How is this different from the authors of (business book) seeking royalties from (bigtech CEO) because he/she ingested knowledge (training) from this book? Humankind needs to build on top of each other’s knowledge to keep evolving.
Well the biggest difference is that we're not talking about people in this case. We can actually just discriminate against computer programs, they have no rights and they don't even have the agency to act on their own behalf. They're just tools.
>Humankind needs to build on top of each other’s knowledge to keep evolving.
I agree, but that's never stopped copyright law in the past. What's frustrating is that copyright law is suddenly up for debate now that the copyrights in question predominantly belong to individuals rather than large corporations, an what's really frustrating is that it seems they want to carve out an exemption for this one specific case instead of reforming copyright law.
A lot, but it doesn't come near a primary pollution source (and would have to get far past Musk's wildest dreams for frequency before it got near becoming one).
Such an overblown issue IMO. And it was all rolled back anyway. They're actually trying really hard to improve audacity. Yes a few missteps happened but the backlash was way out of proportion, especially given how approachable and responsive they were about all the negative feedback. If they had stonewalled the community and told them to fuck off it would've been a different story but that is most certainly not what happened.
> Yes a few missteps happened but the backlash was way out of proportion, especially given how approachable and responsive they were about all the negative feedback.
This has become standard operating procedure. Push your agenda until you receive backlash, then claim it was all a big misunderstanding, and that you are listening to feedback. Let things calm down for a few months, then push the controversial changes anyway.
People are picking up on that, and won‘t accept it anymore. I think that‘s great.
Current leadership has shown their hand and the probable long-term direction they are headed.
Maybe it‘s an honest mistake, but the community no longer seems to extend the benefit of the doubt, which is totally understandable. Fool me 42753 times, shame on me.
Could someone here do the math: how much CO2 is emitted by air travel to Qatar for football teams + entourage + fans vs. European countries hosting the world cup games (e.g. Italy, Benelux, Spain)?
How is that any relevant? Any international competition will have a significant aviation footprint - especially something like the Olympics which involves far more countries than the World cup. In fact, I'd reckon the aviation footprint will be lower because of Qatar's relatively central position in the old world, from where fans are more likely to travel to watch a live football game.
What's more relevant here from an environmental standpoint is the cost of adding lifestyle amenities (water, energy, landscaping, construction, etc) on the ground for the million or so football fans who will descend upon a country not especially designed to handle such a high volume of traffic without committing some serious ecological cost.
My point for trying start a HN discussion on this topic is exactly this: I think that "perception" will be more narrow than it is now, as all cars look more and more alike, and the quantifiable differences such as:
- range
- safety features
- audio system
- etc
- acceleration
Will be more difficult for high-end brands (Range Roger, Porsche) to use as discerning factors if the "heart" of the vehicle is largely identical between a Kia and a Porsche.
Will luxury car makers go to the way of Vertu vs. iPhone, or Omega vs. Apple Watch?
People still buy Omega and Rolex even if they don’t wear them every day. My dad uses a Fitbit instead of an Apple Watch so he can wear his nice watch and still get the data.
In the car market, the “heart” has been the same for a long time. The Honda Accord has about as luxurious (at least 90%, you get leather, great driving sensors, strong V6, etc.) of any luxury sedan under 100k, but people still buy those. Those brands mean something to people.
This is a super interesting topic to me - I basically don't consider buying anything other than a Civic. A new car is a HUGE expense to me (that I have never made in my life yet), but the more I think about it, the more ridiculous the inflation on a BMW 3-series (for example) becomes. People are genuinely paying an extra $20,000 for the badge. At least in the US, where parts, labor, and all associated costs are also more expensive on OEM imports.
The mental coping mechanism is also the fact that Honda/Toyota make a ridiculous amounts of civics/corollas/accords/camrys, so they have to have efficiencies of scale going for them more so than other company's line ups.
I love Webflow and have used it >20 hours per week since 2014. It's been a game-changer to let me quickly and visually work out ideas, and has allowed us to iterate more quickly than having to mess around with css and Bootstrap templates (2014...).
That said, I sorely miss proper i18n support.
Currently, we use Transifex to i18n our marketing website, but this means that our SEO is hurt, as Google does not index strings in JS.
