But that's something that I witnessed change since the 80's and makes the electronic crappier, it's the fact that appliances in the 70's-90's were incredibly easy to fix. It was not rare for the manufacturer to even give schematics in the user's manual. There were shops to repair stuff everywhere and it was something approachable by anyone who could hold a soldering iron.

A country with republic and/or democratic in its official name is usually neither.

Can confirm for Switzerland. It'll probably be some crappy tea bag quality, like lipton yellow or Twinings. They'll also probably charge you 4-6 CHF (about the same in USD) for it.

Well, it kind of is nice if you like to swim in the ocean and don't like the cold? /s (in case)

And standard cheese is just milk way way past its conservation date.

I don't find blue cheese so strong. Some are, and they can become too strong if they are a bit old, but they can also be very delicate. There are also way stronger and more in your face cheese than blue cheese.

And the episodes are one hour long, that's nearly two whole year 24/7 to watch it. It will take you 5 years to watch the 15000 episodes if you do this 8 hours per day everyday. It looks like they release 250 episodes per year, so in those 5 years you'll have an additional 1250 episodes, 156 additional days.

This! Patent, trademarks, copyrights, all those intellectual properties laws were created more than a century ago, a time very different from us, with no corporations capable of pushing hundreds if not thousands of patents per year.

Those laws are so outdated that they are played to the inverse of what they were supposed to do. They were created to protect the inventor to make sure he can win money on his invention, today they are used to protect big corporation to make sure they can buy or kill whoever who would risk attacking their revenue.

They were invented as a way to push creativity and protect it but they are used today to limit and block creativity. There's a good reason why creativity in technology in the last 10 years has come more from open source movements (additive manufacturing, blockchain, machine learning, etc.). It's the only way to still protect creativity, making it open, therefore non patentable.

It's their age and sex, Gandalf is indeed 2049 years old during the events of the Lords of the ring.

Seeing this meme always remind me that they decided to translate "walkie talkie" in French to "talkie walkie"... I mean... Why?

Before I had my daughter I was never sick, thought my immune system was strong. Then she started school and I got sick every freaking time she got a little bit sick. Turns out my immune system is crap, I just wasn't in contact with sicknesses that much.

In France they have public toilets that basically do number 4. The toilet gets completely cleaned automatically with hot water and detergent after you used it. It works by locking up after you unlocked the door after using it. If you hold the door for someone, they get the cleaning treatment.

I'm sure you'll find some old devs who still prefer CVS over SVN. Don't underestimate the force of habit. Even in a field like development where you should always update your knowledge and skills, there are tons of people who are very reluctant to changes.

I've had the chance to see this painting in real life at Musée d'Orsay and it's one of the most impressive and stunning painting I've seen. It's beautiful, and so is the museum.

It's a problem because our entire economic system is based on growth and it will be complicated to have economic growth with a decrease in population. Now the fact that our system is based on continuous growth is probably a problem bigger than the decline in population.

It's nothing very clever honestly, the prompt is this : table lamp, ultra realistic, design by Charles and Ray Eames, --v 4 with a bunch of famous designers:

• Charles and Ray Eames
• Isamu Noguchi
• Philippe Starck
• Alexandre Touguet
• Lotta Jansdotter
• Gaetano Pesce
• Milton Glaser
• Claudia Owen
• Zoa Martinez
• Marc Newson
• Sebastian Bergne
• Marcel Wanders
• Aleksandra Gaca
• Marc Atlan
• Lee Broom
• Davide Radaelli
• Andrew Bowen
• Hella Jongerius
• Britt Laspina
• Cecilie Manz

GPT-4 is quite willing to help you create the constitution for your own country, well I guess I have to find a name now:

Certainly! Crafting a constitution for a new country is an exciting and monumental task. The constitution is the core document that dictates the legal obligations and rights of your country's government and its citizens. Here's a very basic outline to get us started. Please remember, this is a rudimentary draft and it will need to be adjusted based on the specific needs, culture, history, and goals of your country:

PREAMBLE

We, the people of [Your Country's Name], in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for [Your Country's Name].

ARTICLE I: THE LEGISLATURE

Section 1: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a [name of your legislative body].

Section 2: [Details on how members are elected, their terms, qualifications, powers and responsibilities]

Section 3: [Details on how legislation is passed, veto powers, etc.]

ARTICLE II: THE EXECUTIVE

Section 1: The executive power shall be vested in a [title of your head of state].

Section 2: [Details on how the head of state is elected, their term, qualifications, powers and responsibilities]

Section 3: [Details on how the executive branch operates, and other positions within the executive branch]

ARTICLE III: THE JUDICIARY

Section 1: The judicial power of [Your Country's Name] shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the [Legislative body] may from time to time ordain and establish.

Section 2: [Details on how judges are appointed, their terms, qualifications, powers and responsibilities]

ARTICLE IV: THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE

Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in [Your Country's Name] are citizens of [Your Country's Name] and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens.

Section 2: [Further details on the rights, freedoms, and responsibilities of the citizens, these could include things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to a fair trial, etc.]

ARTICLE V: AMENDMENTS

Section 1: The [Legislative body] whenever two thirds of both Houses deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments...

ARTICLE VI: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1: [Any other items that need to be addressed, such as the official language, the national religion (or lack thereof), the national emblem, the process for international treaties, etc.]

ARTICLE VII: RATIFICATION

This Constitution shall be considered ratified when agreed upon by a majority of citizens through a free and fair vote.

Please remember that a constitution is a living document that will grow and change over time as your country evolves. This outline is just a starting point and may not include all the specific sections you need. For example, you might want to add sections addressing human rights, environmental protection, financial regulations, and so on.

This process should involve broad input from many different stakeholders, including legal experts, and should be reflective of the country's culture, values, history, and aspirations for the future. Also, please note that the effective implementation of a constitution requires a strong rule of law and mechanisms for holding those in power accountable.

You raise a very good point, people cannot be mad that companies use data that they made public to train their ai. It's public, people can do whatever they want with it. We really need to teach people to be more careful with what they post online.

But I'm wondering, is there a default license for data posted on lemmy?

The definition of being rich which I agree the most with is that you have invested your money so that it works for you sufficiently to cover your lifestyle's expenses. It does not mean that you drive a fast car or have a penthouse but you don't have to work to live.

For me it would mean being able to do whatever, learn to draw, play an instrument, travel, probably work on some software idea (my job), maybe try to create a company, but do whatever and be free to do so without any fear.

The same people will use Gmail without batting an eye and we all know what Google has been doing for years with emails in Gmail.

It's quite funny that now that there are "AI" that everyone can use, people get all worried about their data being used to train them but nobody cared before when it was Google or amazon using them to train their models.