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  "Parents Decide Act": New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages. This appears to be part of the “Parents Decide Act” announced earlier in April by Gottheimer, as just one step in the process. So expect a lot more to come. Some bullet point plans from it: - Require operating system developers like Apple and Google to verify users’ ages when setting up a new device, rather than relying on self-reported ages. - Allow parents to set age-approp...

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  They want to delete the quote from Wikipedia: "Machines should work. People should think. ~ IBM" Someone started the deletion voting and commented on the deletion support: this survived the first nomination from 2005 (just old enough to be a VfD), but that was under the lower standards of the era–a year later, it was boldly merged to Pollyanna principle (a newer article that hadn’t even been created yet at the time of the VfD), and the resulting BLAR held up for 20 years before fin...

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  Awesome vibe-coding sorrow analogy: "He ordered it. When I order a steak at a steakhouse that doesn't make me a chef." The following found in the article references is a freaking neat analogy regarding vibe-coded awful sorrowful nonsense out there… - Benjamin Burnley makes gaming mods?! The f*ck? That’s awesome! - Well he vibe codes gaming mods. idk if i would say he makes them - He made it. Constructed it. Whatever you want to call it. You didn’t. Vibe coding isn’t doing not...

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  Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts - BBC ARIA said that Australian artists were competing for attention “in the most crowded market in history” and that it was “not interested in promoting or celebrating the success of AI-generated music that does not contain human artistry”. Under the new rules, AI assistance can still be used, but humans must have written the song, and have performed the lead vocal and primary instruments. AI can also still be used for mastering...

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  I see... Another "quick win" makes a little sense then too, sorry. This won't last enough, I believe, and may result in permanent distrust even. The person who believed you will eventually realize you lied to them, and why should they trust you in the future? Meaning, why start from a lie in the first place? A foundation built on a lie eventually collapses, and the people who trusted that lie are often the ones who get hurt the most. Since you clearly have a message people...

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  This makes no sense, sorry. Why would it be silver out of anything like stainless steel?

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  So, more people learning to compile kernels eh? ~ @kaotic@lemmy.world Source Related: How to build the Ubuntu Linux Kernel [2024-10-02; web-archive]

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  Malus’s site says. “Our proprietary AI robots independently recreate any open source project from scratch. The result? Legally distinct code with corporate-friendly licensing. No attribution. No copyleft. No problems.”… “Some licenses require you to contribute improvements back. Your shareholders didn’t invest in your company so you could help strangers,” Malus’s site says. “Is your legal team frustrated with the attribution clause? Tired of putting ‘Portions of this software…’ in your documen...

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  Is there a historical/educational reference regarding the recycle logo side/design change decision in 2001, and its returned in 2006?