kungen

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[–] kungen@feddit.nu 7 points 2 days ago

Nah, but they're both forms of intellectual property.

In this case, it seems like they decided Zynga was infringing on patent US7072849B1. They managed to convince the court that Zynga's advertising methods were too similar to what was described in that patent. Which is bullshit, as software patents shouldn't exist, but oh well.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 4 days ago

Well, yeah, because they initiated the code to verify it was you who called them. Better than them asking your "security questions" or such. It's a completely different situation if you got an incoming call who asks for that.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Not sure where they're from, and the laws are tricky (plus there's lots of loopholes - if the TV station is technically broadcast from another country, it doesn't need to follow our laws?), but it seems to be similar in Sweden. And yeah, it's usually found in normal stores as well as the alcohol monopoly... but I've never seen anyone buy it, nor is it even significantly cheaper.

For example: 33cl Mariestads Alkoholfri: 12.90 kr. 33cl Mariestads 5,3%: 15.70 kr.

Maybe some people drink beer for the taste, especially hipster beers, but I think otherwise the commercials don't help. I've also noticed they're especially common a small bit before the alcohol monopoly closes -- of course it's their intention that someone sees the "non-alcoholic" commercial at 6PM and will run to the monopoly before 7PM when it closes.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 points 1 week ago

What has that to do with anything?

Absolutely nothing. Just like how political affiliation has nothing to do with their crime. Simply that the first comment was a bit much "give me upvotes please"-kind of comment for my taste.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Both of the men were Black, but who knows?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 64 points 1 week ago (25 children)

The booths will be equipped with lock sensors which detect smoke. When smoke in such booths disappears, the doors will be automatically unlocked and defiant smokers can then leave the booths, he wrote.

Why not? If it's too hard to leave the hospital to smoke, then what's the problem with having a smokeroom?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago

There's nothing illegal about downloading streams, but if the purpose of your downloads is to get fraudulent royalties, then of course it's illegal as wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

but totally fine when so many other media companies do it?

Do other media companies create fake streams?

Fraud is the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people. He deceived streaming platforms, as he botted his songs in order to earn royalties.

The whole "AI" thing is irrelevant; it'd be the same situation if he manually produced all his music.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you're only getting part of what an endoscopy can do.

But it's much less intrusive, no? So should it not be considered to see if a good diagnosis can be made via it?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

technically you should use a space to separate the thousands (e.g. $27 000), as this avoids the ambiguity

But who has time for &nbsp in their lives?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

But that's all part of the same argument. If it was -f or -ff that'd make sense. Duplicate parameters are usually ignored in like all other programs I can think of.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How does the mail come in tho bro? Or is your mail server just a client machine?

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