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> "Neither can a CPU, but somehow we managed to make it work way back in the day. Amazing, isn't it?". I feel this completely misunderstands the problem, and the vast gulf between …

Because code is utilitarian, it is only valued for what it does, while art is not utilitarian - it is valued for subjective human reasons, which, for many people, include human aut…

Yes, corruption happens every day. So do rape and murder and theft, and so many other problems. Why should I be so accepting of any of them?

The post is about the OpenJDK, not Java the language per se. Which applies to Scala, Kotlin, JPython, and others.

What happens here is that the buyer "kicks back" a fat contract to their sales buddy who took them to that great golf resort. Or, if the terminology is wrong, you can just say that…

How is paying for someone to have fun with the intention that they will then do business with you not a kickback? Just because you're not getting cash doesn't mean it's not a bribe…

> Demand is elastic. If the price of potatoes rises to $1000 / kg most people will switch to using pasta or rice for their dinner instead. There might be a shortage of potatoes at …

Not that I'm advocating for this with RAM, but another tried and true solution for necessary goods with limited supply is rationing. This is what got everyone through WW2, for exam…

"We don't trust the llm, so we built a tool that uses the llm to check if the llm can be trusted"

It does. The initial strike, while effective, has proven to achieve absolutely nothing, or less than nothing. Neither Iran's military nor logistic nor even administrative capabilit…

If you've ever read anything about the internal culture in Microsoft, you'd know this is extremely implausible.

Tax payers strictly pay for the judges' and other court personnel's salaries. The vast, vast, vast majority of the cost of any civil suit is paid for by the parties to the suit.

For certain use cases, probably. For others, no. For example, hardware that uses GNU software must be patchable by users (if it is patchable at all). Hardware running public softwa…

> Furthermore, I don’t think you can really assume that the courts will rule a certain way on this just because of the money involved; there’s a lot of money involved when it comes…

I believe there are still ongoing lawsuits on this in various places, I don't believe it's fully settled law - though, as I mentioned in my post, I also don't expect there is any r…

The concern related to copyright is not that the AI labs would assert copyright over the code produced by their LLMs - that is a complete strawman. The concern instead is that LLMs…

I would bet a lot of those are still not being designed by a team that is working for you specifically. It's also important that if the statistic is 7-10% of homes , that's very di…

There is established precedent on the fact that CBP can search the phone or other devices of anyone crossing the border for no reason whatsoever. I couldn't tell you the exact just…

Be that as it may, it is very much established law. CBP can search your phone when you are crossing the border without needing any specific justification other than the fact that y…

Sure - I'm just pointing out that it's pretty well accepted that they have a right to access your data for inspection when you cross the border, just as they do your luggage. I'm n…

I think one of their main justifications for claiming a right to inspect your phone is the possibility that you could be carrying illegal data on it, such as CSAM (which they appar…

> False testimony of what? False testimony of what your password is. > Can you be compelled to provide testimony that allows a police officer access to your private data? When unde…

The 4th ammendemnt is the one that protects your data and other possessions in general, not the 5th. The 5th protects you from being compelled to give testimony that might incrimin…

You could still be brought before a jury to determine if you knowingly provided the wrong PIN (and thus knowingly gave false testimony) or not. Records of you intentionally setting…