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no, their customers. Why do you assume that people who run websites are clueless and lack agency in this?

no, they're giving tools to their customers who can choose freely to block or not block bots. Without those tools, the people who run sites and offer content are just flying blind.…

as the article notes, prediction markets are regulated by the CFTC as a commodities futures contract, so I'm not sure how any state law survives a federal pre-emption challenge. On…

Bizarre and baffling -- an entire post about AI agents for coding and not a single mention of OpenAI, Codex, or ChatGPT (any model). Not that I'm shilling for them in any way, but …

more than history -- early, massive investment in OpenAI by Microsoft and formerly their exclusive compute provider. This stood out to me too, seems like a months-long project with…

seems like "not yet" is the answer from other comments

the victim did have a choice of lawyers, far beyond a "luxury." Don't know if you live in the US or not, but it's hard to avoid personal injury attorney advertising in virtually ev…

there is no court where I have ever practiced that would accept a watermark of any kind at whatever percentage or color. And he didn't need to ask, it's right there in the rules (s…

you really have to try it. On a flight to Hawaii in October, I was getting speeds of 300+ mbps and latency that felt like my home wifi. It's just seamless and feels like an entirel…

Bad analogy. Sam has no stock in OpenAI or any sort of formal controlling interest. His power is solely informal: his own talents and abilities and the loyalty of the other employe…

Maybe it's because I'm American, but my first thought was ... there's a separate building and it's just the stairs? So if they sold it, how would the people in the building next do…

Amazon's investment in Alexa is a perfect example of why Apple didn't (and shouldn't have) invested all of their resources into Siri. The Alexa team is getting seriously gutted in …

The leisure market is huge for airships, in my opinion. Think of the same people that go on cruises to Antartica, but flying gently and at much lower altitude than a plane, over wi…

you're right, in fact in California state courts it's required to submit a proposed order with a motion. But no, each judge generally does NOT get to write their own rules of forma…

I've been practicing for 28 years across the country, admitted in two states and nine federal district courts. I've never seen an order like this and in fact have never seen a judg…

What I can’t seem to find the answer to in this very long and stream-of-consciousness style series of posts is why the author thinks the FAA is the only relevant federal agency. Th…

I agree with you. This is poorly written, random snark. It seems sort of plausible but it’s like looking at a pile of Lego and thinking “Yeah, maybe you could make a Millennium Fal…

It doesn’t. I appreciate that the author wants to tackle big themes, but there was so much hand-waiving and wishful thinking about how people want to live and choose to live that i…

You’re right for cities and counties (and the state itself) in California. None are allowed to operate at a deficit, hence the creation of the state “rainy day fund” by Gov. Brown …

My information is 15+ years old and maybe they changed it. or maybe it’s Canadian citizens and not just residents. And yes the US is only one of two countries in the world that tax…

If your point is that at least a dozen or so elected pols thought it worth doing this as a “virtue signaling” exercise, then yes I agree. Not sure it has all that much chance of di…

I’ve heard from Canadian friends that this exists for Canadian residents who want to move out of the country. At an almost confiscatory rate too. But as I note in another comment, …

This is such a misleading essay. AB 2088 (to tax net worth over $30 million at 0.4%) was a gut-and-replace two weeks before the end of the session which never even got a vote in co…

No it was a piece of cake. Exactly like the dentist’s assistant did it at the office, with likely the same putty. Tray looked the same too.

I just got my first guard from Clearclub and it fits great. Less than 1/10 the price (I think $90 for a year, get a new one every six months) and the same polymer tray molds that t…