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Comment · 2 years ago
In this case, both ethics and the law are murky.

Pretty excellent alignment, for once?

Comment · 2 years ago
Let’s add a clause to all OSS licenses:

“…comes as-is, without warranties and without any commitment for future work. Complaints will get your feature request deprioritised, may get you banned, and will look silly to any potential employer googling your name”.

Also, let’s make it a meme to call out unreasonable behaviour: stop Jigar-Kumaring!

Comment · 2 years ago
It’s not “luck”. They specifically look for such a donor.
Comment · 2 years ago
This procedure was first used about a decade ago in Germany.
Comment · 2 years ago
Prices have little to do with costs, and absolutely nothing to do with a minor issue such as local regulations of architectural standards.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
No, they’re just making stuff up.
Comment · 3 years ago
The New York Times figuring this out faster than the FBI is quite impressive.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is incredibly drastic data.
Comment · 3 years ago
Please read something. Preferably section 230, which is short. Alternatively something entirely different, as long as that keeps you occupied.
Comment · 3 years ago
There is absolutely no reason to believe there was another Single user getting this treatment before. The Elon-case was just copy & pasted as an ego-stroking hack.
Comment · 3 years ago
Well, technically they are looking for relative changes, not equal total exposures.
Comment · 3 years ago
Well don’t keep us guessing! What’s the secret cabal owning the financial system, according to your research, and how do they manage to own both the „serious“ business and the funny pages?
Comment · 3 years ago
That’s just mindless contrarianism. There are plenty of successes of international cooperation. Of the top of my head: protection of the arctic and Antarctic, restrictions in the trade of ivory, tropical woods, big-game hunting (and trophies) etc. Lots of fishery agreements, nuclear testing ban, standards for offshore oil drilling, double-hull tankers etc.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg and only wrt the environment. EU and NAFTA are also international agreements that have teeth, as is the Berne convention on copyright (even if you don’t like it). Unicode is the UN in action as is the boat that will pick you up if you happen to get stranded on a deserted island (and have the necessary, and standardized, beacon). If you’re a Mongolian in a Mexican jail or a Mexican in a Mongolian jail, your embassy will be informed and allowed to render legal support, thanks to an international agreement to that effect. If you’re being subjected to cluster munitions, your foe is one of the few people on earth that wouldn’t enjoy a trip to the Netherlands. If you find yourself being extradited to The Hague, the plane you’re traveling on will conform to internationally agreed safety standards. A kilogram, meter, second, or joule is the same as your trading partners‘, thanks ISO, and the T in NATO seems to be some mighty piece of paper, considering how it manages to scare the shirtless man shitless.

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