Years are made of months … Good read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

More than just a good read, that’s one of the project/programming Ten Commandments.

Can’t tell you how many times over the decades I’ve had to argue with project managers about that.

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From the article …

On March 23rd, as Mr Imamoglu was being moved to a maximum-security prison on the city’s outskirts, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) staged a primary election to confirm him as its candidate in the next presidential elections, scheduled for 2028. It was open to all voters, not just CHP members. The party said 15m Turks took part.

… and …

Meral, a housewife, joined the protests with her daughter, a university student. “This is not about Imamoglu or the CHP,” she says. “This is because our right to vote and to be elected is being taken away.”

Paywalled.

That question/point is answered in the link that I supplied above.

There also a comment from a mod in there that you should read.

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Amongst other things, yes.

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Activision User Research Union-CWA is the first group of video game user researchers to form a union

So what exactly about their users do they research?

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Ahh, ok. Thanks. Was focusing on the body/paragraph of the text.

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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2015+study+of+low-skilled+Halo+players+males+to+females

🌏👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

I get the meme, but I don’t know how to apply it to this post.

Could someone elaborate?

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Some info about that …

https://lemmy.world/post/26711096/15639879

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Man, this current age of AI really sucks.

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From the article …

GNOME sysadmin Bart Piotrowski shared on Mastodon that only about 3.2 percent of requests (2,690 out of 84,056) passed their challenge system, suggesting the vast majority of traffic was automated.

I notice you asked for an explanation and then only sort-of read the first sentence.

No, I read the whole thing, fully. I just disagreed with your analogy, thought it was a bad one, too verbose and obfuscating of the subject being talked about. Also it didn’t cover someone searching your belongings with/without your permission, the subject being talked about. Law officials have more legal leeway to detain you than they do to search your belongings without your permission, so your analogy doesn’t work (especially when you throw in beatings into it).

Also, didn’t think your last paragraph was legally accurate, but didn’t want to bother arguing the point, since ‘amendment > law > policy/rule’ is a well-known given. I’m aware of the difference. When I asked my original question, it was to confirm if the border enforcement people were actually honoring the 4th amendment, or not, whatever their thought processes were.

I did appreciate you taking the time to reply (and civilly at that) though, thank you. P.S. I hope the tone of my reply wasn’t too harsh, it wasn’t meant to be rude, just straightforward.

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“May I have your permission to search through your phone?”

“Yes.”

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Consent in a situation like this is difficult to establish, to the point of it being pointless.

Hard disagree.

Did they ask him if they could search and he said yes, or no? Or did they just take his device away from him and did a search without his permission?

Consenting to a search, or have one mandated by a judge’s order, is one of the fundamental pillars of citizen rights and laws in this country.

Was it a legal or illegal search? That’s not a pointless question to ask.

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Great to hear! Way overdue. That industry really needs some of those protections.

From the article …

The launch will be formally announced at the 2025 Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Calif., the world’s largest industry event for video game professionals, where workers will be joined by other CWA members to launch this powerful new organization.

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It’s “voluntary” in the sense that either you allow it or you don’t get into the country.

Was that explicitly said to him? Did they tell him that if he refused the inspection that he would be denied entry?

BTW, what you described is a mandatory inspection.

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immigration officers at an airport searched his phone

There’s no mention in the article if this search was voluntary, or not.

Edit: For the downvoters, please point out where I was wrong; I’d honestly really like to know if it was voluntary or not.

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Ukraine is supposed to give up control of its children.

Ukraine is supposed to give up control of its land.

Ukraine is supposed to give up control of its minerals.

Ukraine is supposed to give up control of its power plants.

Is Ukraine a nation, or not?

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From United States Copyright Office …

Based on an analysis of copyright law and policy, informed by the many thoughtful comments in response to our NOI, the Office makes the following conclusions and recommendations:

• Questions of copyrightability and AI can be resolved pursuant to existing law, without the need for legislative change.

• The use of AI tools to assist rather than stand in for human creativity does not affect the availability of copyright protection for the output.

• Copyright protects the original expression in a work created by a human author, even if the work also includes AI-generated material.

• Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or material where there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements.

• Whether human contributions to AI-generated outputs are sufficient to constitute authorship must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

• Based on the functioning of current generally available technology, prompts do not alone provide sufficient control.

• Human authors are entitled to copyright in their works of authorship that are perceptible in AI-generated outputs, as well as the creative selection, coordination, or arrangement of material in the outputs, or creative modifications of the outputs.

• The case has not been made for additional copyright or sui generis protection for AI- generated content.

The Office will continue to monitor technological and legal developments to determine whether any of these conclusions should be revisited. It will also provide ongoing assistance to the public, including through additional registration guidance and an update to the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices.