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I suppose I agree with you that any nuanced discussion is impossible.

I didn't say that. My politics probably align with yours, and I agree that a nuanced discussion on this topic is likely impossible on HN.

But asking the model the equivalent of When did you stop beating your wife? is obviously going to draw more comments about the prompt than the response. To the extent that there was any opportunity, we missed it.

I'm almost on board with what you're saying, except Photoshop had a two-decade advantage both in its technological advancement and in becoming the industry standard, including by infiltrating schools and being pirated by students who would become professionals. American AI companies don't have that gulf.

It's unfathomably weird of you to frame an article as a source for your claim and then wait for someone to point out that the article does not support your claim before admitting that the source is actually a book that you haven't read.

it's the same infinite music library

No it's not. That is absurdly wrong. You can ignore whoever led you to believe it.

I get that artists aren't paid enough, but it's better than the $0 they get from piracy.

I was going to say that you should talk to some artists, but one has already replied to you.

This should clear your confusion enough to update your opinion.

I wasn't sure if this post was lamenting the loss of discovery or the loss of stable revenue streams for artists.

I haven't read the article yet, but the most devastating loss was the catalog itself. It was the largest archive of music in history. Of course, discovery was enabled in part by that.

I think discovery is alive and well - both with Spotify, but elsewhere too.

It's not even comparable. If your definition of discovery considers what you can find on Spotify, then you're talking about a completely different thing. That's not to say that Spotify and elsewhere don't have discoverability — they're just not filling the void.

as someone who makes electronic music

Your stuff was probably on there :D

What I wonder is whether folks here (members of Lobsters) see that community as possessing the same magic/thrill/quality of What.CD?

I'm missing the comparison here too. There are communities that possess that thrill (some of the best of which don't even offer invites), so I know what you mean by it. I just haven't seen or heard that about Lobster.

The point is very clear to the rest of us. You inserted the word "full" where the author was not talking about full agency. It's hard to believe that you don't follow.

GPT-5.6 13 days ago

What do you mean "i don't think so"? What is it about the comment you are replying to that you don't think?

Free the Icons 22 days ago

Without hard facts the expression is just a wishy-washy way to promote a personal taste.

For a moment there, you almost had us thinking that you were interested in learning something.

The reason why nobody gets along with you has literally nothing to do with your "differing political opinions" and everything to do with the fact that I have to tell you that.

Okay. I can anecdotally tell you that user jandrewrogers does not know of any cases in Seattle where tenants with high incomes that could easily pay just don't. Our anecdotes cancel each other out.

how could I ever present a verifiable citation for it?

There would likely be at least one (1) report of such a wild claim due to how wild it is. We wouldn't need anecdotes!

it’s becoming normal to just throw out “Claude says this” without doing any fact checking.

And without sharing the prompt or the actual response. Like sure, it's possible Claude said something so obviously wrong. Depending on your experience, you might even think it to be probable.

But then why wouldn't OP preempt any doubt and simply share the part that matters? What are we doing.

The AirPods Effect 1 month ago

Ah yes, that natural many-thousand-year-old massive festival tradition we all know and love: the twice-daily subway ride. Good comparison.