They don’t own it, the individual posters own the content of their own posts, however, from the reddit terms of service:

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And with each of those rights granted, Reddit’s lawyers can defend those rights. So no, they don’t own it “just because they ran the servers” - they own specific rights to copy granted to them by each poster.

(I don’t like this arrangement, but ignorance of the terms of service isn’t going to help someone who uploaded a full copy of the works they have extensive rights to) On this subject I think there needs to be an extensive overhaul to narrow what terms you can extend to the general public. The problem is I straight up don’t trust anyone currently in power to make such a change to have our interests in mind.

Oh, I too doubt the regret is for anything beyond “I got caught and this makes me look bad shash will directly cost me money slash power slash influence”. I only made the reference to say that Gates’ ties to Epstein were known well before 2026.

In 2019, Gates characterized his relationship with Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’. Make of that what you will.

But this post doesn’t really address that. It suggests Epstein bought Windows XP once, which … is fine … I guess? (Doesn’t let him off the hook for the criminal empire he ran though)

It would be inviting a lawsuit for sure. I like the essence of the idea, but it’s probably more trouble than it’s worth for all but the most fanatic.

I love how expressive this is, and how it juxtaposes the authors main thesis against an elegant visual counterpoint.

Right‽ this has ‘maybe the genie won’t screw me over with my third wish if I just ask it right’ energy.

Your feelings and opinions are affecting our bottom line. Obviously it’s you that’s the problem here.

I’m sorry, what’s market research again? That sounds old-school and not involving AI.

“The Farmer Was Replaced” has you covered

No, I don’t think that’s what’s happening here. I think people are theorizing that X is very likely to respond to pressure from Google and Apple threatening to deplatform them, and loudly complaining about them not applying their own rules equally is a great way to remind their internal lawyers to put pressure on them (insulting the CEOs is just a nice bonus).

Frankly, if the fallot here is a relaxed adult policy, that’s still a win. LGBTQIA advocacy groups tend to get lumped in as ‘adult’, which is a problem for trans-affirming suicide prevention hotlines trying to save lives.

As for your slippery slope question, that Pandora’s box is already open. Just half a year ago Mastercard and VISA put the strongarm on Valve and itch.io to let the payment processors ban any game they choose under the guise of pornography censorship. Pressuring a platform to censure an app ‘for the sake of the children’ just isn’t the virgin ground you seem to think it is.

Don’t tell me what my intent is. My intent was to point out that using charged language for some people and selecting more neutral language when the influential do parallel acton is itself a bias toward the rich and powerful. I was using the socratic method to highlight the hitch in your reasoning. I was being fairly neutral in that my focus was to inform you that your reasoning had a gaping hole in it.

Now I shall use somewhat more emotional language because I’m now more actively attempting to persuade

“Reserve judgement and let the system work” is only a valid stance if there’s reason to believe the system will work. After multiple impeachments and numerous more lawsuits (and we’re barely touching on this sleasebag’s career before they got into office; a lifetime of profiting on misery and broken promises, getting away with it solely by being rich as fuck and cultivating a persona of playing dumb in court while hiring the most ruthless lawyers in the industry to whitewash his crimes in a legal…) That got away from me - my point is I don’t know why we’re giving a convicted rapist and suspected pedophile the benefit of the doubt.

Much more to the heart of the matter is Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation. Within it’s pages, it spells out a plan to functionally blitz the landscape with so many regressive policies enacted at once that they effectively cover for each other. With that frame in mind it’s entirely unsurprising that the Epstein files issue, the planned military extraction of Maduro, and the ICE shooting in Minneapolis all share airspace within the same week. The media position of ‘wait to see what plays out before using judgemental language’ is being deliberately exploited as a stalling tactic.

So let me offer an olive branch: If it were anybody but Trump and his cadre of enablers, I normally am all for the media acting with reserve before throwing their influence around before the facts are in, but that norm is being weaponized against us. So, do you believe that the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty and coup of their leadership is justified? Please note - I did not call it a kidnapping or abduction and all parties agree that the President’s stated intent is to directly influence Venezuelan policy. Do you believe the President should be conducting similar operations in Columbia and Cuba as stated and Greenland as leaked? And when does it become appropriate for journalism to push back against government overreach?

Shutting down the motor and locking the door would both impede the basic operation of the fridge. The CES AI fridge has both a motor to open and close the door and a child safety lock. Those two components plus temperature control are wired into the control computer. It is one online connected automatic firmware update away from deciding it can lock you out and set the temperature to room temperature.

And the funny part is, if that happened, the report you cited above would still consider the fridge functional, because the equipment is operating ‘as designed’ and Samsung could restore functionality at the drop of a hat. But that wouldn’t be any consolation to the user.

But I’m done here. Stick your head in the sand if you think that protects you.

I think avenue Q said it best, “The internet is for porn”.

Sure, PornHub is not the only thing you can do on the Internet. Some of the more formal studies are functionally run by marketing groups, who are likely more skewed to advertising demographics.

Example: the fundamental backbone of the internet upgraded as part of the CERN Large Hadron Collider project construction, to distribute the massive amount research data being generated to scientists across the world - but Cloudflare doesn’t count that traffic when preparing it’s statistics)

All I’m saying is: you could do a lot worse than PornHub as a research authority for trends in this subject.

Unless corporate turns off the cold to shake more money out of you - which has been done repeatedly in other technologies. Juicers that require branded juice, ditto for coffee machines, multifunction printers that won’t operate the scanner without a subscription. When Samsung said “security and privacy are foundational” about the AI fridge at CES, what do you think that’s a euphemism for? They’re not taking about user privacy or user security (but would like rubes to think they are). They mean their ability to re-secure the fridge if you stop giving Samsung your data/cash.

Yes, I concede the parts aren’t in disrepair. Just saying, for the context of the original meme, what does it matter if the motor part is working if the fridge if the fridge is otherwise making itself unusable?

For example, Oliver has magic hands

“Get off my lawn”

Please stop doing something that artists have doing since practically the invention of paper

Tell me, what new medium is ruining the kids today?

Is it low-effort? Sure. But so are boobs and farts and piss. Artists got to get practice in drawing something, doesn’t hurt anyone but your fefes if they use a meme.

Heck, for the context of this tired argument, I wouldn’t even care if it’s AI. (And I broadly do not like AI)

Excuse me. I was a few days early … now can we discuss this?

https://apnews.com/article/ces-worst-show-ai-0ce7fbc5aff68e8ff6d7b8e6fb7b007d

“Everything is an order of magnitude more difficult,” she said of the fridge that also uses computer vision to track when food items are running low and can advertise replacements.

The South Korean tech giant also said “security and privacy are foundational” to the AI experiences in the fridge.

The term is hood. This is a motorcycle hood

(😈)

How do you feel about ‘abducted’? I know that journalists use that term frequently when discussing domestic kidnappings, but it has a negative associations. When a pedophilac predator forces a victim to go with them, that appears to be acceptable language - would you say the term can apply to the President’s actions?

If the infotainment system doubles as the gearshift as a deliberate way to marry the two, yes! Try driving a Tesla (well don’t because of bad corporate ownership; but still, as example):

• The steering wheel isn’t connected to the wheels, it’s connected to the computer.
• The windshield wipers are controlled by the computer.
• Everything in the security system checks in by the computer.
• The car can be remotely disabled by the computer

If they can make a vroom vroom box dependent on a computer, why do you think a chill box is exempt?

• “I’m sorry, but the temperature control requires registering an account in the app”
• “Oh, the in-door icebox needs a subscription, but you’re welcome to use trays in the freezer if you prefer”
• “You missed your installment payment, please pay in 3 days or cooling functionality will be suspended”
• “The child door lock has been automatically engaged for your safety”
• “The fridge of the future requires an always on internet connection”

You think CEOs aren’t just itching to pull crap like this? What use is it if the motor technically operates, if the controls simply refuse to turn it on?