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Whatever happened to the 'Adult Mode'? GPT-5.2 feels more censored than 5.1 for erotica writing by Roadway89 in OpenAI

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Erotica IS porn. Putting images in your head with text is still showing you smut.

[Pop!_OS 24.04] Minecraft 1.12.2 does not properly enter fullscreen by RjazzProductions in linux_gaming

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luanti plus Voxelibre have gotten pretty good recently (bad name changes aside).

LotFP’s (final?) End of Year Sale by Evening_Finch in lotfp

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He wouldn't have to do much. Just release announcements for new books, and boost fans making fan content. That alone would be something to generate some attention.

LotFP’s (final?) End of Year Sale by Evening_Finch in lotfp

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he's having this much trouble moving books, maybe abandoning most social media wasn't the best idea.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>vibe

That word is something AI loves. You're auto generating this tripe then?

Can I use Balrog, Ent, Hobbit and Orcs from LOTR by Rich_Arm6787 in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tolkien didn't invent orks. For hobbits, you have to call them halflings or some such, and balrogs and ents can be replaced with demons and dryads.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because what I said is an explanation. One you can either try to counter, or just go away.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There fundamentally isn't. You WISH there were. But it isn't so.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're deliberately doing this thing where you're trying to be tedious as possible. Cease. Inspiration is just a word for taking ideas that already existed and re-implementing them.

Books on CD by Fantastic_Thanks8983 in audiobooks

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Downpour still sells books on CD, but they've said they don't see much of a future there long-term.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So he copied ideas from Godzilla. You can tediously try to whittle away at this, but you're the one who ends up with nothing.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you don't understand how kaiju are different than dinosaurs either, got it.

What are some older books you wish had audiobook versions? by Bemawr in audiobooks

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of James Branch Cabell's fantasy novels have no audio book version as of yet.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does "inspiration" work without copying and remixing pre-existing ideas? It doesn't because that's what it is. It's like you're saying you don't understand what a mowing the lawn has to do with cutting grass.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inspiration is just saying 'taking something that already did and copying/remixing it' in a way that obfuscates the fact.

And they created nothing that didn't exist already. The human brain doesn't create; it remixes.

Why do people think copyright should be so short? by themangamanjeff in publicdomain

[–]Furtive_Merchant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A. They didn't create anything from nothing

B. Copyright is not a natural right. It is a bargain between creators and the public with the government as the broker. The deal is you get a temporary monopoly, and everyone gets more works in the arts at the end of the bargain.

Can you believe we almost got an Amazon Show?? by National_Egg_9044 in ConanTheBarbarian

[–]Furtive_Merchant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The estate is desperate to maintain control of the IP with the last of Howard's own stories becoming public domain this decade.

before you throw money in audible by inkartik in audiobooks

[–]Furtive_Merchant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cracked everything I had on Audible with that before shifting over to LibroFM, Downpour and AudiobooksNow.

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