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People capable of liking some paintings or prints or whatever can rarely do so without knowing something about the artist.

Every day thousands of people visit museums and galleries and peruse thousands of artworks by artists they know little about (even famous artists) and form perfectly valid opinions. Sure, it may help to know about the artist to understand the artwork in greater context, but that is by no means a requirement in order to form an opinion about what you see on the surface.

It's also possible to appreciate and have opinions about ancient art, where we have no idea who the artist is.

I did this in 1989, as if C had been written by the folks who brought you COBOL:

  #include <stdio.h>

  #define OpenBrace {
  #define CloseBrace }
  #define OpenBracket [
  #define CloseBracket ]
  #define OpenParenthesis (
  #define CloseParenthesis )
  #define NoReturnType void
  #define NoParameter NoReturnType
  #define MainFunction main
  #define Semicolon ;
  #define FunctionPrototype
  #define ActualFunction
  #define PointerTo(atype) atype*
  #define OutputToStdout(astring) printf(astring)
  #define IsEqualTo =

  FunctionPrototype NoReturnType
  MainFunction OpenParenthesis NoParameter CloseParenthesis Semicolon

  ActualFunction NoReturnType
  MainFunction OpenParenthesis NoParameter CloseParenthesis
  OpenBrace
    PointerTo(char) string IsEqualTo "Now is the time for all good men, etc.\n" Semicolon
    OutputToStdout(string) Semicolon
  CloseBrace

If your body is in shape, you can socialize, and you're good at your job that pays you well, you can still suffer from depression.

Can you provide some insight into a) how you know somebody else should take a given drug, without having examined that person yourself, and b) whether you're qualified to prescribe that drug?

Yet another reason for Windows 10 users to not upgrade.

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-july...

Especially because some of us used Kagi back when it was an e-commerce payment processor, and that's what comes to mind whenever I see the name.

Unless prompted to do so, why would it? From the article: "Every shortcut you merge into your codebase is a signal about how things are done here."

Also, logging and telemetry only tell you what the app is (or isn't) doing; unless the logging includes user input, screen captures or video recording, it won't tell you where the user failed to understand the UI.

Good catch, thanks. Unfortunately that information wasn't in the email.

Now, do hyphenated words count as one word or two? Do numbers count as words (e.g. is "12 years old" three words or two?) If I write 1,000 words but concatenate them without spaces, is that still considered 1,000 words, or one single word?

Does it have to be 1,000 words?

Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all.

Not to be pedantic but does this mean "1,000 words or fewer," "at least 1,000 words," or "exactly 1,000 words?"

I'm asking because with school assignments the number is usually a lower bound, but with writing contests it's often an upper bound (sometimes even a fuzzy limit).

You don't hack a static HTML page, you hack the (presumably public-facing) vibecoded admin panel that can update the static page.

Is free software free?

Just to clarify: you think your vibecoded dashboard is more secure than WordPress? Not saying you're wrong, just wondering why you think you're right. Are you auditing the generated code, or is it a giant yolo?

As much as your question may seem like reductio ad absurdum, it highlights the question of whether an automaton is capable of inventing and what it means to invent, just like the question of whether AI is actually "intelligent" and what AGI even means.

My opinion is that living beings like humans can invent; anything else (from simple calculator to sophisticated AI) is merely a tool that living beings can employ in their quest to invent.

It would be interesting to bring a Geiger counter to measure if there's any residual radiation.

I think you missed my point, which is that if we had invested early on (think 1970s) in wind and solar, by today they would be at a capacity such that we would need far less nuclear, coal, oil, and gas than we do currently.

It's a technicality, but I think those events don't qualify as both "accident" and "commercial." The Manhattan Project was a government project, not a commercial enterprise. Crofut's exposure seems to have been an attempted suicide, not an accident.

I realize the article is about nuclear plants and accidental exposure to radiation, but it conveniently omits the fact that thousands of people died from radiation when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked. Those bombings were no accident, of course, but from the point of view of the victims, what's the difference? They were subject to forces beyond their control, just like any other accident.

You're not wrong, but you seem to be missing one significant detail: if we had invested in renewable energy resources like solar and wind to begin with, we wouldn't have needed (as much) assistance from nuclear, coal, oil, and gas.

Individuals have a fair degree of control over whether they smoke or overeat. They have little to no control over a nuclear accident that may subject them to an indeterminate amount of radiation.

What do you mean by "US domains?" Domains registered by US citizens? Hosted in the US (in which case does that include territories)? Regardless of the definition, I don't see an easy way to do this, nor a reason to, since domains can change hands (and hosts) across countries.

There are a number of ways someone could do this; one commonly suggested scheme was to buy put options that were expected to expire worthless, allowing the buyer to (probably) take a loss.

That means if an individual buying ACA insurance was going to earn $55k, they'd be better off reducing their income by $6440 and getting under the $48,560 subsidy ceiling than they are earning $55k.

I am told by a CPA: In the US tax system, one is limited to deduct $3,000 of net capital loss against their otherwise taxable income. These put options would generate a capital loss. Therefore, this strategy would not accomplish the goal stated in the article.

He put himself on the proverbial map in 1979 by dialing into a software company’s server and copying its forthcoming operating system release in its entirety. Imagine convincing a Microsoft server to cough over an early copy of Windows 12 using little more than a phone number.

Windows 12 was in development back in 1979? I think that timeline is a bit off.

Lots to comment on but this stood out:

“A lawsuit like this heightens the demand for Generative AI replacements.”

Most generative AI corpora were arguably trained on copyrighted material, making the output potentially infringing.

I hate my inbox being inundated with spam as much as the next guy but that doesn't mean drawing and quartering the perpetrators is justified.

Fining executives is hardly drawing and quartering.

They're betting that the target demographic will pay a premium for the form factor, not so much the tech specs.

It's a nice theory, but only works if the company gets caught and fined enough times to make a difference. Even a zillion dollar fine is useless if the law isn't applied. Also, when the fine comes out of corporate coffers, not individuals' pockets, there is less incentive to comply with the law. If you really want results, fines should come out of management's personal bank accounts, not to mention some jail time.

I asked if they could change that part of the lease. They said they were "unable" due to "demand and interest in the property."

Was it a paper lease? Because you could always cross out that section before signing, not to mention write in your own addendum. They would probably still balk, but you'd be within your rights to do so.

"Fullbody Ultrasonic Computational Tomography"

FUCT, huh? Genius marketing move.

Absolutely nothing? That's certainly not true. My experience is that those who grew up learning the command line are so familiar with it that they excel at navigating those bespoke keystrokes more quickly than any GUI user who has to scroll, point, and click. Add to that features like command history and autocomplete, and shell users are often far more productive than GUI users.