simiones

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by simiones 5d ago
The conflict in Palestine is created entirely by Israel. The militants are just the people who refuse to lay down and take it. This has become more and more obvious - if not through the genocide in Gaza, then through the rapid illegal colon
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by simiones 6d ago
One fun thing I remember from reading some EULAs for physical games I bought in the past: the EULA for StarCraft at least explicitly said that you are required to obtain prior written permission from Blizzard Entertainment before lending th
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by simiones 6d ago
> Obviously Apple did the research on this. Just like they obviously did the research on the Apple VisionPro and that is inevitably going to be the next big computing device, right? I think the research is exactly what's happening r
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by simiones 7d ago
Ohh, yes, I had not at all understood that this was what you were referring to, especially as I had already suggested this is a real, though to my mind implausible, possibility. Now, as to how plausible this is, we'll actually get into
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by simiones 8d ago
Their statement has two possibilities: A: If gravity is quantum, then (B) there must be some particle-like think that we call a graviton that mediates the interactions, and then seeing a rubidium atom fall must have been an interaction with
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by simiones 8d ago
There is a difference between "being in a superposition" and "occupying the same space". The uncertainty principle basically tells you that an electron is never in a defined place - it exists with some probability in man
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by simiones 8d ago
The statement "if gravity is quantum, this was an interaction with a graviton" is true even if it ultimately turns out that gravity is not quantum. The statement is about the consequences of a premise, and is not falsified if th
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by simiones 9d ago
> There aren't laws to ensure that. Within specific jurisdictions, sure, but not globally. Many trademarks are indeed more or less global. > A lot of companies also don't trade under their full name. Apple, famously, wasn&#x
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by simiones 9d ago
I'm sure it's also a matter of how much time you actually dedicate daily to this - and it's quite hard to maintain passion and focus for 8+h /day on the same game for 30-40 years.
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by simiones 12d ago
DNS names are never permanent, they are in fact extremely im-permanent, always requiring periodic re-registration (though, to be fair, with pre-emption rights, so you have some guarantee of keeping your registration if you don't forget
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by simiones 12d ago
> Also, .name filled an actual need for general non ccTLD That's a silly idea. While there are laws that ensure to a decent extent that there is a single company called "Google", so that it's relatively unambiguous wh
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by simiones 12d ago
The problem is that "with a handicap" is in itself ambiguous. People sometimes use it positively, sometimes negatively. That is, you say that Shin had a two-stone handicap, that can in itself be understood as either "Shin was
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by simiones 12d ago
Only if you were to assume that a player's prowess remains constant throughout their career, which we generally know to be false. (I'm completely inventing dates here) If Fisher played Kasparov in 1990 and Kasparov played Carlsen
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by simiones 12d ago
A small note - it's Elo scoring, not ELO. It's named after Arpad Elo, it's not an acronym of any kind.
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by simiones 12d ago
> the type system ensured that, unless the capability had been revoked, illegal requests would not type-check at compile time I don't think I can imagine what you mean here. How would my compilation success depend on whether an Admi
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by simiones 12d ago
The question is - how do you get the ability to write to pathA and to pathB but not to pathC, while another user gets the ability to write to pathA and pathC but not to pathB? Do you get a huge list of capability keys when you log into the
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by simiones 12d ago
Oh, I'm sure it can be done, and what you're describing sounds quite nice. All I take issue with is the claim that this is a way to make the unauthorized actions "impossible to utter". The reality is that, at least at so
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by simiones 12d ago
First of all, this necessitates a certain data model, where instead of a "UploadFile(file, destPath)" operation, I have to have a "destPath.UploadFile(file)" operation. This would be ok for this case, but not all operati
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by simiones 13d ago
> If the subject can utter the action, then it can perform it. This sounds like another layer of weird terminology that doesn't mean anything for someone who is not familiar with whatever capability system you're thinking of. S
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by simiones 15d ago
Do you have proof Apple is facing unexpected demand for the Mac Mini because of AI? Do these news sites?
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by simiones 16d ago
This comes off as claiming that no one could possibly read Harry Potter if they haven't read The Illiad yet, nor the Illiad if they haven't read the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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by simiones 20d ago
Note that it's not uncommon for even more widely prescribed medication to have no firmly established mechanism of action. Acetaminophen/paracetamol is probably the best example. Ultimately medication is prescribed based on evidenc
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by simiones 20d ago
> SSRIs do not have the same level of supporting evidence, and the effects are not as durable. To the extent that we can measure depression, SSRIs have been widely proven in gold standard phase III clinical trials to help with the treatm
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by simiones 20d ago
You are assuming a lot about the competency of some specific doctor who knows where in the world...
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by simiones 20d ago
> Are you sure about that? At that time, hard drives were constantly spinning. Getting them to suspend was a rare feat. I am pretty sure, though, of course, memory is highly fallible (and note that I was a kid back then, and didn't
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by simiones 20d ago
> This allegedly violates the GPLv3 clause that requires the release of the source code for the entire work if they are combined to form a larger program in or on a storage or distribution medium, such as the flash memory of the STM32F40
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by simiones 20d ago
Do you mean physically modifying a printer you bought from Bambu, and selling that on? Potentially as a service, where you buy in bulk and re-sell with this modification? If so, I don't see how that would change anything about the soft
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by simiones 20d ago
Nothing stops anyone from briging a suit and representing themselves.
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by simiones 20d ago
Can you share a link? This would be a vindication of the SFC's position, which holds that what people commonly call "TiVoization" was in fact already not allowed by the GPLv2, and that the GPLv3 makes a slightly more complica
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by simiones 20d ago
It is actually a very relevant real-world definition - even though I agree with you on the intangible value of time. The reason why it is very relevant is that, in the way we have unfortunately structured our economy, the amount of work you

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