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by cygx 1mo ago
> So not balking means being willing, right? In this case, willing to proceed with what he was planning to do, that is, moving from Windows to Linux against Microsoft's wishes. edit: And you're right that this implies &quot
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by cygx 1mo ago
Per Merriam-Webster, 'to balk' means: 1: to refuse abruptly 2: to stop short and refuse to proceed Per Cambridge Dictionary, it means: to be unwilling to do something or to allow something to happen So "He did not balk&
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by cygx 1mo ago
Merriam-Webster has balk as to stop short and refuse to proceed . To understand the intended meaning, put the emphasis on the first part: If the mayor did not balk, he did not stop, that is, he refused to comply and proceeded with his pl
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by cygx 2mo ago
>> a public domain codebase with some GPL code > which would still be a GPL codebase If the GPL-licensed parts have become so insignificant that they can easily be replaced, it effectively no longer would be.
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by cygx 2mo ago
In the absence of more specific legislation or court decisions, the same rules that cover usage of any other public domain code would apply.
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by cygx 2mo ago
From the 2025 Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence [1]: > The Office concludes that, given current generally available technology, prompts alone do not provide sufficient human control to make users of an AI system the autho
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by cygx 2mo ago
You want to prevent the transition from a GPL codebase with some public domain code to a public domain codebase with some GPL code. One way to do so is to outright ban contributions leveraging tools that are able to generate public domain c
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by cygx 2mo ago
> do you have references for such code being legally considered public? There's a human authorship requirement for copyright protections. In context of AI, cf Stephen Thaler v. Perlmutter, eg. at [1]. [1] https://en.wikis
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by cygx 2mo ago
Note that humans do come with different types of 'input streams': Hit my knee in the right spot, and I'll kick my leg, no choice about it. Scream at me to LIFT MY EFFING LEG (in a language I do understand), and I may or may n
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by cygx 2mo ago
On the flip side, Coderberg does not owe anyone free infrastructure...
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by cygx 2mo ago
I'd argue there's a qualitative difference between using machine learning for specific data analysis tasks, and using a generic agentic AI system controlled by some corporate entity. The association of the term 'AI' with
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by cygx 2mo ago
It's a matter of definitions, but I can at least understand someone wanting to make a distinction between reactive and non-reactive 'AI' (such as data filters). There's overlap and edge cases, though: Maybe you have a pr
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by cygx 2mo ago
Shrugs . I have no issue with someone claiming that a company making drills used exclusively for oil drilling is in the 'oil business'. However, I would not call such a company an 'oil company', so I take your point...
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by cygx 2mo ago
Are the majority of Adobe's and Autodesk's customers game studios? Because that was the basis of the argument that was being made. And just to clarify, personally, I would not describe JangaFX as a game company myself (as you poin
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by cygx 2mo ago
Yes in some sense, no in others.
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by cygx 2mo ago
Depends on what you mean by the term: Some companies are in the business of supporting game studios without being game studios themselves (eg animation companies you outsource your out-of-engine cinematics to). If all your customers are gam
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by cygx 2mo ago
Sure. Doesn't mean the statement itself was nonsense, as the post I replied to implied...
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by cygx 2mo ago
Phrased differently, they claimed that the entropy of the distribution of some quality metric tends to be higher on the domain of projects with vibecoded sites compared to the domain of projects with handcrafted sites.
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by cygx 2mo ago
But you seem to be arguing that having users compile their software themselves doesn't increase their security? On the contrary! I gave examples where source files get generated. This happens in one of two places: Either when the mai
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by cygx 2mo ago
Sure - but running build scripts on an end-user's machine requires the user to have all relevant tools installed, and isn't exactly reducing the attack surface... I still like the idea of shipping tarballs that include generated f
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by cygx 2mo ago
it's far from a given that the tools (e.g. browsers) used to read it are safe from malicious documentation files Generated HTML files are potentially easier to audit than the scripts/toolchains used to generate them on an end us
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by cygx 2mo ago
Why can't you store a (possibly shallow) clone of the repository in the "package" registry? Yes, that would be an option. As to your question, you generally want to version control input files, but distribute the generated
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by cygx 2mo ago
Ten years as of March 22...
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by cygx 2mo ago
Not sure this is the right solution for 2 reasons: First, I'm uncomfortable with making a package creator's VCS provider part of the language's module infrastructure. Second, not all files under version control necessarily be
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by cygx 2mo ago
But don't tell me they will fold because they have an article about the Odin programming language. Who should decide when to enforce the notability rules, and when to skirt them? I rather think people will vote with their feet once
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by cygx 2mo ago
In the good days of Wikipedia we just added or improved what interested us, no "authority" or bueraucracy involved. Such approaches rarely scale: When the Eternal September rolls in, you tighten the reins or get swept away...
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by cygx 2mo ago
Wikipedia doesn't care about Github stars, forks or discord members, but "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". As far as I'm aware, there are no articles in the press about Odin,
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by cygx 3mo ago
Isn't Wikipedia a compendium of facts? It is an encyclopedia of topics that meet its standards of notability (ie there exists "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject"[1]). [1] https:&#
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by cygx 3mo ago
As I understand it, the Wikipedia model is that anyone may contribute, but the information has to be collected from sources that conform to certain formal criteria. There are no such sources for Odin.
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by cygx 3mo ago
When open online spaces gain popularity, the threat of devolving into a cesspool of bigotry and misinformation rears its head. Sadly, moderation isn't optional. But how do you moderate? Do you establish your own ministry of truth? Only

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