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Man, research is advancing at a tremendous pace. So excited about where this is all heading!

I wonder if this model would see an increase in quality if it had the same quantity of data as something like stable diffusion. It is impressive, but I’ve found that it lacks knowledge of some things that stable diffusion understands.

Copyright and license agreements are not at all the same thing. And just because something is “open source” doesn’t mean that it is free of copyright.

If my understanding of the GPL is correct, you can definitely build it yourself and publish it on fdroid. Can’t use the same name or any trademarks noti has, though.

That Einstein guy sounds pretty smart.

And failing for as hard as they’re trying. They may lose a few seats here and there, but not in the numbers they “should” because the Dems can’t help but fumble the ball. You can decide for yourself whether that’s purposeful or by accident. I can never make my mind up.

Not a bad idea, and I’ve been keeping an eye out. Unfortunately they have hobbies that require space, e.g. a fishing boat, a trailer camper, and a truck big enough to haul both. They’d be fine with a smaller living space, but it’s hard to find a smaller house on enough land to park/store that stuff. Luckily I have many years before it will become necessary to have them close. :)

Don’t get me wrong, I love it here in Minnesota. I consider it my adoptive home. But house prices are at least double what they are in my home state of Kentucky. Maybe 2.5 or approaching 3x. I suppose it is doable if you get a job, there is no chance my parents could sell their home there and move here to retire and get anything approaching the size and quality they have there.

Tomato, tomato, as far as they’re concerned.

Looks pretty neat. Hope it is released with a commercial license soon.

What is the practical application of this?

Death threats too?

Criminal threats are typically actionable. They indicate a concrete act is intended.

Shouting fire in a crowded theater?

A famously incorrect example of unprotected speech. It actually is protected speech, it’s just a catchy phrase that people never seem to look into beyond a surface level.

it’s unfathomable to me that anyone would defend it

Because at least half of the country I live in would love nothing more to apply these same ideas of restricting the flow of ideas and speech to me. To their mind, my liberal lefty atheistic ideals are diametrically opposed to their world view. To their understanding of the world, I’m actively making the world a worse place just by being in it. I have actively benefited from the freedom of thought and speech that I support while growing up in a deep red and deeply religious small town.

What you should be asking yourself is why these abhorrent ideas get any traction at all. The public square should be filled with good ideas. Put your ideas out for how to make society better. Put out your critique and world view. The speech you hate so much should be drowned out by all the good speech. The fact that it’s not, and has garnered any sort of appeal points to a failure on society’s part, writ large. We have an obligation to push society forward and be proactive in guiding society where we want it to go. Like I said in another comment, the hearts of men can’t be legislated away; they have to be won.

We clearly have different philosophies on the value of freedom of thought. I don’t think we’re going to get anywhere with this.

Surely you don’t propose atomising response to the individual level

I do.

I don’t know what you want from me man. To say nazis are bad? No shit, that’s obvious.

You ask where I draw the line. Between actions and ideas. I can’t make this any more clear.

Nazi held a sign at a protest? Shitty, but not illegal.

Nazi hurts someone? Illegal.

And I would argue that if these ideas are gaining any kind of foothold broadly, the rest of the citizenry is abjectly failing to meet their social obligations. Society doesn’t get to just coast; we all have to be out there every day expressing and pushing for what society should be. Make the public square so full of good ideas that the fringe ass holes are drowned out.

And the harassment that you describe is possible because too many of us don’t engage and make clear by our actions and speech what isn’t socially acceptable.

It is an uncomfortable idea that the rise in authoritarianism around the world is somehow our fault. No snowflake and avalanches and all that. But if we are sleepwalking into a world where garbage in the public square isn’t fought against by overwhelming numbers of people, we kind of get what we deserve as a whole and everyone suffers, especially those that are disadvantaged. We are responsible.

And no, it is not good enough to simply hand over the responsibility to “fix” this to the state-sanctioned-violence branch and your local paramilitary police force. The hearts of men can’t be legislated away; they must be won. With hard work and public display. And if we try to coast and just “keep it out of the public” these ideologies will definitely fester in private.

I don’t have to support a group’s actions to still believe they have the same human rights of freedom of speech and thought that others do. There’s a reason that human rights apply to everyone, even prisoners. Even monsters. Stripping away fundamental rights from the “right” people is not a moral stance.

I defend their human rights for the same reason I defend yours.

what’s the upside

That all groups are equally protected under the law, whether you like them or not. I’m sure AIPAC would love to designate supporting the liberation of Palestine a hate crime. I’m sure that corporate lobbyists would love to designate unions as a violent and disruptive organizations.

Would you defend the rise of ISIS in the US for the same reasons

If they are committing concrete acts of violence, no. If they rise as a political body, then yes.

That is certainly a way to do it, but I don’t think limiting public expression is good. Bad things done with noble intent are still bad things.

Those things are bad and that shouldn’t be a law.

I usually hate being downvoted; it makes me feel dumb. But this is one of those opinions I’m very confident in, so I’ll live with downvotes.