[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 11 months ago

States have always had control over federal elections and candidate qualifications. That's been fundamental to American federalism since the very beginning.

It's not like oath-breaking is the only disqualifier, and states decide those too.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 1 year ago

Just recently I was reading about blind people who got experimental eye implants several years ago. They're having serious problems now because the company stopped supporting the implants.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 1 year ago

If OpenAI owns a Copyright on the output of their LLMs, then I side with the NYT.

If the output is public domain--that is you or I could use it commercially without OpenAI's permission--then I side with OpenAI.

Sort of like how a spell checker works. The dictionary is Copyrighted, the spell check software is Copyrighted, but using it on your document doesn't grant the spell check vendor any Copyright over it.

I think this strikes a reasonable balance between creators' IP rights, AI companies' interest in expansion, and the public interest in having these tools at our disposal. So, in my scheme, either creators get a royalty, or the LLM company doesn't get to Copyright the outputs. I could even see different AI companies going down different paths and offering different kinds of service based on that distinction.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 1 year ago
  • The right to make medical decisions on behalf of the other
  • The right to visit the other in the hospital
  • The right to make funeral arrangements for the other
  • The right to survivor's benefits (veteran's benefits, Social Security, private pension, etc.)
  • Income tax breaks and credits
  • Tax breaks on inheritance and estate taxes
  • Tax breaks on money and property transfers between spouses
  • Immigration and naturalization rights
  • Can't be forced to testify against the other (usually)
  • Communications between married partners are privileged from discovery in civil and criminal cases (usually)
  • Joint adoption rights
  • Bereavement leave
  • Joint bankruptcy protection
  • Automatic recognition of the relationship by every state, nation, etc.

Etc. There's something like 1,000 rights, privileges, and responsibilities that attach through marriage only.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 1 year ago

The issue isn't whether it's a healthy idea. The issue is that the employer is overstepping personal and professional boundaries.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So apparently this woman works for a competing (fringe right wing) book publisher. In which case Scholastic might have grounds to sue.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 35 points 1 year ago

If he's too crazy to be guilty, then he's too dangerous to be freed.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 1 year ago

This is why I appreciate the scene in Undiscovered Country where Kronos One glides into view, seeming to align itself to the Enterprise's orientation.

https://youtu.be/AkqZja1IBfk?t=129

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 1 year ago

There's already a mechanism for the House of Representatives to hold cabinet secretaries to account.

She'd have to read the US Constitution to know what I'm referring to, of course.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 1 year ago

Explain why you cannot be contacted by telephone call

No.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 37 points 1 year ago

That's actually pretty articulate and respectful for a hexbear user.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 1 year ago

That's not landlord/tenant that's just people/people.

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