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by chii 7mo ago
it's indeed a distinction without a real difference, but terrorism is specifically targeted at civilians to produce some political outcome. It's wild to suggest that terrorism against the US should not be responded with by militar
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by chii 7mo ago
and that is why as one of the haves (by virtue of you being on this website), it is important to prevent any have-nots from getting nukes.
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by chii 7mo ago
that is what it means to be a superpower. Don't be naive and think that there's natural justice and the world is fair.
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by chii 7mo ago
most people are just utilitarian and do not care for "art" (in the high art sense). AI is perfect for that. It reveal, perhaps to the dismay of those who revel in high art, that it might be an illusion that art has genuine creativ
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by chii 7mo ago
i would imagine localstack is a sniff-test - aka, if it doesn't pass localstack, you don't run the more expensive real AWS integration test. In other words, like food, you don't eat the cost unless it passes the sniff test.
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by chii 7mo ago
You either die an open source project, or live long enough to see yourself become ad-driven in the name of sustainability. Firefox has already done so to google, and when a fork is big enough, they certainly will hear the siren's call.
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by chii 7mo ago
wanting to own the platform first before the "killer application" became known is how they intend to keep extracting rent for said killer application when it appears. Consumers need to be wary, and take steps to prevent such an ou
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by chii 7mo ago
> decline accelerates as _developers_ begin migrating to other platforms developers don't control what platforms an enterprise would use. Vendors don't dictate the platform either - vendors sell to a customer, and so it makes s
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by chii 7mo ago
but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
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by chii 7mo ago
But if the ai built solution is slightly less stupid, then it's still a win isnt it?
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by chii 7mo ago
a licensing agreement is not work for hire - work for hire means the person doing the hiring owns the copyright, not the person who did the work.
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by chii 7mo ago
> non-transferable so you can't create works for hire than?
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by chii 7mo ago
> made the movie of Project Hail Mary without paying one dime to Andy Weir. and is there anything really wrong with that? I personally would have liked to see fan made movies of various IPs like star wars, and harry potter, but it is imp
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by chii 7mo ago
> ISPs would be forced to give in to the RIAA/MPAs demands to permanently terminate the accounts of internet users over completely unproven (and often inaccurate) accusations of piracy. and this is already true today, except instea
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by chii 7mo ago
That's why i would rather see insider trading made legal, but transparent. Instead of quarterly filings, if you are considered an insider (or is affiliated with one), you are required to have your trades be instantly reported and be pu
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by chii 7mo ago
a lot of people determine what is right by who is on that side - the right side is the group that they identify with, and the wrong side is the group they dislike. And you get the hilarious (if not sad) situations often, where the exact sam
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by chii 7mo ago
Action speaks louder than words. It doesn't matter what people say they prefer, their actions reveal a true preference.
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by chii 7mo ago
The cost of the grid has already been paid for. Upgrades to the grid has a higher per-capita cost, if there's fewer people paying for those upgrades today. But they're not worse off, because the upgrades are better. For them to be
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by chii 7mo ago
> it’s whatever policies the school has. so the school takes on that responsibility, as deputized by the parents. Kids don't get unfettered access to the streets while at school. They can't take their bikes and ride out at wil
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by chii 7mo ago
> Billions of listens vs. thousands (?) of shirts. how much of the revenue derived from those listens turn into commission to the musicians? Those t-shirt sales came about because of those listens, so even tho the music wasn't as r
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by chii 7mo ago
They are not forced to make those kinds of capital investments if they're unable - they'd be no worse off than today. Those who do get cheaper electricity (in lieu of whatever they could've otherwise spent that capital on). H
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by chii 7mo ago
i much prefer using the ATM, self-checkouts and an e-commerce website, over having to talk to somebody at a branch to get money, buy my groceries, or booking a holiday.
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by chii 7mo ago
that's because those other things mentioned are quite irrelevant in every day life, but the apple products' quality or bad appstore practices are directly affecting the said complainer on HN.
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by chii 7mo ago
The grandparent post has the belief that human interaction is intrinsically better. Not sure i agree, but i can understand the POV. However, the increase in fake videos that are difficult to tell from real is indeed a potential issue. But t
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by chii 7mo ago
You are asking whether someone should not have picked the military career if it was the best fit for them, just because you are personally morally against what they do? That's why i dont confound the military with the political aparatu
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by chii 7mo ago
> Surprised comments are so negative it's because people cannot disassociate their own anti-war views with the benefits of a military career.
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by chii 7mo ago
Yep, i hit the same issue(s). Gave up after a couple tries.
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by chii 7mo ago
Yep. I would prefer to see an epub version, which would be readable on more devices with different form factors, plus you could change the fonts and spacing etc.
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by chii 7mo ago
> good luck getting the average person through the setup process. an enterprising hardware manufacturer can take on the mantle, and be the trail blazer with a no-setup machine that works. Personally, i would imagine something like framew
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by chii 7mo ago
> divest "culturally valuable" IP early. the fact that the IP remains culturally valuable means there's still profit to be extracted. I say let the IP die by voting with wallet. Let indies produce newer IP which would disp

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