dredmorbius

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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Contrast: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386895 >. (Cop-City activist arrested for failure to provide smartphone data in a customs search.)
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Solomon "Sol" Wachtler appears to have coined the phrase. He is a retired New York judge, ultimately chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals. And still living at 96. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Depending on the jurisdiction and court procedural rules, there may be other routes to an indictment. I'm no expert on Ohio law however, so I don't know what specifically applies here.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
If words have meanings, no. Jury Nullification arises out of double-jeopardy protections specifically , which requires a trial and not-guilty verdict . This is a failure-to-indict only . < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Paywall/archive: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387289 >
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
There are apparently problems with wipe/restore under GrapheneOS: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060780 > (From the HN GrapheneOS account about a month ago.)
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
< https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389273 >
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
This discussion was raised last time this story was discussed. I was among its advocates: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49061890 >. Briefly: no. Less briefly: < https://news.ycombinator.com&#x2
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
That's the part of my comment I was least comfortable with, particularly with regards to local / state jurisdictions. A judge, if involved, might request such a dismissal based on the Grand Jury's decision. Or perhaps not.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
The US DoJ does not prosecute in county courts. From TFA: "A Clermont County grand jury, however, opted not to indict..."
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
The more charitable interpretation would be "knowledge embodied in copyrighted works collected and duplicated without grant of rights". < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821172 >
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Pretty much my thought: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388777 >.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Two years might be too short. The overwhelming majority of works have an effective commercial life of less than ten years. Present-value analysis further reduces the individual benefit of long-lived copyright. That is warrented in only a
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
The thought occurred a few days ago that presumed copyright assignment might be a further casualty of our Brave New World of Ubiquitous AI Content. Under most Berne Convention nations, copyright exists in all works "of original authors
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Quoted, and sourced, in the comment you're replying to. Yes, I'm aware.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
This is not a jury nullification (which is an emergent property of US Constitutional double-jeopardy protections), but a failure to indict , that is to bring criminal charges (a "bill of indictment") for potential criminal cond
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
This isn't jury nullification which occurs during a criminal trial, and for which US Constitutional double-jeopardy protections mean that no further trial for the same offence may be brought. This is a grand jury , which has refuse
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
There's a very widespread confusion over the meaning of inalienable . The word does not mean "cannot be refused". It is trivially possible to refuse someone the right to life (kill them), liberty (imprison them), or h
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Sauce?
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
< https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15360228 >
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Given the butt-emphasis, there's also a certain allusion to Sir Mix-a-Lot.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Complexity should be relative to the material covered. Verbosity without substance is tiresome. But so is hand-waving and vagueness over complex topics (the hallmark of conspiracy theorists and absolutist fundamentalists). Providing a rich
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
The real value isn't in getting it at the time, it's having those seeds planted, among a population who will likely read very little after graduation, to find fertile ground later. There's all manner of things I'd St
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
I've had a similar experience, with the same play, but in an absolutely minimalist setting . No sets, the only props were a few chairs, and costumes were the same white slacks and smock worn by all the players. And it absolutely wo
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Richard Heinberg Has Died(resilience.org)
5 points by dredmorbius 2mo ago|2 comments
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
There are a number of other rememberances and obituaries online: "Remembering Richard Heinberg: ‘One of my core mentors is gone’" < https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-07-30/in-memoriam-ri... > &
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Another substitution that passes almost unnoticed today was elevator operators. Elevators were complicated equipment which could kill people (and still occasionally do). Otis's Safety Brake (1850) made elevators possible , but it wa
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
1999, from some digging. Now noted in the title.
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
The podcast the article is based on runs only 3m38s, so the text length seems about right. Public radio used to have spots for short features at the end of flagship programming, slots that are now almost universally filled by sponsorship sl
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by dredmorbius 2mo ago
Right, 1999 per episode dates.

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