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Trump "may die in prison" if he doesn't strike a deal: Legal analyst
  • Oh yeah - you're talking about that cabal of elites who prey on small children in the basement of a pizza restaurant right (it sounds stupid when he said it and it sounds stupid when you said it).

    Talk to a lawyer and ask how long you can prolong a parking ticket if you happen to have a few million in the bank - let alone one of the most complicated conspiracies of lying to the federal govt the country has ever seen.

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    After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe
  • I'm not sure its a sure thing for adobe (the established company) that this newer company is infringing per se. You need to do business with the trademark to 'use' the mark - the caption makes it sound like they will change their mark before doing any business? On the other hand, advertising counts as doing business where the mark is associated but that can get a bit tricky..

    If we assume this is not an advertisement, then it's just like anyone else scribbling down the logo of another company on a sheet of paper and saying I made a thing

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    Justice Samuel Alito Insists Congress Has No Power To ‘Regulate’ Supreme Court
  • Indeed, I posted this on another thread about the court

    Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Smith Adams, September 11, 1804, "but the opinion [Marbury v Madison] which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch."

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    Justice Samuel Alito Insists Congress Has No Power To ‘Regulate’ Supreme Court
  • It's right on the courts' info page

    https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/about

    Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it. Congress first exercised this power in the Judiciary Act of 1789. This Act created a Supreme Court with six justices.

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    Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works
  • I absolutely agree with the second half, guided by Ian Kerr's paper "Death of the AI Author"; quoting from the abstract:

    Claims of AI authorship depend on a romanticized conception of both authorship and AI, and simply do not make sense in terms of the realities of the world in which the problem exists. Those realities should push us past bare doctrinal or utilitarian considerations about what an author must do. Instead, they demand an ontological consideration of what an author must be.

    I think the part courts will struggle with is if this 'thing' is not an author of the works then it can't infringe either?

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    Thousands of authors demand payment from AI companies for use of copyrighted works
  • The thing is these models aren't aiming to re-create the work of any single authors, but merely to put words in the right order. Imo, If we allow authors to copyright the order of their words instead of their whole original creations then we are actually reducing the threshold for copyright protection and (again imo) increasing the number of acts that would be determined to be copyright protected

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  • clerics

    Unsure if intended? You probably meant clerks

    But then again clerics also works since they probably do worship capitalism as if it were a religion

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    Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
  • Your right, but OP was incorrect in using the word policing when the Act passed by congress actually uses the words "domestic" law enforcement; (imo) arguably this includes any action that stems from edit: ACTING enforcing laws on domestic, as opposed to foreign, soil. Further the exceptions allow for military to "provide" resources that support domestic enforcement officer which (again imo) would not extend to 'not providing/actually removing' resources that domestic enforcement officers do already have..

    All that to say what the act does do is create a grey area that can be argued either way and which does force the federal government to have to think twice about using the military for such matters.. for better or for worse

    Edit for clarity

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    Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
  • Yes - same way Trump couldn't send in the military and had to rely on states' national guards to clear protesters before that infamous photo-op in front of the church

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    Matty Healy: Malaysia festival cancelled after The 1975 singer attacks anti-LGBT law
  • I've always had the opinion that anyone who can't handle those being free to love who they want must have repressed feelings - I don't see why that should apply any different depending on what country you live or whether you grew up in a society where the first repressed person made the original rule

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    If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today?
  • Since you mentioned you went to a school already (and assuming you meant some kind of post-secondary school); I do think it's outrageous that some schools limit full library access to only the time one is completing their studies. Lots of former students would benefit and since anyone with access through their employers is likely using the employer's library access, I can't imagine former students would significantly increase the cost of maintaining database access..

    I got lucky and still have access through the alumni association at my uni, but I don't believe that's true at all schools.

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    If someone from the 1950s suddenly appeared, what would be the most difficult thing to explain about life today?
  • Like I cant access in depth medical course or text book in engineering

    Why not? The common 'hack' is to join the wifi at your local uni if you don't have the necessary subscriptions for the platform but lots of stuff is open-access

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    Another win for the decentralized Fediverse when a government domain takeback can’t shut it down!
  • For .ca specifically: as long as you are a Canadian individual, or have a sufficient connection to Canada, or a Corp with a trademark registered in Canada then you are qualified to own that domain - but as to who is really checking I have no idea... CIRA complainants maybe?

    Here's some info about .world domains https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6300841?hl=en#zippy=%2Cterms-restrictions

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    Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.
  • It's not so much a matter of whether the service would work or not but whether the corporate directors would be exposed to criminal liability for continuing to provide such services without OFCOM being able to "understand" the encrypted messages: see 99(4) of the Bill

    https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137

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  • Tbf , we are trying to recreate certain elements of that platform in the fediverse and such a take would be needlessly nuanced

    "Stop the corporations" or "save the API" just isn't as effective as saying f the guy who decided to change things

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  • www.planetf1.com Christian Horner delivers major update on Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull future

    Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo moving back to Red Bull is NOT something the team is "planning" on doing.

    Christian Horner delivers major update on Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull future

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    Update from r/formula1 regarding meeting with reddit to reopen

    “If a moderator team unanimously decides to stop moderating, we will invite new, active moderators to keep these spaces open and accessible to users. If there is no consensus, but at least one mod who wants to keep the community going, we will respect their decisions and remove those who no longer want to moderate from the mod team.”

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