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keikobadthebad··on The EU Throws a Hand Grenade on Software Liability
Thanks. It seems to beg the question for how long should there be some implied requirement to fix things, if you were just paid to work on a FOSS project (and what was paid for is available under a liberal license).

IOW if I got paid for some work on an existing project under a liberal license, what would I be getting myself into? (I assume the answer is 'nothing' if it happened before this directive, but if it happened after?)

keikobadthebad··on The EU Throws a Hand Grenade on Software Liability
How does this apply to FOSS under a license that explicitly doesn't provide any warranty?
keikobadthebad··on Is there now a generation of users who never worked with files?
Mightn't it be better to actually just autosave?
keikobadthebad··on "WordPress.org is not WordPress" [pdf]
Curious what can be said against the (correct) distinction between GPL rights for the software itself, with its uncontested written grant; and access to wordpress.org services, with AFAIK no grant.
keikobadthebad··on Ask HN: Autodidacts, give me your book recommendations
You know, there are important topics in the world other than academically blessed ones. There has never been an easier era to spurn 'books' and find the exact information instead.

... if that is you haven't been bent to the idea that's the only legitimate way to share and acquire information.

keikobadthebad··on Ask HN: Autodidacts, give me your book recommendations
Autodidacts learn by doing themselves. I am not sure they're going to dig this whole book learning concept.
keikobadthebad··on Matt Mullenweg and Entrepreneurial Hubris
I doubt another character assasination diatribe is going to help calm things down, or even bring any enlightenment to the peanut gallery.
keikobadthebad··on EV VW Bus
Vw will sell you a neq one for US$60K

https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html

keikobadthebad··on Automattic is doing open source dirty
GPLv2 operates on Copyright law.

This blowhard seems unaware there are also separate sets of laws around patents, trademarks and trade secrets the GPLv2 doesn't address.

keikobadthebad··on GPL Question
IANAL. Normal lgpl and gpl only applies on distribution, so no.

There's an affero gpl that would apply to your case.

keikobadthebad··on Control Amazon Alexa Devices in Home Assistant with Alexa_media_player
> Please note this mimics the Alexa app but Amazon may cut off access at anytime.

It's hard to see what the difference is in terms of paying money to amazon and putting their devices running firmware they control, into your house and network.

keikobadthebad··on Paper claims "AGI is intrinsically computationally intractable"
This doesn't feel like it will age well.
keikobadthebad··on Startup and Co-Founder Spouse
Where there are three, there usually becomes two and one. You're being invited to be the one and with both the two having their own bond, their equity will speak together.
keikobadthebad··on Is it normal that ALL my phones end up having USB problems?
Lint in the usb socket standing off the header from complete insertion? Small metal tools can often get it out, eg, precision tweezer head. Cable itself broken inside?
keikobadthebad··on Cloud Exit: 42% of Companies Move Data Back On-Premises
Agree with you, but another way to say it is cloud to drop it's prices to 1/6th of its current rates. It's not going to happen while enough chumps will pay 6/6th.

Saying 'no' to cloud is very possible, but you have to deal with various kinds of self-sufficiency and low level physical management.

keikobadthebad··on First 10km VTVL attempt of Chinese Nebula-1 rocket shoot by drone [video]
Kirkland brand spacex
keikobadthebad··on [dead]
Meanwhile in reality, the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with nightly drone attacks and civilian casualties from Russian aggression. That is why Russians are not welcome in the West.
keikobadthebad··on "...The hot takes on Amazon's new strict return-to-office policy are wrong."
Despite the annoying title the guy's thesis worker dones are going under the buses at scale for profits sounds credible.
keikobadthebad··on What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving over RTO policy
That's a good point: demotivating people and making them leave, having all those side effects on bystanders... it's all coming from the management decision.

And this is Amazon, they are normally so careful about mental suffering of coworkers... ...

keikobadthebad··on Tell HN: Stripe Link closed my account without explanation
Sounds like they don't want to do business with you because they think you are Russian.
keikobadthebad··on Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023)
From Jan 2023
keikobadthebad··on Ask HN: My son wants to learn how to build ASICs
Google have a foss prouction flow for 130nm

https://github.com/google/skywater-pdk?tab=readme-ov-file

You have to know a lot before you can know what you're looking at.

keikobadthebad··on Germany could have saved €350B and cut emissions by 73% with nuclear power
Until the time comes to try to clean up the site. The plants are sold that you just turn them back to 'an empty lot', The truth is just one site in the UK is forecast by the government to cost GBP124bn 'over the next 120 years'

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-provision...

keikobadthebad··on [dead]
"2 feet minus 6 inches" is also fine
keikobadthebad··on What the hell is a luminiferous theremin?
What the hell is 'a sign wave'? Ariel is a washing powder, aeriel is an antenna.
keikobadthebad··on The Humane AI pin can't be resold
Seems like they can't sell it the once either.
keikobadthebad··on Blockchain and Spatial Computing Are Transforming the Automotive Industry
Blockchain sure as shit isn't transforming anything in the automotive industry. So this guy's opinions can be safely ignored.
keikobadthebad··on Wesh Network: Async mesh network protocol
Web3 junk.
keikobadthebad··on LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads
Main point is link to left-green French alliance website was unpostable on threads... that sounds pretty bad if true. I can see a trans author sees that through a subjective lens, but it affects everyone, right?
keikobadthebad··on New all-optical approach to revolutionise night vision technology
This is definite going to have privacy implications...
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