Agent is a term lawyers use for some entity delegated to do a task for another agent. That's what I meant by "legal agent". I'm not a lawyer, so I don't want to be too definite about just what it means, but delegating a task to a agent doesn't relieve you of responsibility for how they do the job. And I don't think you can assume that maps precisely onto the way agent is used in the context of AI, though the meanings are clearly analogous.

That's a mix of meanings of agent. (Not a total disconnect, though.)
An AI agent is something set in motion by the AI to complete a task.
A legal agent (IIUC..not sure) is a separate legal entity that is accomplishing a task for the delegating legal entity. In that case the delegating entity is legally responsible for the means that the agent used to accomplish the task.

So there's a close connection, but I'm not convinced that the agents used by the AI are legal entities. (Actually, I'm not convinced that the AI, itself, is a legal entity, but the point I was making was that even if it *is*, the delegating entity is still responsible.)

OTOH, if you claim that "The AI did it", then the AI was acting as their agent. So they're still responsible.

The "leap hour" will just never be implemented. There's no need for it. Just avoid returning to Standard time from Daylight saving time one year, and switch the labels.

Unfair. If you actually rely on what he is reported to have said, rather than what others have added, he comes off as a good guy (outside of a few lapses, like that fig tree incident).

I happen to think he's as fictitious as Adam Selene, but that's almost irrelevant.

That's exactly what I was thinking when it turbo boosted over those cars/trucks!

Wow. Take the opportunity for self-reflection.

"Someone just performed a technological miracle, but they're rich and I've 'had hard times', so it's all bullshit."

I've had some pretty hard times, but that doesn't mean I swim in a sea of bitter resentment every day. I've been poor, I've been homeless, I've been hopeless, that car did something frikkin amazing and I'm impressed.

It means "you will own nothing", as they no longer offer FSD as a lifetime puchase. It's a subscription.

No, but *do* blame the Israeli government and their supporters.

I really do agree.
I maintain system images as part of my job, but it always made sense for me to extend that to individual devices since I am asked to help with them anyway. For me, this has been just adding a tweak here or there that grew over time. GPOs for Windows Home didn't become standard in my image management until Microsoft started inflicting Onedrive on everyone. Now I view it mandatory.

For what it's worth, I have a similarly long list of things I do when I configure a Linux system or MacOS. I definitely have to do the most arguing with MacOS since I hate some of the OS default software and Apple has a long history of breaking things that should be scriptable.

You can exclude them from installing through an autounattend.xml (see Schneegans.de for help building one) and prevent them from display via a GPO. You really want to use a group policy object because otherwise a Windows Update might put them back; it'll override a plain old registry change or user preference any time it wants but GPO changes persist.

It is trivial to restore Local Group Policy editing on Windows Home SKUs with a little powershell.

Get-ChildItem @(
        "C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package*.mum",
        "C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package*.mum"
) | ForEach-Object { dism.exe /online /norestart /add-package:"$_" }

Some GPO settings are ignored outside the context of Windows Education or Enterprise SKUs, but most of those are related to user behavior data mining. I can verify that if you're just trying to supress OneDrive, Bing Search and Microsoft Account sign-ins, those are all maintained just fine even on Windows Home.

...if I need to connect it to an account, and/or it needs internet access to function, then it's a guarantee that 1.) the conversations will be stored in Amazon's meat grinder, 2.) the user won't be able to delete them (just make them invisible for themselves), and 3.) it's going to turn into a subscription fee. ...if, however, I can download the transcripts over a USB cable into software that installs on my computer and works despite an application firewall that block outbound internet connectivity, then maybe it might be interesting. However, *nobody* makes hardware/software like that anymore, especially Amazon.

Yes, but that's not a legal argument.

"Carr's proposal could result in E-Rate cutting the discounts that schools and libraries receive for telecom services and equipment, and imposing more restrictions on how E-Rate money can be used."

What about that means disconnecting kids from the internet? What about that is a termination of the program?

Nothing.

Really? That thing that happens all the time across the media is something people are afraid to do?