Copyright is, probably, very Continental. In the late 15th century, before the arrival of the printing press to England, Venice had become the "capital of printing," and the Venetian Cabinet granted the first exclusive right to publish a particular book to Daniele Barbaro for a term of ten years. Christopher May (2002) The Venetian Moment: New Technologies, Legal Innovation and the Institutional Origins of Intellectual Property, Prometheus, 20:2, 172, DOI: 10.1080/08109020210138979. It was only later that England codified the concept of copyright.
I'm curious what evidence you have to substantiate this unlikely possibility? You suggest a (widely rejected) theory that political motivations, rather than ethics, cause the media to complain about Facebook's business practices as compared to Twitter. This conjecture seems to conveniently ignore the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, it's substantial funding by Zuckerberg, and it's socially progressive goals. They have, for example, advocated for incorporating Native American and black culture education in school curriculums.
There is, in fact, no amount of money Mark Zuckerberg could contribute toward progressive causes to absolve himself and Facebook of the stain of unethical practices.
I'm sure there is nothing I could do to convince you of that in light of a history of analysis through a politics-or-race only lens.
You would be appalled to know that the defendant in Miranda v. Arizona very likely did, in fact, kidnap and rape his victim, and yet that case established one of the most important substantive rights in criminal investigations.
Since April 2021, and at the time of the OP, there had been one non-readme related commit to the linked repository. And no, CQ-editor does not work on Mac for a variety of reasons, including code signing errors.
An unpleasant reinforcement of my decision to avoid anything Google—these folks have been cut off from revenue and search with absolutely zero recourse.
Unfortunately CadQuery (primarily its GUI) seems like its development has fizzled out, without getting it to the point of functionality on macOS. OpenSCAD, on the other hand, works quite reliably on Mac.
Also, it's clunky, but I've had success by using Python to generate OpenSCAD code. The best application of this was an SVG to OpenSCAD path converter.
This is extremely disappointing. I've just left a complaint on this issue. They've clearly taken steps to avoid pulling the rug out from under preexisting users, but this practice is overall so scummy for such an expensive, single-purpose product that it is converting me from an evangelist of the product to a protester. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this product to anyone anymore. I should've listened to my instincts about lock-in when I saw that everything passed through a proprietary cloud.
Is something a "joke" so long as it is said during a stand-up routine? Because I don't believe declaring yourself a member of "team TERF" (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) expressly in line with J.K. Rowling is much of a "joke." It's like saying "if that makes me a segregationist, call me George Wallace." It sounds more like an unambiguous statement that you align with opponents of trans existence.
Mozilla repeatedly extolls Firefox as the safest, most privacy-respecting browser, but keeps carving away at their goodwill with little barbs like this. It's a very odd image strategy, all actual privacy arguments aside. There must be other ways to monetize than becoming the digital version of a used car salesman.
I use 1Blocker, a very mature ad blocking tool that just added JS-based blocking rules, and StopTheMadness is a popular tool for tweaking websites e.g. forcing videos up front, stopping auto play, and showing their controls. This allows macOS native PiP on most websites that don't usually support it.
"The purpose of suing a government official in his or her individual capacity is to impose personal liability for actions taken under color of state law."
This case sounds like a Section 1983 civil claim for violation of constitutional rights, where you can hold the individual official responsible for money damages if they violated a clearly-established constitutional right acting under color of state law. 42 USC § 1983.
"Suing a government official in an official capacity, on the other hand, is an alternative way to assert a claim against the entity he or she represents. . . ." (citations omitted).
This is really just suing the state government unit to which the official belongs, but stated differently.
That's not getting into all the immunity issues that arise in suing officials/government units.
Note how much ink is used to target Tesla as opposed to Pappa's. The real reason that Pappa's is being sued under the Dram Shop Act is to destroy complete diversity, so as to avoid removal to federal court.
If they only sued Tesla, they might get taken to a less sympathetic federal court. By including a Texas defendant, Tesla can't take them out of a state court that may very well be far more sympathetic to local police, or simply more plaintiff-friendly in cases sounding in negligence or products liability.
"Actual malice" is a confusing term for a layperson because it doesn't mean what it sounds like. It doesn't mean "not liking" the plaintiff. Instead, it is the defendant's knowledge or reckless disregard of the statement's falsity.
This is a blathering article that goes everywhere yet nowhere. The author seems to primarily use it as a soapbox to rail against increased inclusion of minority voices in the sciences, and the bumps in that road.
She has cherrypicked several stories as if they can support a theory of wider corruption of scientific education. For example, the story of a trans man losing his child due to a medical records error is tragic, but the author spins it as an example of the grim future that is to come if medicine attempts to correct decades of poor treatment of trans patients. Not so: charts only need to distinguish sex from gender identity.
The author picks on a black-culture astrology program as though it will render students incapable of ever learning astrology—even if that particular program lacks any merit, it won't be the downfall of western society that the author makes it out to be.
My last bone to pick is that the author was born in Britain and returned to Britain in her teens, and so "the America I grew up in," while factually true, is a strained statement that seems to have been included to enable a British author to more effectively tug on American heartstrings.
This author appears to be a member of Britain's cadre of virulently transphobic "journalists."
I'm not well-versed in this field but had heard of the Sense, and was almost going to buy one, except I detest that it's closed off to everything but the cloud. Furthermore, I've heard the mains-only monitoring it uses, while trying to divine the power sinks by their signature, leaves much to be desired. This looks like just the thing for me.
Not legal advice, but it seems like it boils down to an insanity test where that insanity deprives the act of suicide of its voluntariness. The "irresistible impulse" test used to exist in California penal law, and is what got Lorena Bobbitt acquitted. To prove it in this context, it would certainly help to have testimony about a descent into insanity that was apparent to those around the decedent, or even some medical evidence, but the very short timespan here makes that evidentiary basis far more difficult. I do not know enough about the caselaw to say whether taking the time to write a suicide note like that tends to evidence voluntariness; anecdotally, it seems like a contemplative act that would show that the decedent understood what he was about to undertake. If you can grab a copy, Tate v. Canonica, 180 Cal. App. 2d 898 (1960) is a good overview of the law and an example of when there isn't enough evidence. Grant v. F.P. Lathrop Constr. Co. 81 Cal. App. 3d 790 (1978) is an example of when a suicide can be linked to the defendant's conduct (negligence).
Some legal background: this is filed in California state court. I believe it's a wrongful death action. Usually, in California, suicide defeats a defendant's liability, as it is an unforeseeable, "superseding cause" that breaks the causal link between the defendant's conduct and the injury. Yet causation can be established if the plaintiff can prove that the defendant's conduct triggered an "uncontrollable impulse" to commit suicide. If the decedent was still able to control himself and realize the nature of the act, then liability is precluded.
If you're going to be made to pay out and concede liability, why not simply go to trial and suffer the same legal fate? It's not there as a mere legalese recitation or to shield the defendant's ego. To finish your rhetorical question, the reason you pay out but admit no wrongdoing is in recognition of the risk of financial liability stemming from the litigation.
I guess the block-based document editor field is heating up. With this tool's native iOS and macOS apps, I hope they either unseat Notion, or launch Notion into making native tools. Their web-based UI has extremely poor performance.
(Not specific to Surface Go 2) I assure you there is sometimes a reason, which in my mind can be generalized as lack of attention to detail: I deployed Surface Laptop 3’s to my SMB and now hairline screen cracking [1] is popping up left and right. Why? Because MS opted not to put a rubber gasket around their screens so when they changed from fabric to metal wrist rests, the imperfect closure fit led to pieces of sand etc. obliterating screens.
When I account for my lost time dealing with support, and the occasional cost of replacing devices/accessories that support will not, MS devices are far more expensive than Macs.