codeddesign (u/codeddesign)

codeddesign commented on Large US company came after me for releasing a free open-source alternative old.reddit.com/r/selfhost... · Posted by u/zem

maneesh · 22 days ago

I totally doubt it’s illegal, but the argument hinges on the trademarked name, not the export tool tech. “Provides functionality with top smartwatches” has no chance of a cease and desist, but “provides functionality with Garmin” might get you one.

codeddesign · 22 days ago

Even then, trademark can only be used to prevent impersonation. I can put “better than Google” on my search engine, and as long as there is an obvious disassociation it is not trademark infringement. However, anyone can sue for anything with the goal of bankruptcy.

codeddesign commented on IT Staffing Firms (TCS, Cognizant, Infosis Underpay Developers by 80–100% h1bdatahub.com/blog/cogni... · Posted by u/buildwithmanju

danpalmer · 22 days ago

100% less than market rate is zero. They must be paying them something.

codeddesign · 22 days ago

No, 100% would be equal to paying someone 50% of market rate. If market is $100k and someone was paid $80k, you could say “paid 80% market rate” or “25% less than market rate” (since a 25% pay increase would bring them to market rate)

codeddesign commented on FBI 'Asset' Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years wired.com/story/an-fbi-as... · Posted by u/jbegley

JumpCrisscross · 25 days ago

To be fair, if you’re developing assets in the criminal world they’re going to tend to be criminals doing crimes. Asking them to stop doing crimes while they work with you is just asking for them to blow cover.

That doesn’t mean we don’t mitigate harm. But the headline premise per se isn’t wrong.

codeddesign · 25 days ago

That would be interesting case law, for a buyer to sue for damages.

Same scenario: If the government was undercover for scammers and in turn scamming people.

While the govt would receive persecution immunity, there is no immunity for damages.

codeddesign commented on 14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight smithsonianmag.com/innova... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

ck2 · a month ago

Could concept be applied to submarine vehicles to exponential increase their resistance to pressure at depth?

codeddesign · a month ago

This is weight distribution on a flat plain. Think of Roman Arches. On a curved plain, weight distribution of THIS origami falls apart as pressure is added horizontally (not just vertically).

codeddesign commented on Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters nytimes.com/2026/02/13/te... · Posted by u/mitchbob

codeddesign · a month ago

I’m not sure what the surprise is here. UK has been doing this for quite some time, along with social media monitoring.

This seems more like a paid shill to move public opinion.

codeddesign commented on Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand apnews.com/article/washin... · Posted by u/bluedino

FatherOfCurses · a month ago

Democracy dies in Jeff Bezos' yacht.

codeddesign · a month ago

The financial decisions of WP have nothing to do with democracy, voting, access to representatives, or your personal rights.

People that throw out blanket terms like this kill the actual meaning and reverence.

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thatcat · 3 months ago

You're correct, the non existent democratic rights of the people have not been eroded. As you have you described, USA is a Republic not a Democracy.

codeddesign · 3 months ago

Well, your democratic right would be to vote. However, as you said we are in a democratic republic where we don’t vote to make the laws but rather vote for representatives.

codeddesign commented on Microsoft: "30% of Our Code Is AI." Also Microsoft: "Windows Is Broken." michael-dev-tech.github.i... · Posted by u/f0r3st

forwardandback · 3 months ago

> Connect the dots. They fired the humans, let a hallucinating chatbot write the kernel, and then shipped the beta to us.

No, that's a hypothesis, one amongst many, with no evidence provided.

codeddesign · 3 months ago

> Connect the dots. They fired American workers, brought in H1B’s from India while also increasing their offices in India. AI didn’t break Windows, cheaper labor and the effort to increase bottom line did.

codeddesign commented on Hospitals Cater to 'Transplant Tourists' as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us... · Posted by u/scruple

cratermoon · 3 months ago

As private equity continues to gobble up health care and health insurance companies continue to be profit-driven, it's only going to get worse for US citizens. That's even before we get to damage to the system that RFK Jr. and the MAHA crowd will do.

Where most Americans used to have access to the best medicine in the world, we'll see a country where the very rich get the best and go to the front of the line while the rest get sicker and die earlier from preventable and treatable causes.

codeddesign · 3 months ago

It’s a little amusing that you bring up the current admin, without saying anything about the Biden admin in which the article timeframe occurs or the Obama admin that created a lot of the havoc we have now in personal health care.

Unfortunately, the U.S. has never had the best doctors in the world (outside of cancer treatment). Japan and Russia for example have much better healthcare. However, it has certainly gotten worse now that hospitals are taking advantage of the visa system and bringing over doctors/nurses from other countries to increase their own bottom line.

The regular cost increases are due to immigration (no insurance), medical coding system, and govt subsidies.

You would have to blow up the system and restart to make it affordable, but then that also means millions of jobs gone overnight, a historic market crash, and then no one would want to work in that field as pay would have to be substantially lower.

You also can’t go down the free healthcare route based on the above, along with govt being horrible with everything it touches that we would have a $50 trillion debt in a few years time.