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@nprofile…nst6 One of their points is that the contributor must own the code they contribute (i.e., have copyright over it), and they rightly point out that machine-generated code cannot be copyrighted.

2026-07-25 02:03:05 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x It's been 44 years. Who's still.waiting for the right time to see it?

2026-07-23 16:52:16 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj I read that it's from a memory one of the founders had from childhood. His mother would approach him with what he thought of as a hugging face expression. Cannot find a source for this.

2026-07-21 00:53:57 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj
(for 3 days while they repave it)

2026-07-13 15:14:13 UTC

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@nprofile…2wxk Try Aon as the broker and Munich Re as the reinsurance company. Nothing announced, but there are only so many companies in the space insurance business, and Munich Re specializes in complex/new payloads. Other major providers:
AXA XL
Swiss Re
Lloyd's of London
Secondary providers:
AIG
Allianz
Chubb
USAIG
Hiscox
Hannover Re
Other brokers (like Aon):
Willis Towers Watson
Marsh
Guy Carpenter
There are more, if not one of those
https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/6167144/space-insurance-market-report#product--adaptive

2026-07-08 16:03:11 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj We seem to be getting closer to running smaller, special purpose models on personal cloud, local hosting, or even on devices like phones. If the outrageous cost of using AI effectively melts away, we really may see it become an unobtrusive add-on to lots of things we do daily. This is closer than the big players care to admit: the general purpose open weight models are a few months behind at most, and the "specialized" models (e.g., for bug hunting) are proving no more capable.

2026-06-29 23:51:50 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…r6z7 in Trump voice:
"...and I want Lady Liberty on top! With wings! And in gold!"

2026-06-24 09:45:35 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj have they tried charging customers the true cost of doing business?

2026-06-21 01:02:55 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…52gx Actually thought he would get that part right. Trump is known for having an attention to detail when it comes to interior and exterior design, sometimes at the expense of utility. For example, Trump Airlines planes were lavishly furnished with materials that made them heavier and more expensive to operate.

2026-05-31 10:24:13 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…v2v2 Bezos claimed that "You could double my taxes, and it wouldn't help that nurse in.Queens." So, I looked it up. Jeff Bezos's effective tax rate is 1.1% of his actual growth in *wealth* each year. If doubling to 2.2% wouldn't help that teacher in Queens, how about triple? 10x? 50x?

2026-05-17 21:11:20 UTC

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@nprofile…5uqu @nprofile…pfuj rizz is out, after becoming Oxford Word of the Year, obviously. Using it would be cringe, if anyone still used cringe

2026-05-17 12:48:27 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj it is, and to stay current, one must use new terms like "cringeworthy" or "cringe-inducing". It's already too late for Ohio, delulu, cheugy, cursed, glaze, crash out, brainrot, and 6-7, because we, the olds, know about them

2026-05-17 12:05:35 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy The Misfortuneteller – Themisfortuneteller https://themisfortuneteller.org/

2026-05-17 03:29:24 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj the vocals are good, indeed, but I've heard others that were quite good and still AI generated.

2026-05-17 02:47:13 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj there are no credits at the end. Not on the web site either. Not a single person's name. Is this all (animation and music) AI generated? Wouldn't someone want credit if it wasn't?

2026-05-04 11:49:54 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy sodium-ion probably wins the long race, but lithium-ion won't go down fast. Lithium is about as common as lead and just as easy to recycle. Once we get to some volume in use, recycling will become the biggest lithium source, like steel (40%-70% from scrap) or asphalt (99% from recycled pavement)

2026-05-04 11:14:29 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy Moreover, the LCOE of solar recently dropped below nuclear for the first time. For electric utilities that necessarily plan long term, there's no incentive to build out nuclear, even with a ready supply of nuclear fuel.

2026-05-04 11:02:19 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy Gretacene - term (coined by @pluralistic last month) for the large scale shift to renewables. "Greta" refers to climate activist Greta Thurnberg.

2026-05-02 17:46:38 UTC

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@nprofile…kpv2 @nprofile…p7re @nprofile…ugpy likewise the cheesecake is delivered ready to eat to the Cheesecake Factory and is probably the same cheesecake as at other area restaurants

2026-05-02 12:16:03 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj it could have been anyone
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/504/930/567/213/132/original/1871f93b4f66b564.jpg

2026-04-23 12:57:25 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy I sure do! Just getting to the part that explains it way better than me.

2026-04-23 12:46:52 UTC

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@nprofile…ugpy Malus.sh says it returns code with corporate-friendly licensing, but it can't be, right? As affirmed by recent ruling, an AI-produced work has no copyright protection in the U.S., because only humans can hold copyrights. The court cases weren't about source code specifically, but there's no reason to believe the rulings exempt source code either. Malus.sh produces public domain source code, just like any other AI code generator.

2026-04-21 11:59:07 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…xp8v @nprofile…5ved Wirecutter has opinions on the best plain, white T-shirts for men/women and I just cannot

2026-04-16 14:13:55 UTC

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@nprofile…0ckw And not just in Ukraine
https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/russia-is-swarming-europe-with-young-agents

2026-04-05 11:53:19 UTC

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@nprofile…9sm6 @nprofile…hvu0 @nprofile…ugpy oh, like the Jólakötturinn, the giant Christmas cat in Iceland who hunts children that do not get new clothes by Christmas Eve

2026-04-03 18:36:10 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj They make tinfoil underwear too!
https://havnwear.com/product/wavestopper-boxer-briefs

2026-04-02 12:08:28 UTC

US courts recently affirmed that only humans can hold copyright; generated works cannot be owned or licensed by anyone, even if a human directs or makes changes to the work. I assume the current version of Claude source code is heavily generated by previous versions of Claude. Indeed, it would be preposterous to assume otherwise. If correct, then Claude source code became public domain as soon as it was leaked, and it cannot be copyrighted.
#nevent1q…jq3y

2026-03-29 19:15:12 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj who are the people going on these polar expeditions? How is there enough of them to support their own product line?

2026-03-09 21:08:42 UTC

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@nprofile…nzx0 @nprofile…ugpy The Romans knew about lead poisoning and to avoid it in drinking water. They preferred clay pipes over lead for drinking water, wherever possible. To the extent that lead poisoning was a problem, it was more likely because of the preparation and widespread consumption of must (grape juice) reduced to a half or a third volume in copper or lead containers.
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/Encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html

2026-02-03 02:29:10 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…jqjx We can't know. Maybe it was super boring watching them. Maybe the hell grasshoppers thought the hell ants were just too lazy

2026-01-07 02:31:58 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj some day I shall have my own great wheel of cheese
https://www.costco.com/p/-/whole-wheel-parmigiano-reggiano-approximately-80-lbs/100096211

2025-12-21 01:40:41 UTC

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@nprofile…xr3h Good thing the Egyptians didn't repatriate Joseph, Mary, and Jesus when they were refugees from King Herod's death squads.

2025-06-16 15:57:07 UTC

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@nprofile…tnvv That's what demonstrators in Hong Kong did: Cone, then douse with water brought for the purpose. I presume because you can only control the tear gas cloud so much by fanning, but dousing quickly makes it safer for everyone.

2025-06-16 10:57:22 UTC

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@nprofile…tnvv I'm no expert. But if they were this prepared, why didn't they douse the canister with water, once it was under the cone?

2025-03-19 19:56:11 UTC

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@nprofile…args For sure! And there were a lot of them!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_villas_in_England

2025-02-22 18:54:29 UTC

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@futurebird@sauropods.oh it seems like a good way to reduce congestion and raise much needed road work funds. Just don't often see people saying they won't stand for lower taxes.

2025-02-22 17:42:30 UTC

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@nprofile…args Could be the first protest in favor of keeping taxes high since the Boston Tea Party

2024-12-17 00:58:15 UTC

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@nprofile…0tvd Periodic reminder about why so many are not passionate about Jira
https://ifuckinghatejira.com/

2024-07-12 16:33:55 UTC

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@npub17lg…9uux #SellOut !!!