swope
@swope@kbin.social
Aerospace engineer working to make aircraft greener & safer.
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- Comment on Palworld embroiled in AI and Pokémon ‘plagiarism’ controversy 5 months ago:
Setting aside the topic of generative AI, isn't it about time that Pokemon goes to the public domain?
It's been a long time since I read Lawrence Lessig, but I think we would undo Disney's mods to copyright laws and allow more cultural remixing after a reasonable time. Like maybe 20 years instead of a century?
- Comment on Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles 5 months ago:
An EV engineer friend of mine said that this is specifically the Hertz Teslas because Tesla parts are expensive and sometimes hard to get. So when a Tesla breaks, they sell it rather than repair it.
- Comment on Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles 5 months ago:
I rented a Bolt EV from Hertz once. The car was fine, but the charging stations in the area were mostly broken, or they required downloading an app and giving personal information to charge.
I got the feeling the charging networks are all about collecting government incentives and the sale of private information from subscribers, and not at all about service.
My new preferred rental car is no rental car at all.
- Comment on Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles 5 months ago:
Ohm my god, right‽