Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling · first published 2000
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on “Most frequently checked-out books in the history of the New York Public Library” ↗…Don't take my word for it: read both. Narnia focuses on its language much more than Harry Potter. That's not saying Rowling writes without meaning: I wrote a minor dissertation about the first line in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone once, because I thought it was interesting and because I like picking things apart. Harry Potter has moments where it sounds beautiful, but those moments are few and far between, and Rowling does resort…
on “A programmer's view of the Universe, part 1: The fish” ↗That's not what's happening here. Copyright work remains copyrighted regardless of how you produced it. If you lived in a secluded cave and completely independently wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (unlikely, I know, but it's hypothetical), you'd be violating J.K. Rowling's copyright by selling it. Copilot doesn't help people intentionally launder copyrighted code. It may cause people to accidentally…
on “GitHub Copilot investigation” ↗> If you lived in a secluded cave and completely independently wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (unlikely, I know, but it's hypothetical), you'd be violating J.K. Rowling's copyright by selling it. This is absolutely incorrect. Independent creation is a complete defense to copyright infringement.…
on “GitHub Copilot investigation” ↗> it would be easier for them to distribute the work after the copyright of the work expires Copyright does not expire for a very long time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released ~30 years ago in 1997. It remains protected for the duration of the life of the author (J.K. Rowling) plus 70 years. Given actuarial tables from the UK[1], this works out to be around ~95…
on “AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late” ↗…Critical Thinking Skills [great courses] 12. Ramesh Menon (Veda Vyasa): Mahabharatha 13. Mark W. Muesse: Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation [great courses] 14. J.K. Rowling: Book 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 15. J.K. Rowling: Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 16. Steven Pressfield: The War of Art 17. Barnaby Conrad, Monte Schulz: Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life 18. J.K. Rowling: Book…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…Ruth: A Sight for Sore Eyes - Robinson, Frank M.: Waiting - Rowling, J. K.: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling, J. K.: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban - Rowling, J. K.: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - Russo, Richard: Mohawk - Schwartz, John Burnham: Reservation Road - Seth, Vikram: A Suitable Boy - Shaw, Irwin: The Young Lions - Slotkin, Richard: The Crater - Smith, Dinitia: The Illusionist…
on “Stephen King: Can a Novelist Be Too Productive? (2015)” ↗…since parent was specifically referring to ebooks: - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is not available for purchase in the US: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/J_K_Rowling_Harr... - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is not available for purchase in the UK: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/J_K_Rowling_Harr... I'm currently in the UK, with a US-based Google account. If I'm logged in, I only see a "buy"…
on “Apple reveals App Store takedown demands by governments” ↗Tl;dr gpt4 seems to have detailed knowledge of the following copyrighted books (The first half of the list) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling 76% 1984 George Orwell 57% The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien 51% Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James 49% The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 48% Lord of the Flies William Golding 43%…
on “ChatGPT Secret Training Data: The Top Books AI Bots Are Reading” ↗…by another article posted to HN today gives back the following suggestions: - Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation by Charna Halpern - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - 1984 by George Orwell - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm…
on “Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model” ↗