The way I read it, “verify your identity” means prove you’re not a bot, not that they had your number to begin with and need it to match.
But Google thanks you for voluntarily providing that data which is now and forever subject to Google’s privacy policy.
Isn’t this a dinner & donation issue? That’s how American government works now.
You only get takedown notices for negative content. It’s the new and improved Free Speech Censorship®
I just go idle for a week or two and it works again. It seems like a soft IP block. I use a IPv4 address for yt-dlp so CGNAT sort of works in my favor here.
A flash preloader was my first real tech job! As I recall, they stiffed my last paycheck and went under later.
But it was incredibly fun and I made connections that steered my career to a new direction for the next decade.
I don’t necessarily oppose the use of AI as a tool for humans to utilize, but I do have issues with it dictating policies or control over human beings. By the people, for the people, absolutely does not include AI. (Sorry Data, not yet)
Also, any prompts and prompt instructions should be public with results. It is just way too easy to fuck up.
I found one of these fakes on the shelves at CVS!
I’m pretty proud I got something banned after a letter.
I kinda teared up on that article. What hope they had.
For all wondering, this was written in 2007, speculating on the future. It flat out starts by saying they know they’ll be wrong by making these guesses.
They thought we’d have a lunar colony by 2022. Instead we gave ourselves two shots to the feet and looking at the shiny down the barrel.
That’s a good litmus test. If asking/paying artists to train your AI destroys your business model, maybe you’re the arsehole. ;)
The biggest case of poison oak I had in the past decade was from avoiding a fallen tree. Where are these lawyers you speak of when I need them! Ha!