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> Ownership of "content" is a legal fiction invented to give states more control over creativity. 1. I hate the argument of "legal fiction" because the whole concept of law itself …

How does copyright limit creativity? If you want to write a new story about a boy wizard going to school, no one can legally stop you. If you want to make a new Mario-inspired plat…

> I do not agree with your conjecture that big corps would win by default. Why wouldn't big corps win by default? They have the brand name, own the resources to make more polished …

You can't do a damn thing with it not because of copyright, but because you don't have the resources to make the movie in the first place. Copyright can't legally stop you from mak…

Let's separate the implementation of copyright and the concept of copyright. I don't think you would find anyone who would say the US's implementation of copyright is flawless, but…

I think you have a misunderstanding of what's copyrightable. > This idea that they own the very idea of 'boy wizard who goes to school' is insane and plays right into this flawed a…

> We have millions of teachers going above and beyond expectations. We have mothers and caregivers. We have comedians crafting jokes for comedy and they have no ability to protect …

Ah yes, USAID, the agency that provides foreign aid (disaster relief, combatting poverty, providing technical advice) to create a strong, positive impression of the US is "working …

You are not a machine. Have you noticed that authors and artists love sharing their inspirations? Let's say you're an up-and-coming author. In an interview, you list your sources o…

This is so reductionist, it's not even funny. Imagine debugging your own code (your code being your intellectual work) and this guy barges into your room and says "Why are you wast…

I saw someone say they stopped reading after this line: > At one point, we wanted a command that would print a hundred random lines from a dictionary file. I thought about the prob…

I am baffled by the original poster's claims. The original poster claims that they're tired of the millionth LISP interpreter and want software engineers to focus on "certified rea…

I'm sorry, but I am really baffled by what I'm reading. > Like I ranted recently here in HN, can we stop with the millionth LISP interpreter already? Except, the millionth LISP int…

I'm sorry, but have you tried the Quest Pro's pass-through? I have, and it was an awful experience. They had color pass through but faked it and it felt like a grayscale video that…

I didn't believe it either until I met one. They exist , but it takes more than an interview to gauge and they're so rare it's not worth trying.

I think both 0.1x engineers and 10x engineers exist. 0.1x engineer: one of my friends works at a certain government contractor. One of her coworkers had difficulty understanding sh…

That sounds depressing. Why would you want to confine yourself to working on CRUD apps instead of working on cool tech?

I don't get why the justification for not needing to understand CS is that 80% of the programming jobs are CRUD apps. That's such a weak justification in my opinion. Why would you …

The model I have right now is that talent is learning rate, so I don't see how the beliefs conflict with each other. Some people pick things up faster than others, but if you put m…

It's the easiest way to get all platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux) if you're already comfortable with web dev.

> It's understood that if someone holds the title 'Engineer', they went through a certification process from a regulated body, traditionally. You can see this for example in countr…

From my perspective it looks like a good amount of teachers decided to give up a portion of the compensation earlier (i.e. they gave up good pay not when they're looking for anothe…

Why do you think it's not both? If you were running a startup (company), hiring people who match your team's work style and values is as important as capability.

Even without Facebook, what's preventing Myanmar's authoritarian government from flooding their own media with propaganda still?