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Comment Re:Uncalled for (Score 2) 126

I know this is the internet, but the parent's statement does not deserve such an insult. Asking why a company would claim to have issues finding employees while they are simultaneously laying off employees, which is contradictory, is a reasonable question. Holding companies accountable, that use programs like this seemingly for their own benefit at the expense of Americans in the labor pool, benefits everyone.

Having trouble finding employees at the same time as laying off other employees is not necessarily contradictory, unless said workers have the same skills and experience.

One theoretical example - due to automating and streamlining internal processes, you could have too mqny support staff while at the same time having a demand for experienced developers. Or a transport company 100+ years ago transitioning to lorries wouldn't need as many horse support staff as they have, while trying to recruit mechanics.

Comment Re:Uah no (Score 3, Informative) 147

The case for this browser, is that there needs to be multiple independents web browsers, to push for innovation. Google Chrome is NOT open source, and is bloated and monopolistic. Competition drives innovation!

Northstar browser is implements in C, takes a few minutes to compile and is secure because it doesn't rely on a JIT compiler.

Comment Wow, thank you Slashdot! (Score 5, Informative) 147

Available for Windows on Windows store
Git repo https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen-browser.
There are 3 variants of the browser now, so we can do experiments and research. We also need funding. All variants are available open source.

We are 3 developers now, a Polish man, a Spaniard, and me in Norway.

Comment Re:Corporations must comply (Score 1) 22

... women's health tracking ...

Informing a woman, her menstrual period is late, is a mixed blessing in some countries: The government would like to get its hands on that data, in order to enforce its religious in-sensibilities upon her. Women with an Apple watch need to worry how committed Apple is, to privacy: If the government demands such data is forwarded to the government, Apple will fold faster than a cheap suit.

To be able to deny this to theocratic neofascist governments like Texas, the data is not available to Apple - it is stored encrypted on the device, and protected with end to end encryption so Apple can't read it. Easier to just subpoena all cell records of fertile women, and see if they are near women's health care locations out of state. Or just deny them the possibility of leaving the state at all.

Comment Re: Not by AI, by Anthropic. (Score 1) 125

Not a lawyer, but I don't think intent is necessary for it to be criminal. Negligence and can also have severe consequences that can be criminal.

"Negligence" isn't a magic word that you can say to remove intentionality requirement from any crime law, as you seem to think it is.

"Negligence"/"carelessness" vs "intent" is a difference between manslaughter and premeditated murder, to give one example.

Another: Let's say that you run a popular bar, and you've neglected a lot of regulations - a fire happens, and many die. You can and should be held accountable for that, even if you didn't intend to kill them.

Comment Re:A lot is because he can. (Score 3, Informative) 166

Because he is not (currently) a dictator, he can't make his own laws. He's limited in what he can do.

Tariffs are one of the few things in which he is mostly able to do unilaterally. When all you've got is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

To be fair, the Supreme Court judged that Trump does not have that authority. The Supreme Court that has enough corrupt members that his executive order trying to annul the fourteenth amendment was struck down just 6-3 rather than the obvious 9-0 with a comment describing how to actually change the constitution.

Comment Prices of games have gone down (Score 1) 102

Prices of video games have gone down, when adjusting for inflation. Looking at a couple of games from the 90s - TIE fighter in the mid nineties cost 50 USD, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 launching around 2000 had similar pricing. Adjusted for inflation, that's around 100 USD (slightly more) today.

I believe part of the reason for this is digital frontends resulting in a larger proportion going to the developer/publisher - about 50% went to the store, physical production, and physical distribution, now they get to keep 70% or more.

Here's an article from 2010 demonstrating this... and incredibly, prices have stayed stable since then.

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