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SpelingBeeChampon US Copyright Office refuses application with AI algorithm named as author

Bingo. It should also be noted that for certain works, it is possible to register them as a group.

SpelingBeeChampon US Copyright Office refuses application with AI algorithm named as author

Sure, getting a copyright requires virtually nothing, nothing gets checked, what would they check? It's content you say you created - stamp!

I have registered hundreds of copyrights. That is not at all how it works.

This is exactly how it works:

https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap600/ch600-examination-pr...

SpelingBeeChampon Israel passes law denying naturalization to Palestinian spouses

Not really. You could do what thousands of others do any take a quick trip to Cyprus, get married (regardless of your partner’s religion or sex), and have the marriage civilly recognized in Israel.

SpelingBeeChampon Apple M1 Ultra

What does "overpriced" mean, other than "more than you are willing to pay?"

SpelingBeeChampon Apple M1 Ultra

I have a 8TB M1 Max. It pretty consistently has a max write speed of ~7.3 GB/s and max read of ~5.4 GB/s. No idea why or how write is faster, but that's not a typo.

SpelingBeeChampon M1 Ultra Geekbench Score

Do you really believe that companies should price their products below market rate?

The only likely consequence of that scenario is that they will be resold to the people willing to pay more.

Apple is not a charity. They don't owe you anything.

SpelingBeeChampon Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces

Is it clear in context that the 'deeming' country is the one being attacked rather than the one deciding how to assist? It doesn't seem totally clear from that quote.

SpelingBeeChampon Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces

>Russia is waving its nukes around as a threat.

Really? Has Putin actually said anything about nuclear weapons in the context of this war?

SpelingBeeChampon Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work

Fulltime YouTuber here. Just as one datapoint, I was recently [very] pleasantly surprised to learn that YouTube was able to restore a video that I had accidentally deleted. It went back to being live as if nothing had happened—though my contacting support was admittedly right after the deletion happened.

SpelingBeeChampon Over 10% of Tesla Model S EVs Fail Germany’s Strict Inspection After 3 Years

As far as I know, no one has driven anywhere close to 200 mph in a Tesla.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38453459/tesla-model-s-pl...

SpelingBeeChampon AirPods don't “just work”

Reinstalling macOS is no longer nuclear, in that it doesn’t materially touch your home folder.

Now it’s just a phenomenal waste of time.

SpelingBeeChampon Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube

Sounds like selection bias. She is not going to Tweet about videos that are monetized.

SpelingBeeChampon Naomi Wu video demonetized on YouTube

Hold on. Naomi Wu is not demonetized. A video that Naomi Wu created was demonetized, or as YouTube puts it, found to not be suitable for all advertisers.

Creating content on YouTube has been my full-time job for nearly four years. There is a HUGE difference between a channel being kicked out of the Partner Program and a video being 'demonetized.' (Namely, that in the latter case, all of your other videos, past and future, can still earn revenue.)

SpelingBeeChampon AirPods don't “just work”

Any time I search the internet for a solution to a problem with an Apple product or device, I intentionally exclude discussions.apple.com domains from my search results. I have never found a solution there, and the forums seem to be dominated — and I mean DOMINATED — by two or three ‘experts’ whose bottom-line is that Apple’s products work, so you must be doing something wrong.

One guy is convinced that uninstalling Chrome is the solution.

The go-to first response is “run Etrecheck,” after which they’ll chastise you for having installed anything they don’t recognize. And god help you if you’ve installed CleanMyMac. The only solution is to reinstall macOS and never do that again!

(They all seem to ignore that CleanMyMac X is now notarized and sold in the App Store...)

Stackoverflow > Apple’s community support. Every time.

SpelingBeeChampon AirPods don't “just work”

In my experience, if you are clearly experiencing a Service Program issue, the Program cutoff dates are not set in stone.

SpelingBeeChampon Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download

What are they tricking users into doing?

SpelingBeeChampon The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longitudinal study

The real risk is civil liability. Particularly if the victim is later injured

SpelingBeeChampon The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longitudinal study

I find that very hard to believe, because the law doesn't allow it and the penalties for noncompliance with mandatory reporting are severe. In many states, failure to report is a crime. Mandatory reporting is intended to remove that kind of subjective evaluation from the picture.

SpelingBeeChampon Bitcoin Sinks to $41,000 Amid ‘Extreme Fear’

Regarding #3, Bitcoin has enormous value: it facilitates black markets.

Beyond that, I'm not sure.

SpelingBeeChampon Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good fortune of rich friends?

I am not sure what you are disagreeing with.

SpelingBeeChampon Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories

Do you have any idea of what that solution might look like? The existence of a problem doesn't mean that there necessarily exists a better alternative.

SpelingBeeChampon Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good fortune of rich friends?

Have you seen a therapist or talked to your doctor about this? If you haven't, I think that would be a good idea.

SpelingBeeChampon Ask HN: How to continue to be gracious about the good fortune of rich friends?

If you are not doing it now, or making an effort to do it now, don't be surprised when the time comes and you discover that you are not spending your days as you expected.

I retired for most of my twenties and early-thirties. It was all planned, and it ended up being one of the best decisions I have ever made, but it only created opportunity. Retirement doesn't change a person's interests or their motivation. When people receive a windfall of time, they tend to spend that time doing whatever it was they did prior, only more of it. If they watched TV in their free time, now they watch more TV. You get the idea.

My unsolicited advice: do it now.

SpelingBeeChampon Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories

What do you suggest as an alternative? Index the internet yourself? Web search as a public utility?

SpelingBeeChampon All the giant companies used ffmpeg (2020)

Would you simplify your ffmpeg advice for the less-programmerly among us?

I use ffmmpeg all the time on my M1 Max and if there are parameters that I should always be using, I would like to know :)

SpelingBeeChampon Ask HN: What’s the most outrageous belief you’re confident is true?

Sounds similar to what Apple has done with application privacy settings.

SpelingBeeChampon Google's removed all mentions of an Intercept investigation from Search

Eric Goldman is the man! :)

SpelingBeeChampon Google's removed all mentions of an Intercept investigation from Search

Quit being prejudiced toward Native Americans, man.

SpelingBeeChampon Google's removed all mentions of an Intercept investigation from Search

Successful claims under 512(f) are rare, but that doesn't mean the section doesn't exist. There certainly is a penalty for false claims brought in bad faith.

Online Policy Grp. v. Diebold, Inc., 337 F. Supp. 2d 1195, 1205 (N.D. Cal. 2004). The defendant subsequently settled for $125,000.

Automattic Inc. v. Steiner, 2015 WL 1022655 (N.D. Cal. March 2, 2015). Court awarded ~$25,000 in damages.

*Btw, I think you meant "stratospheric." I'm pretty sure the atmosphere is everywhere.

SpelingBeeChampon Google's removed all mentions of an Intercept investigation from Search

A journalist "advocating" for anything is already pretty radical.

I'm sorta one, and I'll be the first to say that the newsroom is not a place for activism.