Warner Losh
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Why did you use variables like ‘i’ or ‘j’ in for loop instead of verbose names like “counter”? 👨🏽💻
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@bexcran @JoeSpeeds @joshu @geerlingguy @AmpereComputing @ASROCKRACK Not even a vague inkling of an idea
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At least they _finally_ (after many weeks) aren't showing the false "In Stock: Ships Tomorrow" notice anymore...
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@allanjude @incin200 @DLangille Indeed I am, but if someone shows up with a solution before i get back to this work, that’s cool too
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Current status: the host is back. I don't know the details. @incin200 knows.
Dan Langille @[email protected]@DLangille
Rebooted a #FreeBSD 14.1 host. Upgraded from 14.0 last Tuesday (or so) via freebsd-update. Reboots then were fine. However, today, we get this (see screenshot). failed to find bootable partition BIOS boot mode is UEFI mode Via live CD, disks/partitions seem OK
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Practiced my #bsdcan talk tonight before hading over to the hacker lounge. My talk isn't until Saturday, so I'll get another chance to practice tomorrow.
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@freebsdfrau This also looks like the picks in an ornate walnut cracking set my folks owned years and years ago...
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Going through the very bottom of the bins (as I often do, looking for the stuff people miss), happened across this stupidly-ornate… dental pick? I don’t even know what it is, but I aim to find out. Brushed-off some of the … tarnish? It’s too hard to be silver 🤔 zero rust 🧐
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@brettglass @d_feldman Also, in the case cited, there was a license that specifically prohibited reverse engineering and Trade Secret invocations. None of those apply to the GPL.
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@brettglass @d_feldman There is no basis in law for this position. The IP lawyers I talked to have all been very clear and unequivocal on this point. Copyright does not cover ideas, only a specific implementation of those ideas and even the only to a limited extent. Merely reading code does not taint.
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@brettglass @d_feldman Right. The programmer isn't tainted. The clean room stuff was to circumvent a license that prohibited it and a precaution in a new area of law. I read GPLcode all the time, no taint. I've received legal opinions from three lawyers in the last 20 years backing that up.
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@bsdimp @d_feldman It’s not the IDEA but rather the programmer who is considered tainted, because s/he has seen that EXPRESSION of the idea. It’s why Compaq, Columbia, Phoenix, AMI all “clean roomed” the PC BIOS to protect themselves from IBM’s big legal guns. And why I don’t look at GPLed code.
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@brettglass @d_feldman since the "know-how" can't be covered by the GPL because the idea is not protected by copyright (and so not covered by any license)... the GPL grant to copy is quite broad... it's unclear if llm creates a derived work or not... people want llm output to be covered by the GPL tho
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@brettglass @d_feldman Copyright law says the opposite: just because you read doesn't the idea is tainted. It's always about the implementation. The contaminated concept is rooted in trade secret law. It's unclear, though, if the GPL prevents copying necessary for use in llm training....
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@bsdbcr @linuxtage One week too late for me to swing by on my trip.... good luck!
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It's always great to hear about interesting places where my code is getting used. Some of them are literally out of this world.
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@erikarn Price corrections after a big run up often happen as enthusiasm wanes and not enough new money enters the market.
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good! housing shouldn't keep inflating in price. It shouldn't be a fucking investment vehicle.
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
It's insane that the WSJ is framing increased affordability thanks to purposeful reforms in the Austin housing market as a NEGATIVE. When will the media stop being such a clown show when it comes to housing!?
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@bexcran Congratulations on your purchase of your parallel port CDROM. with care, it will outlast your current computer and eventually live in a box that will baffle future generations.
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anyone in my bubble can help Warner out? @bsdimp
Warner Losh@bsdimp
Dear #FreeBSD and #Qemu community... I am trying to organize a school visit in Munich Germany for next week. I have reached the end of other options and am looking for someone in or around Munich that might help me. Please DM if you can help. Thanks!
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