HexesofVexes @ HexesofVexes @lemmy.world

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Got to love badly written laws right?

In this case, however, there is clearly no grounds as no IP is even remotely infringed. The onus is on the entity issuing the takedown order to check this (good faith being key, and an automated tool could be argued to operate entirely without this).

Sadly, it would be a long drawn out procedure without great odds of success as you suggest.

It was already janky when I found it - to be fair there isn't much out there about bad faith DMCA because the law is so badly written.

So this is what declaring war on Italy looks like.

Huh, neat.

Cough http://smithlawtlh.com/false-fraudulent-bad-faith-dmca-take-claims/ Hack**Cough

It's all about probabilities.

Truth is proof, and the article contains no details to establish this absolutely. So, we are left with supposition.

This wasn't an isolated man with nothing to live for - while his career in AI was over, he'd left it to pursue a moral agenda. Suicide is not likely until AFTER he testifies and discharged this.

The fact he supposedly had documents and a testimony that could heavily harm a company is enough to make it very likely his death was the cost of doing business - why pay a billion in a court case when you can pay a million for a professional hit?

On the balance of probabilities, it looks more likely to be like foul play. As they say, Epstein didn't kill himself.

Most of the time it's realising the difference between local and cloud storage. A lot of students get confused when trying to upload their first coursework - usually it's solved by just showing them the difference between local files (this is stored in a permanent local place) and cloud storage (this is stored permanently somewhere else).

So here's a teacher's insight:

Mac:PC:Chromebook Rich---Poor

There is a very strong correlation between the wealth of the kids on my module, and the device they have.

Mac users really struggle to understand the concept of local files without being shown. PC users, alas, snort too much SharePoint these days to be considered healthy - trying to save a word document locally these days is like climbing a mountain blindfolded. As for the Chromebook kids, they do their best with what they have, and given how little compatibility those devices have with the software I teach, I'm proud of them.

And here we see an expert hacker at work, with just a few commands as a root user, they managed to gain root access.

I mean, it sounds like a lawsuit to me.

1. A takedown request was issued on false grounds.
2. This takedown was then actioned without any due process.
3. The issue has caused tangible, and measurable, loss (calculable from prior sales records).

Honestly, there needs to be a fixed penalty fine for bad takedowns...

It's good in a way that isn't really expected - the only thing I can say without spoiling is it did something really different with things that had been there a long time.

Sounds like the dream to me - no more funding applications!

Protect the children: "Hey kids, have you heard about raid shadow legends? Why not go borrow mum's credit card because it's free."

Fun insider fact - the gambling industry learned things from that game.

Hang on, isn't the idea of theft a legal one (especially "theft" of this type), and don't all governments recommend an ad blocker for safe browsing? So now, do you break governmental decree or corporate decree?

Wait a moment, UK digital misuse act: "Unauthorised Acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing the operation of a computer", notice that "recklessness" clause? Would serving ads that encourage PuP or straight up malware downloads be reckless? Damn right it would. Does blocking adblock fall under this - oh my yes ("don't follow established safety regulations" is grounds for recklessness).

Sorry to say this, but the "it's theft to skip ads" argument makes about as much sense as Epstein killing himself (he didn't).

You know, one wonders if all academic works should be released under "academic license"...

Might be nice to sting these big companies for our free labour.

I mean, with winter coming in, and universities not bothering to heat the building, teams turning my potato work laptop into a furnace is the only thing keeping us warm this winter...

Serious question - is their long term strategy bad optimisation to sell hardware? Do they have shares in intel or something?!?

We also need irrational fucks for the complex field don't we?

I think, and here the key word is think as this goes beyond my mandate so to speak, it's more an act of resistance. A bit like protesting, but with less risk.

I'd say the aim is to rallying over retribution, to push those "good men" into fighting more strongly. It's not a bad tactic, it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.

It's also not really that widespread, searches for it are up because it's making the rounds is all.

The first time you say no to someone you really want to be with, that is when the 4B life starts. Till then, it's just business as usual (I really hope you don't sleep with/date people you don't like!).

The life continues when you see them with someone else, and realise some things can't be undone. People move on, they're not static NPCs you can just reload and date later.

It goes ever on, life stops for no-one and it runs it's course far too soon. To those who choose that path, make sure you know where it leads.

Edit: nice catch apostrofail! I'll keep no-one though, I feel they need that special dash bond ;)