I think it's safe to say that intent is what matters, not the technicality of communicating that intent. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention

This opinion is so backwards, it's actually impressive.

The purpose of a locked boot system is to control what the device does as much as possible, which intentionally, or incidentally (it makes no difference) means the manufacturer and only the manufacturer gets to decide how much privacy they get to invade.

Get real.

In practice, patents don't really restrict the availability of a technology, from a consumer perspective. Patent holders regularly licence the use of patents. The only purpose of a patent is to fund research costs by creating some guaranteed revenue stream for the patentor.

The only time what you describe happens is if a company ignores its prime directive to generate profit. Such benevolent companies are a very rare thing.

It's a tech demo. It's not made to be practical. It is made to spur the imagination.

For the public, this probably sounds like a strange and non prestigious reason to pursue a career in law, but for lawyers, dealing with people's idiosyncrasies is one of the juiciest and most interesting parts of the job and a big reason to be drawn to the profession to begin with.

You say that like it's everyone else's job to do that. So long as you (and by extension everyone else) carry that attitude, nothing is going to change.

I feel like the very situation you lament is caused precisely because of people with your attitude who basically just roll over and give up on making this country better. I have no sympathy for apathy.

Touch grass. No really. There's an ultra high def Instagram for free, for real. /outdoors

Are you here because you believe in something and actually want to see it happen, or are you here just to stroke your own ego. Ain't nobody got time for that second part. Get real.

Comparing it to a subway is totally unmerited. This system is all the bad parts of a subway combined with all the bad parts of roads, with not an ounce of the benefits. It's truly a stupid thing.

I would support this.

Almost half of countries with a sales tax exempt foreigners from sales tax. Even more apply a 0% rate. The US seems to be the only notable exception. This is not a good answer.

So unprofessional.

Learning ESPHome has been the most liberating thing. Take back control of your home. Local first. Privacy respecting.

Clown egg number phase.

Just a taste of the deepening US oligarchy, as more public services are gutted in the favour of corpo interests.

Tobacco company selling cigarettes to kids. More at 11.

My dude, only 24 years have elapsed in this century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century, the 25th year has only just started. Try again next year.

That you aren't uncultured swine. Or at least that you are considerate enough to put in the effort to make the task of reading your posts as painless as possible.

Information is not truth.

The point of a teacher is to challenge the student. We become wiser by putting knowledge to the test, not by merely ingesting information. There is as much misinformation as there is true information, if not more. That is why learning is only complete once the misinformation is separated from the true information. And the only way to do that is to experience the information in the context of the real world.

This is just as true for machine learning/AI BTW.

Interestingly, each and every title portrayed here is, individually a lie, and collectively probably more accurate. Because the truth is usually much more nuanced and complicated than can be distilled into a short book title. But you won't get that by reading a single book or author. And while reading multiple authors is closer to getting to the truth, the real truth is found when you put the books in context with your own experiences and reality.

That's not an excuse for climate denial though. A teacher will rightfully tell you your world view is too small to experience climate change.