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Comment · 8 days ago
Just the name made me think it would be an esoteric language with instructions encoded as "DUCK DUCK ... GOOSE"
Comment · 7 months ago
Not a fan of trade barriers, but love it when CEOs go to jail for ignoring the law. Now start enforcing copyright laws against AI companies please <3

A (classically) liberal society can only work if everyone is held to the same standard of the law.

Comment · 7 months ago
A majority thought differently. They knew who Trump was and who Kamala was, and they voted for Trump. That's how it goes in a democracy... Anyways, they're getting what they voted for
Comment · 7 months ago
Especially given that a popular open source project recently tried to do exactly that.

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327

I really got fooled here for a second, but the unfortunate reality is that people will try this soon, and someone will have to litigate this, if open source is to survive, which will take years and millions of dollars to resolve

Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
That's like saying the EU fundeh Hamas because they gave aid money to Gaza. If you squint at it the right way then maybe, but fundamentally it's disingenuous to call something like that funding.

But "the Jews .. uhm, I mean Israel .. had it coming and they did it to themselves" is always a favorite, isn't it?

Comment · 10 months ago
Care to articulate them?
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes. This wording just misses the mark and sounds super tone deaf

Not sure that an apology is necessary though. Some overconfident marketing person tried something, and it failed. That's what happens if you try stuff. They should just try harder next time

Comment · 1 year ago
I'm sure you're fun at parties
Comment · 1 year ago
You're mixing up AI and Blockchain there, bud. AI has other, much deeper problems than energy usage, but nice virtue signalling nonetheless.
Comment · 1 year ago
Love the idea! And thanks for sharing the script =)
Comment · 1 year ago
If you can find such a "choke point" that makes it relatively easy to enforce, then maybe. But I suspect that won't work for certain products especially if they're B2C, and still by only regulating the supply side without actually changing anything about the demand you don't really get good outcomes
Comment · 1 year ago
Who is "they"? The government is generally not in the business of developing software

But I have to agree that actual alternatives are a prerequisite for changing anything about the dominance of the US tech sector

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