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For me, it's not so much about price but about freedom. I'd like to be able to modify them, create derivative works, and otherwise. I'd also like others to be able to do the same, …

Thank you for the pointer. I've been poking at it with a fork for the past few hours, and realized I forgot to respond.

Yes, the web would have survived. Streaming is a tiny portion of what the web is used for. Even so, entertainment should be... entertaining. I got free Paramount Plus with my phone…

My ex. She won't leave me alone. We do have a kid together, but it's a bit over-the-top. I can't post anything online under my real name (her mission in life is to protect the univ…

On the ethics front: * Yandex released everything as full open * Facebook released open with restrictions * OpenAI is completely non-transparent, and to add insult to injury, is tr…

Hey! This sounds like my ex! Any advice on how to deal with that? It's been a decade and things are increasingly scary.

OT: The terminal on your web page is broken. I type and nothing happens.

At this point in my life, I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever buy a cheap table saw. Table saws are where fingers come off, where work pieces get chucked at you…

It's horrible, but it serves a purpose. I've worked on projects where qualifying a vendor is a ton of work. CodeCommit is.... adequate, if you just need hosted git. AWS and Azure t…

> Are you suggesting we can use OSS and not follow the terms required by its license? "can" is a complex question. You can do anything you want, but actions have consequences. I ca…

Thank you. I've been thinking about your comment for 3 days, believe it or not. It seems like: - Only standard resources ought to be cached (e.g. D3, common fonts, etc.). Perhaps t…

I this case, an injunction doesn't force me to do anything. It prevents me from doing something, namely distributing the 10 lines of copilot-regurgitated GPL code in my program. Th…

stale2002 read your comment correctly. stale2002 responded to it correctly. No one is arguing with you about what the GPL says. Let's do an experiment: You need to hit yourself rep…

This is correct. Programmers read licenses like code ("If I use the GPL, I need to release my entire codebase."). That's not how the world works. The worst-case outcome is damages.…

It's not willful by the users of copilot. Damages would be low since it's easy to show that users have no intention of infringing, and in most cases, aren't aware they're infringin…

Damages. This question will come back to damages. If you steal 10 lines of code from me, the damages will be the greater of: - The benefit to you (10 minutes programmer time) - The…

No, I'm not reinventing it, but extending it by: 1) Mandating it for certain types of resources 2) Extending caching to cover the cross-site case. Can you please explain the propos…

If it were me, I'd make third-party font sources require a SHA hash. In pseudocode: url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/comic-sans", sha="abcd1234") This way: - If my browser has com…

Precisely. Google has standing for workplace sexual abuse. If I am a member of a religious / national / ethnic / etc. group with a track record of sexual abuse, I cannot be fired f…

Just to clarify: Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. Google cannot take action against religions (even cults) it disagrees with (even for valid reasons f…

You are so incredibly wrong. Visual Studio was a horrible IDE for most of the past 20 years, relative to competitors. Quite literally the only reason it picked up marketshare was t…

I can buy stuff much cheaper on Aliexpress. My experience there is no worse than 2022 Amazon, except for lower prices and slower shipping. Amazon, even as late as 2019, seemed ahea…

I have mixed feelings on tech stocks. I feel like the general competence has gone down, and that makes them vulnerable. Google is a shitshow right now. I don't think they can do B2…

Historically, India made premium products for export markets. Many weren't sold locally.

The problem is that it takes both sides to want to do that.