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  • Dr. Dabbles
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    721 year ago

    There is a second way, legend has it. The ancient ones tell a tale of the one that does not use the service, and does not train someone else’s shitty models for free.

    • pitninja
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      351 year ago

      I hate to break it to you, but we’re all presently training someone else’s shitty models for free by commenting on Lemmy. Probably multiple organizations at some point, in fact.

        • @essteeyou@lemmy.world
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          241 year ago

          Yeah, when I write something public I accept that anyone can read it or use it for whatever reason. When I pay for a service then it’s a bit of a grey area. When the service is free I know my data will be used to make money by any means necessary.

    • dream_weasel
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      101 year ago

      The third way is like the second way: we learn to write good without crutches.

      • Dr. Dabbles
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        31 year ago

        As a native American English speaker, shit’s mad hard yo.

    • Flying Squid
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      31 year ago

      Please read turn to page 32 of your copy of Strunk & White and recite the prayer against avoiding excess verbiage.