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Re:Claim: Private GitHub repos included in AI dataset on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:47PM (#39771187)
Depending on the license, how is this legal?
Plenty of java software is used by regular users. Minecraft is incredibly popular and one of the few games that (used to) run natively on mac.
So? The users paid for a machine that is supposed to "just work"
Re:macOS 14.4 causes JVM crashes on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @10:02AM (#39755819)
If something works on OS release version 1 then it should still work on OS release version 2.

Or in apple vernacular, it should just work.

First day on the internet?
How could it be done better?
PMTiles is great for a static background. You can easily do a layer on top with geojson like you say, or even just by storing your own data in postgres and using postgis ST_AsMVT to turn it into a vector tile layer. Stick a cachebuster in the URL & a http cache in front and you can call it a day.
Re:Detect Caps Lock with JavaScript on Friday March 15, 2024 @03:30PM (#39719755)
This is a public forum, we're not DMing
Re:Prostate cancer includes two different evotypes on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:30AM (#39703745)
Everyone is capable of learning else they'd have died as a toddler, or any time since when they tried to cross the road.
Re:Prostate cancer includes two different evotypes on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:29AM (#39703738)
Correct, we don't have AI yet.
Re:Prostate cancer includes two different evotypes on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @05:09PM (#39697544)
AI has always meant Artificial Intelligence. Intelligent and capable of learning, like a person.

LLMs are not AI.

Re:Detect Caps Lock with JavaScript on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:34AM (#39691070)
Stay your lane, and if you really feel the itch go contribute to firefox or something
Re:Detect Caps Lock with JavaScript on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:28AM (#39691034)
`<input type='password'`, just like TFA was talking about?
Re:Detect Caps Lock with JavaScript on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:19PM (#39686517)
> Ideally developers could let the user know their caps lock key is activated.

That would be up to the User Agent (the browser), not the website.

Maybe I don't want to have to worry about if a PWA is good enough, and will remain good enough?
Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @06:11PM (#39685557)
> Proper support on all platforms. No point working on PWAs that have janky tooling (reason: see previous sentence) when they're only going to work decently on Android devices anyway.

If you need it spelled out for you:

* WebUSB

* WebBLE

* WebSerial

* WebGL

* Many more standards Apple refuses to implement because it would let developers break free of their walled garden

Without being able to target apple devices why would I, or anyone, bother using these technologies and invest in their tooling? Just make a native android app with quality tooling that's been around for a decade and be done with it.

What does Apple's boot taste like?
> The App Store is by far much safer to use than Google's Play Store

By what metric? The warm fuzzy in your stomach because you believe apple's bullshit? Have you actually used the play store? They are identical.

Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account on Saturday March 09, 2024 @01:00PM (#39653497)
Try reading my post again, maybe? The tooling is pretty janky because no one does this yet. No point to torture yourself with janky tooling when you only get to target android anyway...
Re:AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:59PM (#39653479)
It shouldn't be a problem if you only train on legally acquired data. You will know the authors name and can contact them if you so wish.
Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account on Friday March 08, 2024 @05:05PM (#39647086)
> What's actually missing that's stopping this from working?

Proper support on all platforms. No point working on PWAs that have janky tooling (reason: see previous sentence) when they're only going to work decently on Android devices anyway.

Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account on Friday March 08, 2024 @05:00PM (#39647040)
The WWDC audience cheers at everything.
Re:How to become a pirate archivist (2022) on Friday March 08, 2024 @04:39PM (#39646828)
> It seems like bigcorps are definitely still fighting against piracy

Microsoft with OpenAI is leading the race, but all of the AI orgs are basically just laundering copyrighted material they do not have the rights to.

Re:How to become a pirate archivist (2022) on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:38AM (#39640895)
The thing is that countless of lives have been ruined by bigcorps for doing "piracy".

But now the bigcorps see it as a way to gain more money and control over other's lifes, so suddenly doing piracy is totally fine and for the greater good!

The worst part is that these individuals whose lives have been ruined weren't even harming anyone. Their operations were on such a small scale that it barely had any impact.

But these bigcorps are looking to reshape society, destroy many jobs and industries, rewrite social contracts, and it's all just hunky dory.

Turns out you can ignore copyright law if your company has enough money.
Re:Apple Terminated Epic's Developer Account on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @02:31PM (#39620198)
Then you shouldn't position yourself as a gatekeeper. I also don't want to pay taxes, but have to comply with the law anyway.
Mysteriously not on the front page.
> Just like it is not legal to do copyright infringement indifferent to how much you own the hardware you do it on.

It is legal for me to make a copy of any copyright protected media using hardware that I own. It is not legal for me to share this copy with others.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuiskopie

Why would software that lets me use hardware that I own, installed in my machine, be subject to a cease and desist?

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