Scott Holmes

Air Racer.

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

Intellectual property laws are usually used strictly to prohibit other parties from using the IP. Theoretically the idea is to issue licenses, but the owner can set whatever terms they like, or commonly just say “no”.

The “mechanical license” for song compositions is an interesting counterpoint. Anyone can cover a song without negotiating or even asking, they just have to pay a fixed fee to the composer for each copy sold.

That is a big contrast with the iron grip of control that IP usually provides. Someone that an artist personally despises can freely cover their song and potentially get rich doing it. You can’t decide that your composition is any more valuable than something you consider obvious trash.

Music IP has tons of messy aspects, but this narrow, somewhat outdated (focused on sales vs streaming) area seems pretty good.

https://t.co/Pa0Tcth8Jn

The fundamental idea of IP is that the government enforces a somewhat unnatural bargain because society benefits on net from playing the game that way – more creative and innovative works will be produced if the creators can control and exploit their work for a time period.

That is not a law of the universe, it is a hypothesis, and it should always be under evaluation. Out of self interest, the owners of IP will always want more power, but letting them control lawmaking is generally exploiting the rest of society.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Banning social media for teenagers only puts them in greater danger.

Teens are forced to switch to VPNs — and unlock far worse illegal content.

We’ve seen this before. When the Russian government banned Telegram, 95% of Russian teenagers kept using it. They just moved to VPNs.

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

The other half of this bill will put more Alberta flags up

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

AI makes Youtube way worse. I wish I could turn on a filter

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

AI makes Youtube way worse. I wish I could turn on a filter

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Canadian social-media bill forces companies to label AI content, harmful material pushed by bot farms, per the Globe.

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

How can anyone take a position on Alberta separatism without knowing exactly what it means?

Under the hypothetical new country, what would the taxes be? Can we eliminate income taxes for the middle class? How does the border work with Canada and the United States? Can we fix healthcare while we are at it? Can we stop inflation with a new gold based dollar?

How can anyone say staying in Canada is better or worse without knowing the alternative?

[Martin Shkreli @MartinShkreli]

welcome to the future. what's safe and what isn't? well, that's decided for you, of course.

[Cybertruck @cybertruck]

Hey Luce

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

It feels pretty obvious at this point that someone’s going to make billions building a social app that’s just for friends, no AI slop, no brainrot, calm design, chronological feed and no concept of followers

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

I often get asked when I think AI will replace pilots. My answer is many decisions in aircraft are highly contextual and where feelings and “trusting your gut” matters.

My prediction is fully pilotless aircraft will not have success until software can understand the full context of a situation. And the ability to sense this context is a very complex hardware problem, not a software one. Much more complex than even Tesla’s FSD.

Exceptions to this are simple drone missions with repetition and highly simplified flights where context doesnt matter even in emergencies.

[Chun @satofishi]

I shouldn’t have complained that the Dragon didn’t have USB-C.

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

@bscholl Disagree. In the same way you dont want the public to track where you drive, I dont want the public tracking where I fly. It has merits only if the privacy/public aircraft ID issues are resolved.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31.

It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

The European Union cannot have their weekend interrupted.

They will get together on Monday to announce that they are continuing to monitor the situation closely.

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

@calgarysun Asking right now “should Alberta stay part of Canada” is dumb because to pick a side, one would have to know what the alternative looked like.

Properly answering right now is impossible without asking the better question: what would it look like if Alberta separated?

[Jodi K 🇺🇲🦅 @jodikyman]

First flight @LockheedMartin X-59. She left Palmdale heading towards .@EdwardsAFB
#aerospace #history #X59 #NASA
#Palmdale

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Zimbabwe has lots of millionaire households too.

[Scott Holmes @holmes540]

@DJSnM Sounds like a Dick Rutan story.

[Alex Recouso @recouso]

🇬🇧 The recent capital gains tax increase in the UK was expected to bring additional tax revenue.

Instead, high-net-worth individuals and families are leaving the country, leading to a 10% fall in net capital gains tax revenue.

Welcome to the Laffer curve, suckers.

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

Open AI newest (and most advanced) version ignores explicit instruction to switch off. AI o3 caught manipulating code to avoid shutdown.

https://t.co/ZWE7c6oRsh

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

So, you probably won't believe how desperate Starliner's flight to the space station got last summer ...
https://t.co/Upbeq7Mm3e