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by wsng 1mo ago
There is no one-size-fits-all, but I would say NFS is nowadays not a preferred option for most modern distributed datastores. They are fine with local storage only, and achieve coordination with higher-level protocols. Running them on top o
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by wsng 2mo ago
Photographs now are presented in museums as work of art, and their creators are considered as artists. And me skribbling an illustration on a piece of paper doesn’t make me an artist the same way taking a selfie doesn’t make me an artist. T
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by wsng 2mo ago
As explained in the judgement, being well-known is irrelevant. This is not about consumer protection, but about brand protection. You are right that the decision has the potential to confuse consumers. However, that is on Open AI, they shou
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by wsng 2mo ago
Open AI has an independent descriptive meaning as composite term. You would practically trademark a whole class of products, not only a brand name. In contrast, open text is not descriptive in the sense of being a category of things. Theref
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by wsng 2mo ago
The app is open source, and it doesn't do that. I agree that governments should minimize collection of their citizen's data. I just don't see where it is supposed to happen in this case.
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by wsng 2mo ago
They have this information anyway if you have an EU passport or an identity card. The government app allows you to share selected properties of these documents with third parties.
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by wsng 2mo ago
You receive permission to use and modify a piece of software under conditions set by the creator. It is a license, not a gift. If you don’t like the conditions, use something else or create your own thing. I will never understand these comp
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by wsng 3mo ago
booking.com is in NL, and Spotify in SE. Both outcompeted quite some US competitors. I would add Hetzner as an example that EU labor laws are no obstacle to being competitive with US companies.
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by wsng 3mo ago
The harm was not done to the readers of the AI generated response, but to the defamed companies. And yes, it is ok to remove choice if the existence of that choice violates other person’s rights. Google can continue offering that choice if
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by wsng 3mo ago
The ones who were defamed are companies, and the ones who don’t check the AI generated response are their potential customers which won’t buy from them. It is obvious that the defamed companies are the ones having a problem, not the ignoran
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by wsng 3mo ago
> Just like 1.3 million global road traffic deaths per year are the price society pays for having cars, and believing that people should still be able to freely own and drive cars doesn’t make someone a “car absolutist”. Car traffic is h
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by wsng 4mo ago
In German law, any contract, including bets, is void if it is “sittenwidrig”. For example, if your wager in a bet is to become one’ slave in case you lose, this bet is void.
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by wsng 4mo ago
It's ok if they pay their taxes in shares, in case they ran out of money.
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by wsng 4mo ago
Lagarde is not a convicted criminal. She was convicted for negligence, but this is not a criminal conviction.
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by wsng 4mo ago
The regulation is enforced if someone uses it as title, e.g “Diplom-Ingenieur Max Mustermann”. I am not aware of a court ruling for any other kind of use. That being said, in Germany there is no official degree named Diplom-Ingenieur Softwa
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by wsng 7mo ago
It's different with services. If you close a mobile phone contract and use it for spamming, the supplier can cancel your contract.
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by wsng 7mo ago
It was not a flawed idea, but flawed execution. The law should have mandated to adhere to the user's "do not track" setting in the browser. That being said, it was very early regulation in this field, and more recent approach
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by wsng 7mo ago
As part of a smalltalk training, we had to go out and approach strangers in the public. I entered a tram to try my luck. As soon as as I sat down, someone else started to talk to me, and we had a nice conversation. I didn't even need t