It'll do both... dumb management and bean-counter types will replace people with AI, and the AI will suck at actually getting work done.

Lose-lose!

AI might make newbies faster at producing... something. Probably something full of bugs and security holes.

But it won't help non-newbies with software development, of which "coding" is a relatively minor part.

Sure. I just happened to have an unused Raspberry Pi Zero lying around, and the LED display was about $5, so meh... decided to do a little project.

I didn't buy one, but I did build one with a Pi Zero W and an LED matrix display.

The reason it's Internet-connected is to sync its time using NTP. It's the one clock in my house (other than computer or phone-based ones) that I don't have to reset after a power failure or adjust for daylight saving time.

As for the subscription crap: Just don't buy products that use these shenanigans. Vote with your wallet.

No. Capitalism is an excellent system when it is coupled with a social safety net, decent regulation, and proper workers' rights.

Unfettered capitalism where all that matters is the bottom line, regulation is seen as evil, workers are expendable, and ethics be damned... that's what's fucking us over right now.

He's part of Make America Grate Again.

I agree. The lack of meaningful and effective opposition in the USA ("The Land of the Free") is breathtaking. And while they're at it, they should repeal the Second Amendment because all it does is result in 50K+ gun deaths per year and has zero effect on stopping a tyrant from taking over, its supposed rationalization.

Hey, credit where it's due. At least they didn't use AI to make the ad.

Replying to myself... also, I suspect that if the court rules that only software authors can demand a remedy, some author will step up to the plate. There are hundreds of contributes to the Linux kernel and other software most likely used by Vizio and I'm sure the SFC will find at least one of them to act as a plaintiff.

By selling binary code to consumers, though, there's a contract between Vizio and the purchaser because the GPL says that the purchaser gains the same rights under the GPL as the seller, and that the seller is responsible for fulfilling those rights.

So IMO, anyone who purchases GPL'd software has the right to demand source code. I can't see how a court would rule otherwise, but IANAL.

Here's the thing: If the court says that the provisions of the GPL are invalid, that doesn't mean Vizio gets to just use the code all it wants.

No, since the GPL is the only license that permits Vizio to use the code, if it's ruled invalid, then Vizio loses all right to use GPL'd code for any reason whatsoever, and basically it would have to stop selling its products. It would mean the death knell for Vizio.

Jesus fuckin' Christ, it's Roget's Profanisaurus.

And fun fact: The Profanisaurus is the only dinosaur to have survived the asteroid. Because of it's super-strength from its salty language.

Don't be so fucking prissy. Swearing at the right time and place, and in the right amount, can be fantastically cathartic.

I read somewhere that swearing triggers portions of our brain deep down the way a primal scream would. And when animals are trapped or frightened, they often emit such a scream, so I wouldn't be surprised if it had a beneficial evolutionary reason.

Yes, I know. It was a terrible lapse in security. But given the chaos in a busy airport, I would not be surprised if it happens once every 5 million passengers. People are only human and humans have lapses.