor must be a person or company, not a machine.

Thaler appealed to the UK Supreme Court, which on Wednesday unanimously rejected his appeal, because under UK patent law “an inventor must be a natural person.”

Judge David Kitchin said in the court’s written ruling:

This appeal is not concerned with the broader question whether technical advances generated by machines acting autonomously and powered by AI should be patentable.

Read more HERE

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Genderforscher fordert: Liebeslieder verbieten!

ScienceFiles:»Berlin, rp. Der Berliner Genderaktivist und Theologe David Thaler hat sich mit einer radikalen Forderung an die Öffentlichkeit gewendet: "Liebeslieder raus aus dem öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk", so fordert Thaler.  Liebeslieder, so Thaler, feierten in den meisten Fällen Heterosexualität und machten Homosexuellen und Transsexuellen und der gesamten LSBTIQ+-Community deutlich, dass sie kein normaler Bestandteil moderner Gesellschaften seien. […] http://dlvr.it/SlqYtN «

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피곤하고 폭풍으로 찍은 캘리포니아는 추운 날씨 시스템이 주를 목표로 삼아 폭우와 눈, 정전 및 잠재적 인 홍수에 대한 또 다른 한판 승부를 위해 브레이스하고 있습니다. 봄 첫날 월요일 많은 지역에서 가벼운 비가 내리고 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 있었으며, 강수량은 화요일 일��� 힘을 얻고 수요일에 남아있을 것으로 예상되었습니다.

옥스 나드의 국가 기상청의 기상 학자 인 데이비드 스위트 (David Sweet)는“열대 태평양에서 수분을 낸 최근 따뜻한 대기 강 폭풍과는 달리, 열대 태평양에서 수분을 뽑은 최근의 따뜻한 대기 강 폭풍과 달리, 들어오는 시스템은“북서부에서 나오는 차갑고 강력하고 역동적 인 폭풍”이 될 것이라고 말했다. 남부 캘리포니아에서 가장 큰 영향은 예상됩니다.

스위트는“메인 이벤트는 오늘 밤에 다가 오기 시작하고 내일 우리를 강하게 때린다. 그때 우리는 가장 무거운 비, 강한 바람, 산에서 가장 무거운 눈을 얻을 때입니다. 고온은 정상보다 10 ~ 15도입니다.

캘리포니아 주 Allensworth, 2023 년 3 월 18 일 토요일 - Allensworth 주민들은 홍수가 홍수가 지역 사회를 침해하는 것을 방지하기 위해 정부 기관이 기다리는 대신 강화하기 위해 노력한 부과 옆에 사진을 제시합니다. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) 수천 명의 Central Valley 주민들이 또 다른 비가 맹공격으로 집을 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 떠나라고 말했습니다. 로스 앤젤레스 주변의 아랫 산과 산기슭 지역은 최대 4 인치의 비를 볼 수 있었으며 해안과 계곡에서 최대 3 인치가 가능하다고 Sweet는 말했다. 눈사태의 상당한 위협으로 6,000 피트 이상의 고도에서는 최대 4 피트의 눈이 가능합니다.

안과 계곡을 따라 최대 60mph, 산과 사막 지역의 최대 80mph까지의 손상된 바람이 가능하며, 이로 인해 나무를 아래로 내려가 정전을 유발할 수 있습니다. 그러나 더 많은 수분의 도착은 여전히 가장 큰 관심사입니다. “우리는 [산불] 화상 지역을 주시 할 것입니다. 우리는 홍수의 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 가능성을 위해 거의 모든 위치를 시청 할 것입니다.”라고 Sweet는 말했습니다. "이 시점에서 우리는 비가 너무 많이 발생하여 추가 비가 문제를 일으킬 가능성이 있습니다." 툴라 카운티 주민들은 강의 강의와 제방을 위반 한 홍수 위협을 계속 다루는 중부 캘리포니아의 경우였습니다. 툴레 레 카운티 보안관 사무실은 일요일에 알파우와 앨런스 워스에서 대피를 명령했으며 근처의 제방 위반으로 인해 한 명 이상의 공무원이 기계로 흙 장벽을 의도적으로 삭감하여 위반이 발생했을 수 있음을 나타냅니다. Allensworth 거주자 Perla Estrada는 월요일에 다가오는 폭풍의 물이 이동 주택의 문앞까지 더 높아질 수 있을까 걱정했다고 말했다. 에스트라다는“우리는 해결책을 보지 못한다”고 말했다. 그녀는 현지 응급 근로자에게 도움을 요청했다고 덧붙였다. 그녀의 아들 Juan Espinoza는 집 앞 비포장 도로에서 빛 깊은 물을 걸어 갔다. 그는 마당에서 물을 배수하려고 작은 펌프를 사용하고 있다고 말했다. 그는 또한 삽을 사용하여 트렌치를 발굴하여 물이 배수 될 수있는 길을 만들려고 노력했습니다. spinoza는“그러나 전혀 도움이되지 않았습니다. "우리는이 물을 꺼내려고 노력하고 있습니다." 캘리포니아 주 Allensworth, 2023 년 3 월 18 일 토요일 - Allensworth 주민들은 홍수가 홍수가 지역 사회를 침해하는 것을 막기 위해 정부 기관이 기다리는 대신 강화하기 위해 노력했습니다. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) ‘물을 막아야 겠어’: 캘리포니아 마을의 열렬한 싸움은 2023 년 3 월 18 일 한편, 침식과 높은 수위로 인해 Tule River의 두 은행을 따라 포터 빌 근처의 대피가 진행 중이라고 관계자는 말했다. Exeter, Ivanhoe 및 Porterville의 긴급 대피소에 100 명이 넘는 사람들이 있었으며 거의 15,000 명이 대피 명령과 경고를 받았습니다. Tulare County Emergency Operations Center 대변인 인 Carrie Monteiro는 산에서 호수 성공으로 물이 흘러 나오는 물이 위협을 받고 있다고 말했다. 주말 동안, 호수의 유출 길은 초당 7,000 입방 피트의 물을 출시하여 들어오는 흐름을위한 공간을 만들어 강과 지류에 하류에 추가 압력을가했습니다. 몬테 이로는 들어오는 폭풍이 강우량을 줄일 것으로 예상되지만“수로는 크게 스트레스를 받고있다”고 말했다. 그녀는“우리는이 사건에 대해 500 명 이상의 직원이 일하고 있습니다. 우리의 운하, 수로, 개울 및 개울이 매우 포화되고 스트레스가 많고 사용되지 않기 때문에 제방 휴식이나 위반이 발생할 수있는 곳에 준비했습니다. 이 양의 물이 있습니다.” Allensworth 근처의 위반은 일시적으로 수리되었지만“반창고”라고 그녀는 말했다. Monteiro는“우리는 우리보다 훨씬 앞서 나가서 리엔지니어를 다시 참여 시키고이 휴식을 재현 할 수있을 것이며, 이러한 폭풍으로 인해 우리는 더 많은 유출과 물이 더 많아 질 것임을 알고 있습니다.

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35 세의 Maria Martinez는 그녀와 그녀의 아들이 Pajaro River Bridge를 건너 산타 크루즈 카운티의 Watsonville로 향했다. Pajaro의 Monterey County 커뮤니티에있는 그들의 집은 3 월 10 일 강렬한 폭풍우에서 제방이 실패한 후 침수되었습니다. 마르티네즈가 건너면서 그녀는 두 개의 방위군 험비, 소방서 차량 몇 대, 보안관의 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 순양함과 경비원 트럭이 홍수 지역에 들어오는 것을 차단하는 경비원 트럭을 보았습니다. 그녀와 다른 많은 지역은 대피하지 않기로 선택했습니다. 그녀는“국경처럼 느껴집니다. "끔찍한 느낌입니다." Caltrans 차량은 2023 년 3 월 12 일 일요일 캘리포니아 산타 크루즈 카운티 라인에서 주 고속도로 1을 폐쇄 한 홍수를 통해 북쪽으로 운전합니다. (Shmuel Thaler/AP를 통해 산타 크루즈 센티넬) 비참한 홍수 전에, 공무원들은 파자로 강 제방이 실패 할 수는 있지만 아무런 조치도 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 취하지 않았다는 것을 알았습니다. 그녀는 그런 식으로 응답하는 유일한 사람이 아니 었습니다. 소지품과 소모품을 모으기 위해 집에 다시 들어가는 것이 금지 된 파자로 주민들이 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 어려움을 겪었습니다. Levees가 Watsonville이 아닌 강의 몬트레이 카운티 쪽에서 침해했다는 사실은 좌절감을 더했습니다. 그들은 역사가 다시 반복되는 것처럼 말했다. 위반이 의도적이거나 제방이 몬트레이 카운티 측을 더 취약하게 만드는 방식으로 지어 졌다는 제안은 없습니다. 그러나 1840 년대 후반 캘리포니아의 카운티 노선이 그려져 파자로 강 계곡을 절반으로 나누었을 때, 비법 인 파자로 (Pajaro) 마을은 주와 지방 공무원들에 의해 크게 무시되었습니다. 홍수는이 농장 노동자들이 오랫동안 소외되어 왔던이 농업 지역에서 수십 년의 불평등을 목표로 삼았습니다. 레코드 폭풍으로 인한 유출은 저소득층과 대부분 이민자 공동체가 여러 피트의 물 아래에 남아 오랫동안 회복에 직면했습니다. 관리들은 제방이 실패 할 수 있다는 것을 오랫동안 알고 있었지만 수리 노력은 오랜 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 지연으로 충족되었습니다. 한 관계자는 지난주 타임즈에 개선 프로젝트가 부분적으로 연필을하지 않았다고 말했다.“저소득 지역이기 때문입니다. 그곳에 사는 것은 대부분 농장 노동자입니다.

거주자는 빠르게 움직이고 부은 Tule River 후 피해를 확인합니다. 비는 몇 달 동안 캘리포니아를 두드리고 있습니다. 모델은 주 우기의 12 번째 대기 강을 가리키고 있습니다. 일부 지역 주민들은 평가가 더 큰 현실의 일부라고 말합니다. Cabrillo College의 은퇴 한 역사 교수 인 Sandy Lydon은 이러한 소홀함 이이 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 작은 주택 컬렉션을 해독되지 않은 역류로 강등시킨 인종 차별 국경 분쟁의 유산이라고 말했다. “파자로는 몬트레이 카운티의 시베리아가되었습니다.”와 Watsonville의“Fief”는 농장 노동자들을 수용 할 수있는 곳입니다. “솔직 해합시다. 농업 노동자가 많은 도시는 시내에 살기를 원하지 않습니다.” Lydon은 현재 몬트레이 카운티 공무원들이 도시를 의사 결정에 더 잘 통합하기 위해 노력했지만 Gavin Newsom 주지사는 최근 홍수 햄릿 투어에 대한 지원을 약속 한 지원을했다고 말했다. 파자로에 대한 관심. 그리고 그것은 의도적이었습니다.” 몬트레이 카운티 감독관의 회장 인 루이스 알레조 (Luis Alejo)와 공명하는 평가로 선출 된 감독자로 일한 세 번째 라틴계라고 말했다. "오른쪽? 인구의 70%가 유색인 인 카운티에서?” 그는 말했다. "소외의 깊은 역사가 있습니다." Lydon은 주정부가 형성되고 카운티 경계가 그려 졌을 때 모든 것이 시작되었다고 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 말했다. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 장군 -이 지역의 대규모 토지 소유자이자 멕시코 멕시코 가족의 회원 인“Free Alta California”의 전 군사 총재는 캘리포니아의 경계위원회를 이끌었습니다. Lydon은“이제 Vallejo는 친구였습니다. "그는 아마도 캘리포니아 주가 될 것인지의 지위를 누구보다 더 잘 알았을 것입니다." 홍수는 2023 년 3 월 13 일 월요일 캘리포니아 몬테레이 카운티에있는 파자로 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 커뮤니티의 주택과 차량을 둘러싸고 있습니다. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) 범람 된 캘리포니아 농장 마을에 남겨진 주민들은 제방이 실패함에 따라 '더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 버려진'느낌 그의 역할의 일부는 카운티 라인을 끌어 내고 카운티 좌석을 선택하는 것이 었습니다. 법원과 법 집행이 기반을 둔 곳입니다. Vallejo의 몬테레이 카운티에서 처음으로 태어 났으며 카운티는 남쪽으로 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 남쪽으로“거의 산 루이스 오비 스포로 뻗어 있었다”고 말했다. 내륙, 경계에는 전체 살리나와 파자로 강 계곡이 포함되었습니다.

Xi의 러시아에서의 첫날은 브라스 밴드 세레나데, 사진 촬영 및 그의 "친애하는 친구"Putin과의 점심 식사와 함께 신중하게 안무 된 bonhomie 쇼 였지만 두 지도자가 일할 예정인 두 번째 날입니다. 회담에 걸려 있는 세계적인 관심의 핵심 질문은 어떤 결과가 러시아가 대규모 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 인도주의적 위기를 촉발하고 수만 명의 사망자를 낸 맹공격을 계속하는 우크라이나 분쟁에 영향을 미칠 것인지 여부입니다. 몇 주 동안 중국은 지난 달 발표된 막연한 입장문에서 휴전과 평화 회담을 촉구하면서 스스로를 평화의 중재자라고 묘사하려고 시도했습니다. 푸틴 대통령은 월요일 러시아가 중국의 제안을 "신중하게 연구"했으며 "이 문제를 논의할 기회"를 약속했다고 크렘린궁의 판독 결과를 인용했습니다. 그러나 분쟁 해결에 대한 중국의 입장에 대해 광범위한 회의론이 있어 왔으며, 중국이 지금까지 모든 러시아 군대를 자국 영토에서 철수하라는 우크라이나의 요구를 반영한 것은 아무것도 없다는 우려가 집중되어 있습니다. 안토니 블링컨 미 국무장관은 월요일 헤이그 국제형사재판소가 푸틴에 대한 체포영장을 발부한 더 퍼스트 슬램덩크 다시 보기 무료보기 VOD 지 불과 며칠 만에 ���진핑 주석의 방문을 반박했습니다.

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It's not exactly pathological deflation, but isn't "pathological inflation-resistance" a decent-ish description of the problems with bullion standards (e.g. the gold standard)?

I'm reminded of something from David Graeber's Debt: the First 5000 Years:

"But how exactly did the new global economy cause the collapse of living standards in Europe? One thing we do know: it clearly was not by making large amounts of precious metal available for everyday transactions. If anything, the effect was the opposite. While European mints were stamping out enormous numbers of rials, thalers, ducats, and doubloons, which became the new medium of trade from Nicaragua to Bengal, almost none found their way into the pockets of ordinary Europeans. Instead, we hear constant complaints about the shortage of currency. In England:

For much of the Tudor period the circulating medium was so small that the taxable population simply did not have sufficient coin in which to pay the benevolences, subsidies, and tenths levied upon them, and time and time again household plate, the handiest near money that most people possessed, had to be surrendered.

This was the case in most of Europe. Despite the massive influx of metal from the Americas, most families were so low on cash that they were regularly reduced to melting down the family silver to pay their taxes.

This was because taxes had to be paid in metal. Everyday business in contrast continued to be transacted much as it had in the Middle Ages, by means of various forms of virtual credit money: tallies, promissory notes, or, within smaller communities, simply by keeping track of who owed what to whom. What really caused the inflation is that those who ended up in control of the bullion - governments, bankers, large-scale merchants - were able to use that control to begin changing the rules, first by insisting that gold and silver were money, and second by introducing new forms of credit-money for their own use while slowly undermining and destroying the local systems of trust that had allowed small-scale communities across Europe to operate largely without the use of metal currency." - David Graeber, Debt: the First 5,000 Years, Chaper 11.

"You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold," etc.

everybody knows the major inflationary episodes in history like Weimar Germany, but what are the go-to examples of major pathological deflation? seems rarer overall and I don’t have a good idea of what might cause it