The Law of the Sea

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Post by Thevet » Fri, May 12, 2023, 4:40 AM UTC

The Law of the Sea
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Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by hn_throawlles » Sat, May 13, 2023, 3:37 AM UTC

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Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by noduerme » Sat, May 13, 2023, 3:58 AM UTC

hn_throawlles wrote: post #2

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That's like saying Assembly language needs a rework because everyone codes in JavaScript. Just because it's too complicated for you to follow doesn't mean it would be better to dumb it down.

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by wutangson1 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:11 AM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #3

hn_throawlles wrote: post #2

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That's like saying Assembly language needs a rework because everyone codes in JavaScript. Just because it's too complicated for you to follow doesn't mean it would be better to dumb it down.

It is not saying that. And, if laws are too complicated to be followed, then they are useless to society.

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by noduerme » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:39 AM UTC

wutangson1 wrote: post #4

noduerme wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's like saying Assembly language needs a rework because everyone codes in JavaScript. Just because it's too complicated for you to follow doesn't mean it would be better to dumb it down.

It is not saying that. And, if laws are too complicated to be followed, then they are useless to society.

Followed by whom? Every law will end up being too complicated to follow for some fraction of society. Do you think Donald Trump should wriggle out of a lawsuit because the tax or election law was too complicated for him to follow?

Law is CODE. The words are there in that order for many reasons that have been bug tested and are still being bug tested. Test the bugs! But don't claim you can't read the language.

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by oh_sigh » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:40 AM UTC

noduerme wrote: post #3

hn_throawlles wrote: post #2

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That's like saying Assembly language needs a rework because everyone codes in JavaScript. Just because it's too complicated for you to follow doesn't mean it would be better to dumb it down.

Not exactly the same, but ARM v8.3+ processors have an instruction named FJCVTZS, which stands for "Floating-point Javascript Convert to Signed fixed-point, rounding toward Zero"

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by dendrite9 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 4:43 AM UTC

wutangson1 wrote: post #4

noduerme wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's like saying Assembly language needs a rework because everyone codes in JavaScript. Just because it's too complicated for you to follow doesn't mean it would be better to dumb it down.

It is not saying that. And, if laws are too complicated to be followed, then they are useless to society.

Plenty of things are useful to society even if they are too complicated for the vast majority to follow, experts are a good thing. What about code? Or structural codes? Or details about electricity generation and distribution?

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by dang » Sat, May 13, 2023, 5:25 AM UTC

hn_throawlles wrote: post #2

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Please don't take HN threads on generic tangents. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by praptak » Sat, May 13, 2023, 6:02 AM UTC

Law of the land also has some edge cases. For example what happens to the state border in case of a major tectonic shift?

Is the border where the GPS tells you it was or is it where the border poles are now?

Re: The Law of the Sea

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Post by user6723 » Sat, May 13, 2023, 6:49 AM UTC

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