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Comment Re:Better than nothing (Score 3, Informative) 74

Most people that have solar on the roof are just setup for grid tie, so when the power goes out, their system shuts down as well, so they're just as in the dark as those around them. Solar + battery that can run independent of the grid is far rarer due to the increased install cost and concern over batter replacement costs down the line.

Comment Now it all makes sense (Score 1) 43

Google, a company based on their search technology first has never had a good search engine in their mail or docs clients. Well, now I know why, they were waiting to have a data slurping means of powering it instead of just making the existing implementation decent. They've already got the data, no reason to suck it into yet another mess, bah, something else I'll need to figure out how to disable.

Comment Re:Copyright protection status isn't uncertain (Score 2) 18

Look at existing instances that have already been through the system: Artist worked at a prompt for awhile to create a base scene with Midjourney, then went in after and did some moderate adjusting with traditional tools ala Photoshop, etc. Copyright office said no go. Look up "Theatre D'opera Spatial" for the details. The graphic novel "Zarya of the Dawn" has also had the copyright denied for the images in the graphic novel because again, machine generated.

Comment Copyright protection status isn't uncertain (Score 4, Informative) 18

In the US the Copyright office has been VERY clear on this, machine generated content cannot receive copyright protections. AI prompts cannot receive copyright protection. Content that has mixed human and machine generated content must have the machine generated portions declared so copyright protection can be excluded from those portions.

The US Patent office is on the same page, patents must be human thought up and authored, full stop.

Comment Re:Time for ARM CPUs in all computers? (Score 1) 170

The Pi is marketing genius. It started with a chip where the main cpu was meant to be the videocore, with an ARM cpu on the side for minor tasks, that didn't sell worth a damn for Broadcom. Ebon and co managed to make an 'arm' SBC out of it, bit banging USB, etc and somehow it sells like hotcakes. Most of the Pi's faults aren't so much decisions by the Pi team themselves but the fact that they're using an SoC that was never intended for this usage to begin with.

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