fkdk

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by fkdk 2mo ago
Time will tell whether Codeberg's approach of Valetudo-like community-building will work out.
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by fkdk 2mo ago
Thats the question, right? And thats exactly the point. It is about weighing the real cost of trillions of replicated license sections against some theoretical/imaginary risk of someone being successful in court with this.
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by fkdk 2mo ago
that make sense to me, but has this ever happened? has anyone ever downloaded some (in some way broken) software by an unpaid open source developer and then tried to sue that person? it sounds mind-boggling to me that this would actually be
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Ask HN: SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY – does this do anything?
3 points by fkdk 2mo ago|8 comments
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by fkdk 2mo ago
“To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.”
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by fkdk 2mo ago
Some of my early research (elementary school) suggested that certain glues can form a peelable, skin-like layer. Maybe that could be a promising way forward?
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by fkdk 4mo ago
Could be, i understood it differently
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by fkdk 4mo ago
Do you? Even if its a technical blog post and you learn incorrect things from it?
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by fkdk 4mo ago
Next up: Lawmakers put Indiana pi bill back on the table.
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by fkdk 4mo ago
Dawkins takes a functionalist position, which is the dominant perspective in biological research. The author makes it easy for himself by degrading the philosophical/scientific discussion into a political rant.
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by fkdk 6mo ago
You can't unsubscribe from this because it is not a normal service, but a racket. By definition: a service that creates its own demand.
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by fkdk 6mo ago
I advise having a read through Sapolskys book "Determined" to get another perspective
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Chinese chemical supplier causes global baby formula recall(reuters.com)
2 points by fkdk 7mo ago|0 comments
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by fkdk 7mo ago
What would "abuse" of an LLM look like? Saying something mean to it? Shutting it off?
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by fkdk 8mo ago
Seeing a borderline hustle culture article illustrated with AI slop in the style of Bill Watterson, who famously opposed commercial exploitation of his work, is deeply saddening.
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by fkdk 8mo ago
Is this some sort of joke/reference I'm not getting?
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by fkdk 8mo ago
> im lucky i've made pro Trump comments Once implemented, such regulation will stay even if trump leaves. When the democrats take over again, this will be used against you.
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by fkdk 8mo ago
I agree that they will never get the gold back, but is it really more likely that the US hands over that sum in cash?
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by fkdk 8mo ago
"Why d'you think the net was born? Porn, Porn, Porn"
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by fkdk 8mo ago
"fuck you i got mine" a true american indeed
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by fkdk 8mo ago
Maybe not the answer you are looking for, but rumor has it that engineers at VW were well aware of points like those you raise. However the CEO at that time, Herbert Diess, outspoken admirer of Musk/Tesla, pushed for touch interfaces a
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by fkdk 9mo ago
Interesting thought. In the end, this is an ethical question: How much pressure is justified to put on the general population for supporting their leaders? My feeling is that your perspective, likely shared by people like Bomber Harris or N
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by fkdk 9mo ago
historically german railway had a track record of treating people like cattle, but one would expect that not even institutional culture changes would take that long
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by fkdk 9mo ago
Maybe the authors are overly careful. Maybe avoiding to publish aspects of their work gives an edge over academic competitors. Maybe both. In my experience "data available upon request" doesn't always mean what you'd thi
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by fkdk 9mo ago
Including women would have been a legal nonstarter. The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered. Before you ask, yes, the constitution also says that men and w
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by fkdk 10mo ago
im not convinced that real estate will profit from the upcoming economic downturn. There's a reason people call it the "everything bubble"
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by fkdk 10mo ago
I have seen dozens of hours spent on debugging issues associated with this switch. One has to wonder how much manpower went into it globally. Is there some quantitative evidence that this made the world a better place?