clmul

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   by clmul 7y ago

   > This included tax returns, account passwords for my wife in case I died, personal documents and spreadsheets, and just about everything I had paper copies of at home. This is why you should never store passwords on your computer /
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   by clmul 7y ago

   I'm also not a lawyer, I can indeed see it being prudent to not go looking at code you're not legally allowed to use related to what you're working on right now (I wouldn't do that). But I can't believe looking at a
3. 63.▲
   by clmul 7y ago

   An argument could be made that the "access to knowledge" does mostly not require the high bandwidths which are being provided as the selling point of the Starlink satellites. Surely most parts of the world already have access to i
4. 64.▲
   by clmul 7y ago

   Here's the thing though: suppose you have worked for some previous employer, and seen their proprietary codebase. By your logic, you'll never be able to work on anything else or for any other employer without being a legal risk to
5. 65.▲
   by clmul 7y ago

   This seems like a really silly point of view: it would be similar to saying that anyone ever reading a novel would not be able to write their own.
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   by clmul 7y ago

   In the Netherlands, interest rates on student loans are currently 0% (they're tied to the 5 year bond interest rates), and there was a huge outcry when they planned to tie it to the 10 year interest rates instead...