Vespasian

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by Vespasian 5y ago
As others have said, he is specifically trying to get an AI recognized as an Inventor instead of a human (where that is required). The invention does not seem to be important to him at all. He is filling similar cases all around the the glo
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Depends on how the directive is worded. I'd probably write something regulating the charging port on the device and the charging protocol
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by Vespasian 5y ago
As a layman I'm wondering whether CICO, as a grossly simplified model, is more useful when a person is very overweight/obese than when they are closer to normal weight. When you want/need to loose, say, >40 pounds it would
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Some of the stamps are not even related to imigration at all The German "visa" stamps on [1] are not from the government but from the national train company. The first one seems just to be the office stamp of the service / in
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Apple can still enforce in their rules the ability to cancel from one place If that's all they'd done from the beginning this ruling would not have happened. Apple wants to control the access to a very significant portion of the u
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Couldn't the CE requirements just be expanded to include "software security"? Environmentalism and sustainability are the political motivation but are not legally required afaik.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
It could be enforced on EU level through CE compliance. No updates -> No sale of future models Reasonable (security) updates could, for example, include a timely reaction to published vulnerability, A (responsible) disclosure process etc
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by Vespasian 5y ago
1. Security updates. No feature updates are required (Which is sensible in my opinion.) 2. The federal election happens later this month. Take this plan with a grain of salt. 3. The original article by heise.de mentions that the federal gov
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by Vespasian 5y ago
It probably requires updating user protection laws to deal with new business models and enforce interoperability. We are still in the Wild West Phase of SAAS.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Users in general (with exceptions) do not care about how and where their software runs and data is stored. For many people internet connectivity and local computation power (within the browser) is now good enough to skip installations and u
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by Vespasian 5y ago
I clarified that I did not intend to speak for you. Sorry for that. You'll be in luck then because you will still be able to use apples services without anything changing. This or similar laws do not obligate you to offer options.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Companies want to reach the users of the devices. Apple and Google effectively prevent you from doing that without being in their stores. The fact that "technically" you can install apps on android and "technically" user
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Your app might only be targeted at a single country or a single market with "easy" taxation rules across borders like the EU. Companies do that all the time and if they see the value of being available globally by paying apple 30%
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Not only the technical hurdles but also the legal ones need to be significantly lower. Google has enormous power over phone suppliers and can force them to preinstall their apps and store and nothing else.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
They wouldn't be forced to offer their services for free. However laws can and do regulate what constitutes a "fair" price for a certain service. In some countries the quasi/effective/total monopoly ISP is forced to
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by Vespasian 5y ago
The DRM decrypting stuff is breaking the ToS.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
It also breaks the drm. Search for "decrypt" in the repo for psst.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
They don't break the DRM and use the official WebAPI. > This app uses the Web API from Spotify, which doesn't handle streaming itself. So you'll need either an official Spotify client open or a lighter weight alternative s
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by Vespasian 5y ago
It uses private APIs to retrieve the decryption keys from the server and circumvent the DRM. It's certainly against the ToS and probably illegal in some jurisdictions
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by Vespasian 5y ago
I'm going to give it less than a year now that it has been featured on HN. This is too user facing and too easy to modify for DRM circumvention (if it isn't already doing that) Whether it dies through a DMCA takedown or harder DRM
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Laws need to hit the right amount of vague in order to be practical. Courts and legal traditions will fill in the gaps (especially in a precedence heavy system like the US one). It wouldn't surprise me if there isn't already a sta
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Then the way to fix this isn't a benevolent for-profit organisation deciding what is good and right but a data protection law that with teeth. Apple right now can change their stance on any of their rules on a dime (e.g. leadership cha
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by Vespasian 5y ago
If Facebook wants to own the public forum they have to manage it as well. Their power comes with responsibilities to keep it lawsful for all participants. That means removing unlawful speech while at the same time allowing lawful speech. It
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Yup. No problem whatsoever. I also had several resources there for years. Never got anything to complain about.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Calling him a troll is understating the crime he has committed. I can't speak to the legal situation, but from a layman perspective, murder or at least harassment with the intent to inflict bodily harm seem more appropriate. In 2020 sw
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by Vespasian 5y ago
In concur. Basically like gas stations. Different brands but the same products. Maybe loyalty programs for customers, special conditions for companies etc.
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by Vespasian 5y ago
In Europe it accounts for the majority of the BEV market. Hence Tesla uses CCS only on their Model 3 since 2018 (and probably all future cars)
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by Vespasian 5y ago
I think there is a conflict of interest: - Tesla obviously wants to have a exclusive network to boost their car sales. Vender lock in greatly helps them. - The Government / The public want ONE charging network which can be used by anyb
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by Vespasian 5y ago
That sounds more like job for the legislative branch of government (e.g. parliaments).
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by Vespasian 5y ago
Thanks for going into further and teaching me the correct term for this.

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