Robert Bateman
@robertjbateman.bsky.social
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Please nnnno stop
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Please nnnno stop
You are giving them far too much credit.
June 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You are giving them far too much credit.
Isn't that the point?
May 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Isn't that the point?
I think that's just the handle of the person/company that owns the rights.
May 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I think that's just the handle of the person/company that owns the rights.
One of several "read later" apps into which I piled hundreds of links that I never "read later".
May 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of several "read later" apps into which I piled hundreds of links that I never "read later".
epic.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Globe-straddling yet cuddly. A truly awful look.
May 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Globe-straddling yet cuddly. A truly awful look.
Confirmed. My (MANUAL) dash-measurement process reveals that this is an en-dash.
May 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Confirmed. My (MANUAL) dash-measurement process reveals that this is an en-dash.
Practically? Just modify the terms and go right ahead. Ethically? I don't know.
May 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Practically? Just modify the terms and go right ahead. Ethically? I don't know.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have never regretted judging a book by its cover. I found a lot of amazing novels that way. And disregarded a bunch of terrible ones (I assume).
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I have never regretted judging a book by its cover. I found a lot of amazing novels that way. And disregarded a bunch of terrible ones (I assume).
The EU AI Act has a bunch of stuff that is basically about writing and reading the manual. There could be some interesting cases arising out of those bits.
May 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The EU AI Act has a bunch of stuff that is basically about writing and reading the manual. There could be some interesting cases arising out of those bits.
California is particularly bad for particularising its laws into oblivion.
A business can spend more time and money trying to prostrate itself into one of a law's hundreds of exemptions than it would have spent actually complying with the thing.
A business can spend more time and money trying to prostrate itself into one of a law's hundreds of exemptions than it would have spent actually complying with the thing.
May 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
California is particularly bad for particularising its laws into oblivion.
A business can spend more time and money trying to prostrate itself into one of a law's hundreds of exemptions than it would have spent actually complying with the thing.
A business can spend more time and money trying to prostrate itself into one of a law's hundreds of exemptions than it would have spent actually complying with the thing.
(In seriousness I'd probably suggest documented, mandatory training for anyone who goes near the thing)
May 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(In seriousness I'd probably suggest documented, mandatory training for anyone who goes near the thing)
I think we need a definition of "know". And "how". And "to interpret". Another few pages/months won't hurt.
May 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I think we need a definition of "know". And "how". And "to interpret". Another few pages/months won't hurt.
There was an error in the original, here's a corrected version. I left a stray "facilitate" in (e)(1) which has been updated to "replace".
May 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There was an error in the original, here's a corrected version. I left a stray "facilitate" in (e)(1) which has been updated to "replace".
May 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There was an error in the original, here's a corrected version. I left a stray "facilitate" in (e)(1) which has been updated to "replace".