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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
But it's transformed now! Edit(seriously): >Transformativeness is a characteristic of such derivative works that makes them transcend, or place in a new light, the underlying works on which they are based. In computer- and Internet-
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49068738 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127284
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
See, what you are missing is the games that would be played if they did a secret election. "Can you prove that only employees voted in this?" "Can you prove there was no ballot stuffing? " I am not generally pro-union, I
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
There are some who took this view when LEDs were first mandated. Light bulbs were dirt cheap, yes they use more electricity but their waste stream is glass with a bit of metal. Now we pay more for something that lasts a bit longer with more
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
I have not seen anyone arguing only nuclear to get rid of fossil fuels, what I see is people arguing that we need nuclear to supplement renewables to remove fossil fuel and the other side saying renewables and batteries(and maybe the occasi
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
True but sometimes someone hits a button on the inside by mistake. Or someone was going to get off then decides not to.
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Vacuum for "convenience" of being able to turn it on with a phone. I could actually see hooking up a projector to wifi to allow it to stream videos.
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Um...If I make an app that reroutes people's payments so that I can skim a percent off the top and release it for Android and IPhone as a shopping app, how would it be Google and Apple's fault? Sure they try to vet the app but how
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
I think a law that makes a marketplace responsible for items being sold if the qty of items is above a threshold would be a great idea. You don't want to penalize someone selling their Xbox or lawnmower on Ebay but you want to stop wha
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
That's part of what I was thinking about, we have people with little/ low skills that we pay to do things that make no sense. https://fortune.com/2025/05/18/gen-x-entrepreneur-line-sitti... We can p
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
We say wages are high in the west, yet we are literally paying people to stand around in line for us. https://www.investigatetv.com/2026/01/16/professional-line-s...
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Or maybe just from the cities to the seaside.... https://blog.myheritage.com/2018/08/good-old-summertime-our-...
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
As a company there may be liability to collecting the data, not sure. But as a private person as long as you are recording in public and not in a restricted space, you have a right to do so. How does the claim that the people whom they con
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Yes it is because the argument is that you can't trust the government because they lied. >Comments on YouTube videos during the COVID-19 pandemic clustered similarly around "concerns about side-effects, effectiveness, and lack
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Someone should start a surveillance company and put up their cameras pointed at the politicians houses. If they then try to get them taken down using legal action they could sue under equal protection clause. Edit add: Make data stream of c
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Not sure what you mean by illegal. India, Israel, Pakistan and South Sudan are all non-parties to the non-proliferation treaty. Iran is a party. North Korea was a party, gave notice to withdraw, said they were still in then said they were o
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
You're initial comment was: >> FDA says... >This admin has lied repeatedly. Why would any of us believe a statement solely because the admin said it? Do we need to give them the benefit of the doubt despite how many times they
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Don't gaslight. It was very possible at the beginning of COVID that it was an airborne virus. However the CDC proclaimed that there was no evidence, therefore no one should wear masks. https://www.nbcnews.com/health&#x2
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
I disagree with the current Iran action, however we can't just say that Iran has been forthcoming and compliant with their agreements. >During the 1990s and early 2000s, Iran developed several undeclared sites, which were identified
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
This is the same argument that the anti-vaxers had about the COVID vaccine. My only advice is to become a domain expert or have friends who are domain experts.
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
Why is scanning a book transformative(a la Google) but reading data off a CD and putting into a digital format not? How is streaming bits of the music from your computer not transformative?
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
This is a primary LG fault, however I would say that Microsoft also has a fair bit of blame here. They are downloading and installing something without the users consent. It's nice to have drivers work without any intervention, same wi
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
The above proposed system could get ugly... Family A enables system. Kid B sends dick pic to Kid A. Kid A decides to view it, Apple notifies and makes it viewable to Parents A. Parents A are now guilty of possessing CSAM. (Distributed by Ap
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
I would appreciate sources from the GP but the claim was that businesses within 1 block of bike lanes declined faster then those without. The business community as a whole would be serving as the control for other external factors.
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
The same rules in Canada and Mexico.
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
The average US border official is just like the average official(and non-official) anywhere; mostly bored, waiting for their workday to be over so they can go home and do the things that they actually enjoy. Not to say they don't make
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
This news and the timing of it seems like it is trying to elicit your response. Flock has been getting a lot of bad press recently. The first batch of firing that happened in GA was not because of Flock safeguards, it was because an intern
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by themaninthedark 3mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt Toxicity The LD50 value for soluble cobalt salts has been estimated to be between 150 and 500 mg/kg. Thus, for a 100 kg person the LD50 would be about 20 grams.[209] Cobaltism
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by themaninthedark 4mo ago
I know that it is not a zero sum game and I get there are changes but I am not talking about 1976 to 2026. I am talking about 2025 to 2026. Or 2024 to 2025. My premise was that input costs are stable and as automated as possible. We still e
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by themaninthedark 4mo ago
Sure 10% deflation would be a problem but so is 10% inflation. What about 1 or 2% deflation? People would still need food, to replace or repair cars. People would still want and need to buy houses. Inflation to my mind supposes that we have

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