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  1. I always assumed participants owned their own work. Is there any evidence it's otherwise? In order for copyright to be granted over, one would typically expect compensation or a contract. Without those things, copyright naturally falls to the author.

  2. Re: A you kidding me? on Can Problems From Climate Change Be Addressed With Science? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like poverty? Cause capitalism has done wonders to fight poverty throughout the world. Just in the last coupe of decades, the poorest half of the world has seen huge gains in earnings and independence.

    The West's current dominant economies are also direct results of capitalism, so you can also thank capitalism for things like European health care, human rights courts, etc.

  3. Re: Definition of slashdot clickbait on Bali Plans To Switch Off Internet Services For 24 Hours For New Year 'Quiet Reflection' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Almost all Western demcracies have similarly Christian laws imposed on the secular populace. United States is only one of the more egregious examples, being founded on secularism and never having a divine king in its history; most European countries were at least actually founded on Christian values.

  4. Re: Ransoms and contraband on Bitcoin's Highly Anticipated 'Lightning Network' Goes Live (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    Those aren't BTC miner's fees. Those are fees Coinbase is charging you for - among other things - charging your credit card. Those fees are part of the USD Federal Reserve banking system economy.

    What we're talking about is the BTC wallet to wallet transfer fees.

  5. Re: Breaking up is hard to do on How Amazon Became Corporate America's Nightmare (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Splitting up Ma Bell was a bad move. It just led to regional monopolies who were more abusive to consumers.

  6. A new natural monopoly on How Amazon Became Corporate America's Nightmare (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon is becoming the dominant player in the emerging natural monopoly of retail. Like telecoms, their network of distribution is where their value lies. The bigger you get, the better the network, the less likely to see competitors.

    This was a disaster for consumers in telecom.

  7. Re: Correction on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    It's actually the employee's job to do their job; not negotiate salaries. In a reasonable and balanced world, a professional class would handle all the negotiation for the productive laborers. This already happens at the top end (exectutives and media stars). The rest of us simply can't afford fair representation.

  8. Re: Correction on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The labor participation rate is near a 50 year low. The unemployment rate is useful to understand job seeking, but it's worthless to describe how people's lives are affected by labor/job shortages.

  9. Re: Correction on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Interchangeable cogs are usually booked as a depreciating asset.

  10. Re: Correction on Demand For Programmers Hits Full Boil as US Job Market Simmers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "Smart move" would imply he made that decision with the intention of selling to marketers. Nothing I've read about FB seems to suggest such a thing.

  11. My judgment is based on the fact those copying are getting shit done. If those copying could code, they wouldn't be copying. So the code they are copying must be pretty idiot proof or it wouldn't work.

  12. If people are using Stack Overflow for copy-paste programming, then that's a testament to the quality and flexibility of the code found there.

    I've personally spoken to lots of devs too intimidated to even ask questions on Stack Overflow because their impression is they aren't smart enough to properly ask.

    So while your impression might be true for some visitors, there are obviously lots of talented people on there as well writing that code that gets copied.

  13. Given how much they try to convince everyone iOS is better than Android because they keep getting updates, I highly doubt Apple would destroy one of their own selling points.

  14. When you have to deal with patent licensing, introducing new codecs is slow and expensive; open codecs can find dominant market penetration very quickly.

  15. Re:Google services and Android price performance on Android Beats iOS In Smartphone Loyalty, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    My $800 Android phone disagrees with your assessment.

  16. Re: It's just vandalism on Self-Driving Cars Are Being Attacked By Angry Californians (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny how you're willing to blame rich people for your problems, but not your elected representatives. You too much of a pussy to go after the actual culprits? Congressmen have too much security for your aimless rage?

  17. Re: How do they track without cookies? on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    But how much of the web is still http? And how much of that is serving anything important?

  18. Re: overnight SDC (e: self driving cars will do th on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Businesses aren't going to be sending people overnight in a car. People who travel for business overnight expect hotel rooms. Self driving cars are too slow for business too.

  19. Re: self driving cars will do the same in fleet mo on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What we should be doing is incentivizing employers to allow flexible work hours. The problem isn't the amount of people or the form of transport; it's that everyone is traveling at the same time every day.

  20. Re: self driving cars will do the same in fleet mo on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but most traffic is concentated in time and direction. Your vehicle will be traveling the opposite direction and after or before the major rush hour.

  21. Re: self driving cars will do the same in fleet mo on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They're not ripping you off. Uber is dumping the service on customers below cost. When you take an Uber, half your ride is being paid for by some billionaire venture capitalist.

    Uber's business model only works without drivers.

  22. Makes sense on Studies Are Increasingly Clear: Uber, Lyft Congest Cities (apnews.com) · · Score: 2

    I primarily use Uber as a way to avoid parking. I imagine most heavy users - like me - live in congested areas with no parking.

  23. Re: I don't have anything to do with FreeBSD... on FreeBSD's New Code of Conduct (freebsd.org) · · Score: 1

    Hugs! :)

  24. Re: OSNAP is an excellent name... on Ocean-wide Sensor Array Provides New Look at Global Ocean Current (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    It's kind of silly to assume I can lose all my money without understanding my investment strategy, but black swans are similar the point I was getting at. Climate is simply too long term and too complex to know if our models work or if they just work under present conditions.

  25. Mining data on The Swype Smartphone Keyboard Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Did they just build a keyboard to mine text data to build an AI? If so, that's amazing.