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Since they are working for the Federal government here, doesn’t the supremacy clause trump state law and allow them to deny / retain that data?

The difference is that Netflix isn’t facing a situation where they have run out of product to sell. If Apple wants to sell 10k laptops, they need to have 10k laptops. If 10k custom…

Yeah, if you know the business is a fraud, it doesn't matter that your work isn't fraudulent in and of itself. It's like being hired by bank robbers to be their chauffeur. There's …

I think it’s like shoes. Shoes are generally better than callouses at protecting your feet, providing traction, etc. Almost everyone accepts the trade-off and wears shoes as oppose…

Different leadership. If some in your experience erred on the side of leniency, then it stands to reason that others might err just as egregiously in the opposite direction. In fac…

> In 2 years time, I would be surprised if the strongest LLMs are available for general use at all. I would be surprised if the public ever had anything close to the strongest LLM.…

I think that’s a bit dramatic saying the US hates them, but yes to your other point. The US is taking the position that it has more to gain from having strong and prosperous tradin…

That’s relevant and should have been included in the warrant, but I still blame the Judge here. When it comes to whether a meme is a threat, the image largely speaks for itself and…

This phrasing disregards the value of those traits. For example there are very clean and nice public restrooms at my local park, they may be objectively better products and I use t…

The CCPA clearly violates the 1st Amendment. If you're out in public, then people are allowed to see you, to remember it, to communicate that it happened, etc.

I think there’s difference between A) whether ships are traversing the straight, and B) whether the straight is open / closed / could be traversed. It’s very well possible that the…

I keep seeing the phrase “the harm” as if we’re all supposed to know exactly what that means. What is it?

California can do a lot to private companies, but the supremacy clause allows the federal government to do what it wants. If a business wants to engage in these illegal-in-Californ…

This reminds me of how some famous artists would paint via their studios wherein assistants put most of the pant on the canvas, under the direction / modeled off an example, and wi…

If 14% of the PhDs employed by the U.S. Government was 10,109, then there were about 72,207 total. That's about 3.2% of the civilian government, compared to 2.1% in the public work…

You're 100% right, but I think the friendship should be more important. I've had friends keep things that I lent them, but that didn't ruin the friendship. I've had friends say mea…

Okay, tell that to the US Border Patrol.

It's more like helping a friend move house, but he complains about you the whole time you're trying to help, and there's no pizza or beer, and when you ask to have the dusty old br…

The "if invaded" qualifier is fair, but what I heard from Danish authorities was that they would not wait to be fired upon. They said, if US forces came, then Denmark would "shoot …

I think you're being a bit dramatic. My voice is an outlier, and heavily downvoted. Being exposed to different ideas is a good thing. If you're not going to question your own views…

If Europe wants North America to intervene in Europe's territorial disputes, then Europe should allow North America to have dominion over North America. It's hypocritical for Europ…

The logic remains sound, but the facts are different. There was real territorial gain / loss in the Pacific theater. Japan's imperial motives make sense, because they actually did …

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