shkkmo

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721.
by shkkmo 3y ago
I don't see how military operations outside of a country's legal territory is considered an "internal affair"
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> While it's true that there are U.S. states where it's illegal Its over 2/3rds of states and includes most major ones have laws against commercial kickbacks. Even in states that aren't you could be charged with fraud
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by shkkmo 3y ago
A fiction editor and a journal editor make very different assertions about what their role is and what their product is. A journal editor taking a bribe could violate claims and promises they have made for commercial gain and could thus con
724.
by shkkmo 3y ago
It is absolutely illegal. Many states have laws that explicitly target commercial bribery. Even where those laws don't exist, various fraud laws can also apply. I don't know if there is specific precedent here, but your broad asse
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Even the collaborators who did not engage in fraud show a shockingly low level of concern for correcting or retracting fraudulent papers their names are attached to. At this point, I think it is best to assume all involved are guilty and th
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by shkkmo 3y ago
There is already another submission on the front page, one that actually uses the original source and have hundreds of comments. Why do we need another? Can we get these merged? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39058428
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by shkkmo 3y ago
The answer is "it depends". Distribution is not a hard requirement for copyright violation. It can significantly impact monetary judgements. That said, there is also an inherent right to copy material that is published online in c
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by shkkmo 3y ago
The same kind that makes you immune to crashing a car, none. However the training presumably could help you asses and mitigate risks better than someone with no training.
729.
by shkkmo 3y ago
This is not correct. Untrained people can't be inside the flight zone while operating. This is roughly the downwind quarter of the potential flight zone.
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> this doesn't mean that you can't be arrested (i.e. detained for investigation) if you are a suspect. Being arrested and being detained for investigation are legally different things. You need only "reasonable suspicion&q
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> So why are you pushing for everything to have to be a general purpose computer? They are already general purpose computers that have been locked down. I strongly believe users should be able to own their devices no matter what kind. Wh
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> I see things that are clearly wrong afail Then point those things out and cite some resources or cases that support your claims. > I can cite cases too, but I really don't have expertise. Well, that would at least be better th
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> You can strong arm researchers into accepting worse terms, but that just means you'll get less research done, unless funding is increased. Many of the researchers are absolutely fine with this rule. It's only the top ASA lead
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by shkkmo 3y ago
You missed one of the key points: > Despite a petition signed by many ASA members, and a resolution from its own Committee on Publications “to express opposition to the decision by the ASA to sign the December 18, 2019 letter” — which th
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Yes, there are workarounds that are already used in other areas of copyright infringement. It won't stop the activity completely but will curtail the scale of that activity.
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Your link isn't very clear, but I think your are talking about the "clean room design" strategy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design The way this works is they way many of us are arguing th
737.
by shkkmo 3y ago
> There's plenty of FOSS software basically designed to violate copyright law (comic readers, home media center servers/clients, torrent clients) The key difference is that those projects don't violate copyright themselves
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by shkkmo 3y ago
If you skipped reading the article then don't comment on it.
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Why would you ever use a cookies to store a CSRF token? A CSRF token is a per request value and that's not what cookies are designed for. Generally the CSRF token is a hidden value on the login form.
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> What is all this based on? Supreme court precedents and the law. I've provided several of the relevant cases > Imagine how many people write falsehoods about Biden with clear, actual, malice! Biden cannot sue them (in a meaning
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Voting isn't an alternative method, it's a primary signal.
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by shkkmo 3y ago
In my experience HN does have biases, but many of them can be very dependent on time of day, topic or article. Sometimes you'll see one bias in a new thread but by the end of the day it will have reversed. "Backchannel" means
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> Can Biden sue me? Yes, but you can sue anyone for anything. You not being a "journalist" doesn't provide any additional protection. Biden being a public figure does though, as he would have to demonstrate "actual ma
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by shkkmo 3y ago
I've seen several studies, none that reached the conclusion you are putting forward. The closest was one that said a lower, but still high percentage nuclear power in France is optimal for reducing CO2 emissions given the nuclear infra
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> Yeah, if you use standard new construction capacity planning in some cases solar + wind wins. If you target a much lower average/maximum cost per GW (and higher consumption) nuclear wins. I'd love to see your sources for this
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by shkkmo 3y ago
I agree with some parts of how it was handled and strongly disagree with others. The USA also has had plenty its own issues with blocking speech. Few people know that the origin of the "shouting fire in a crowded theater" metaphor
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> democracies a private citizen can knowingly say false things about public figure That is not true. > Journalists can't usually knowingly publish falsehoods as news, but can as opinion Also not true. In the USA, journalists and
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by shkkmo 3y ago
Electricity from nuclear is neither limitless nor free. While we would have been much better off (in terms of global warming) if we had not hobbled nuclear power generation decades ago, at this point it's cheaper and faster to build ou
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by shkkmo 3y ago
> Most everything except photovoltaic is thermal. Huh? Solar, Hydro and Wind are all non-thermal sources of power. Edit: Technically I believe Solar can function as a thermal plant as well if you are using mirrors to concentrate light to
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by shkkmo 3y ago
This response seems silly. Do you not take shower or baths in tap water? The issue is the same.

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