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> The decision was either to avoid them entirely or resign and buy into the ecosystem. An easy choice that you somehow managed to get wrong?

What is "the message"? The video doesn't say.

Invoking Popper's paradox of tolerance is misjudged IMHO, because the PSF doesn't aim to maximise liberty. Instead it aims to create a welcoming environment for everyone, and that …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(slang)#Concern_troll

> Boneless is a convenience, not an absolute guarantee. It's a guarantee in any jurisdiction with adequate consumer protection law.

In the UK we've labelled things made in factories that also handle nuts since forever. I assume it's an EU thing that we never got rid of.

This comment neatly explains why the LLM bubble will burst as soon as prosecutors remember that the DMCA doesn't have a carve-out for AI.

> I think the worst possible outcome is a licensing regime that means that Disney or Paramount or Elsevier or whoever all get to have a monopoly on training large models within the…

Monopoly leveraging is illegal, not mundane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Directive > According to one version, it says that "the kidnapping must be stopped by all means, even at the price of striking and harming ou…

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation A reform of the US voting system would make elections much more competitive and greatly reduce the risk of elect…

Left wingers complain when journalists don't hold powerful people to account. Right wingers complain when they do.

Why can't "dampen" be applied to oscillators? It means "To lessen; to dull; to make less intense" in this case.

> The world is chock full of vampires looking to exploit helpers. Don't let them get you. More importantly, don't let this dissuade anyone from helping. Some caution is needed yes,…

> This is a remarkable situation. It’s like if you hired someone to redo your kitchen and they started building a boat in your driveway. Sure, the boat gives the builders a place t…

If you also take a wage, then you're also a class traitor by any reasonable definition, because denying the existence of class struggle only benefits capitalists - https://en.wikip…

"class traitor" has a specific meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_traitor

The Spectator harps on this issue, but do they ever offer their own definition of "woman"?

This is quite a misleading comment IMO. You don't "pay" donations, you make them. There is no exchange and no debts are settled. And wikipedia isn't a "product" in the usual sense …

> Suggesting that Junio isn't infallible is a violation? Junio never claimed to be infallible though

Paper can't provide binaries as it would infringe Mojang's copyright. Users must "build" the server by downloading the official binary and applying local patches. This is well-auto…

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows w…

Monty Hall problem is a classic one, if that's the sort of thing you mean?