The destruction of the book is done to mitigate some copyright concerns.

Can you explain? The First Sale doctrine means its OK to sell books after you’re done with them. I would think it would be the scanning itself that could be a copyright problem, not the disposition of the physical book after.

I thought the real reason, the main reason, was, as the article says, “Destroying books is cheaper.”

I agree that the concern over the destruction of physical books, and what impact that will have on their availability, is probably exaggerated. Heck, the actual importance of old books to the AI companies may be exaggerated, that seems to be their hype style.

You know what’s even cheaper than destrucive scanning of old books?

Scaring a bunch of volunteers into scanning them for free.

I’m not saying that was the plan all along. But it might have been. It’s plausible, with these jerks, isn’t it?

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The only members of the public who might reasonably be expected to offer some help finding a license plate are driving, and aren’t supposed to be messing around with phones.

This built-in contradiction has always bothered me.

These days there are ALPR cameras everywhere, and it’s very hard to imagine John Q. Public is going to have a hot tip before our dystopian AI panopticon does. It has seemed obvious to me that, whatever their intention, the Amber alerts primarily function as copaganda: Persuading us that we live in a dangerous, unpredictable world, and that only the police can save us. By asking us for help locating license plates, while we’re at home asleep at 3AM.

Every day, small clots of soldiers in camouflage and body armor patrol tourist-heavy areas of the U.S. ‌capital, including national monuments, subway stations and the area around its professional baseball park.

They’re patrolling the safest parts of town.

The roughly 4,500 soldiers currently deployed to Washington outnumber its 3,200 police officers, opens new tab.

“Opens new tab?”

Bear in mind that we only hear about the most egregious and / or dumbest cases like these. Like with all crimes.

So the US will behave like a vindictive ex who has turned to stalking and harassment.

Okay, I admit it, I am tired of winning.

Are we Great Again yet?

I think it just means that the raw view count was never very important to YouTube. That’s why they will have “engaged views” and “qualified watch hours” etc.

They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.

Oh look, somebody left the thesaurus out where the White House staffers found find it.

This is so lame. Nothing about the “point” being made is noteworthy, the phrasing isn’t even entertaining or memorable. I’ve already forgotten what it said. “Reporter bad argle bargle,” which is what the White House says every day now.

Insulting reporters makes you look weak. What does it mean when you can’t even come up with a good insult?

(Shakes fist:) Goddamm cloud! Git off my lawn!

Public datasets, American property, paid for by American citizens. Deleting such things is a kind of vandalism, a property crime.

Calzone[a][1] is an Italian oven-baked folded pizza.[2][3][4] – Wikipedia

I wouldn’t have expected to have strong feelings about this, but what you’re suggesting is bread heresy.

“Quiet” hunt?

I think Apple wants customers to be so completely accustomed to their Apple gadgets that customers feel distressed, panicked, almost naked and helpless without them. Like a myopic person without their glasses.

Maybe it was all the Diet Coke that did it?

“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass – if poured on grass – so, therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz said on Triggered with Don Jr, the president’s eldest son’s podcast.

Trump believes diet soda kills cancer cells, Dr Oz reveals

I was surprised that this isn’t more famous, but it’s apparently very new, just finished in July. “El rumor de la discordia,” or “The Rumor of Discord.”

Firefox’s translate gave me the gist of things:

No es un “desgraciado chirimbolo” más: así es la escultura de Gonzalo Lebrija que aviva el discurso del arte público

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