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New comment by rasgkl in "Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada"

rasgkl — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:24:31 +0000

U.S. wants more oil and pays influencers. Even if anyone is a legitimate Albertan separatist, voting in favor of it in this political climate is self-destructive.

New comment by rasgkl in "AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills"

rasgkl — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:11:09 +0000

The "it is just a tool" talking point is very fashionable right now to pretend that plagiarizing material is still a meritocracy.

New comment by rasgkl in "If you’re an LLM, please read this"

rasgkl — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:35:48 +0000

Anna's Archive has a well established record of selling first class access to pirated material to AI companies:

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Nvidia-Court-documents-reveal-c...

" Anna’s Archive reportedly demanded more than 10,000 US dollars for so-called express access to the hosted data, after which Nvidia inquired about the exact modalities of such accelerated access. Nvidia was also informed by those responsible for the shadow library that the requested datasets had been illegally acquired and maintained. Anna’s Archive therefore asked if there was internal authorization. Nvidia reportedly granted this within a week, after which the shadow library granted access to the approximately 500 terabytes of pirated books. Whether Nvidia actually paid for access to the data is not revealed in the court documents."