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Thread resulted in Google telling people that my cat was a real human woman(bsky.app)
2 points by Quanttek 8mo ago|1 comments
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Tell HN: EU soliciting feedback on law that could affect Open Access
10 points by Quanttek 9mo ago|0 comments
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by Quanttek 1y ago
> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s centre-left coalition agreed to “evaluate” a tax on internet platforms in its treaty signed in early May, agreeing that the proceeds should be used to strengthen the country’s media landscape. Not sur
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by Quanttek 1y ago
Can you specify ? The default heavy reliance on Reddit and YouTube, rather than trusted publications (e.g. Scientific American, NYTimes) and scientific publications, is worrying given widespread misinformation in certain scientific fields (
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by Quanttek 1y ago
That's exactly my point! Take the train to Zurich, then fly out of there and you'll get both a better experience and emit less carbon
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by Quanttek 1y ago
> My 55-minute flight from Geneva to Zurich didn't land on its first attempt. I know this is not the point of the article but why would you take a flight from Geneva to Zurich? It's less than 3h by train, which if you count the
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by Quanttek 2y ago
The idea is pretty easy: If an employer could simply ask you about past union activity (or activity indicating it, such as certain training) and then fire you for lying about your employment history when you omit it, then the protection for
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by Quanttek 2y ago
> Speaking of international laws of combat: no protections apply to non-uniformed combatants pretending to be civilians. None. They can be tortured, executed on the spot, whatever. Speaking of "armchair international law experts&quo
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by Quanttek 2y ago
I did not assert that it would be legally binding. However, it is considered to be quite authoritative by lawyers, including military lawyers. The two most controversial parts concern the idea of "continuous combatant function" to
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by Quanttek 2y ago
Exactly! The key difference is that the worker still count as civilians in the calculus that considers whether an attack is proportional (anticipated military advantage vs expected civilian effects) and whether the attacker took all feasibl
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by Quanttek 2y ago
That has nothing to do with your original statement. Yes, hospital can lose their special protection but must then be given a warning that gives them enough time to evacuate and only if that warning is unheeded, it loses special protection.
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by Quanttek 2y ago
While the DPH Guidance has it's controversial parts (Rec IX), the guidance on interpreting "directly participating in hostilities" is quite authoritative. And that should be emphasized: the Geneva Conventions allow the target
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by Quanttek 2y ago
You can target the manufacturing plants since they are military objectives but you cannot target the workers. If any war-sustaining activity would make you, as a person, a target, pretty much anyone could be bombed: farmers, bankers, power
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by Quanttek 2y ago
Years ago, scholars (such as Didier Bigo) have already raised concerns about the targeting of individuals merely based on (indirect) association with a "terrorist" or "criminal". Originally used in the context of surveil
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Neurotechnology Regulation and the Role of Human Rights(geneva-academy.ch)
2 points by Quanttek 3y ago|0 comments
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by Quanttek 3y ago
Relevant paras: > (γ) Statutory requirement to decrypt communications > 76. Lastly, as regards the requirement to submit to the security services information necessary to decrypt electronic communications if they are encrypted,
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by Quanttek 3y ago
Yes, that is very true. The Court generally does not oppose surveillance measures in general, as long as adequate safeguards are in place. However, I read the relevant paragraphs (paras 76-79) to be quite a strong rejection of any statutory
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by Quanttek 3y ago
I think that depends on what you mean: a general state of emergency or a specific situation where the police deem there to be an emergency (e.g. classic hidden bomb scenario) Regarding (2), the Court found that a statutory obligation to dec
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by Quanttek 3y ago
Slightly misleading: The Court's judgments are legally binding upon the State members of the Council of Europe. However, it is true that there is no armed enforcement mechanism – something that most domestic courts lack too – and inste
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by Quanttek 3y ago
Click on "details" and you can permalink
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by Quanttek 3y ago
For a better understanding: The Court held (in the circumstances of this case) that a legal obligation to decrypt E2E communications is a disproportionate interference with the right to privacy. The law in question specifically obligated me
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Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems(icrc.org)
2 points by Quanttek 3y ago|0 comments
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Guidance for using large multi-modal models in healthcare(who.int)
1 points by Quanttek 3y ago|0 comments
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WHO releases AI ethics and governance guidance for large multi-modal models(who.int)
1 points by Quanttek 3y ago|0 comments
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by Quanttek 3y ago
This is fantastic. If companies want to create AI models, they should license the content they use for the training data. As long as there are not sufficient legal protections and the EU/Congress do not act, tools like these can serve
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by Quanttek 3y ago
To add to what other commenters said: Your app sounds very interesting, but the use cases and use scenarios remain a bit unclear. Personally, I would love to be able to just try it without having to sign up. Right now, the copy leaves the u
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Juris-M: Zotero with support for multilingual and legal citation styles
6 points by Quanttek 3y ago|2 comments
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by Quanttek 3y ago
> The interim report identifies the following principles that should guide the formation of new global AI governance institutions: > - Inclusivity: all citizens, including those in the Global South, should be able to access and meanin
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UN AI Advisory Body's Interim Governing AI for Humanity(un.org)
6 points by Quanttek 3y ago|1 comments
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Marc Andreessen's Horrifying, Silly Vision of who should rule the world(nytimes.com)
5 points by Quanttek 3y ago|1 comments

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