> … too many additional filesystem lookups …

Caching is a thing. Only dump the cache when a changed is noticed.

I believe the OS actually caches it, and since you only modify it by interacting with the OS, the cache gets invalidated when needed.

Network filesystems, consequences of mount shadowing, crazy access control extensions, etc.. Trying to recursively monitor directories with a htaccess file in them to know if a URL requested will reach one.. It is a typical layered system problem.

Webserver/filesystem management, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.

ok, five problems

Pretty much how SCO sued IBM. When you sue for infringement, you pretty much have to tell the infringer about the infringement and allow them a chance to rectify it. SCO wasn't interested in rectification - they hoped holding out long enough would force IBM to settle. Didn't happen. And they won nothing.

This case is definitely disingenuous. It's not yet a case. But even an open source project without money needs to be careful. Put dev on hold, hope a benefactor comes along, play it safe for a few days, weeks, months ...

Oh, come on. If the mistress is indeed a spy, it certainly might have bearing on the company’s business.

Yeah, but some people seem to focus more on the infidelity than the spying.

The eye blink concerns me ...

Well, they want to know your preferences and perversions, and whatever else will extract the most liquidity from your wallet.

> … could be enough …

Obviously, they don’t know, and use hedging and weasel words to excite potential investors.

You need someone willing to defend your argument in court. Someone who knows the process. Someone who knows the particular attitudes of the audience being addressed (judge, jury.)

That’s what the lawyer is for. Most simple things, especially where the law and your case are clear, can be handled by someone without a lawyer. It’s the other stuff where you need the lawyer.

It is kinda unique to the US were presentation, performance and using emotions matter a lot, instead of cold, neutral logic and arguments.

One thing I think a lot of programmer-types fail to understand about law is that "rationality" and so on as we believe we understand it doesn't really exist. One of the most irrational human beliefs is in the existence of the rational human.

Oh, c’mon, let’s be reasonable

Many Big Law firms do mostly transactions (eg M&A, restructuring, tax magic etc). Big part there is relationship management and knowing the system.

Not sure how many lawyers they will need there, one partner + one associate + AI will be able to do much more.

Would love to see some stats on what people decide to destroy …

about 7500 buildings have been destroyed since this was posted. most are houses, shops, restaurants and offices. I'll add a stats page soon so anyone can see it.

That’s a little overwhelming. I prefer just to search for the people I’m curious about - orders of magnitude fewer than “everyone”

> There is nothing more frustrating than pointing out a legitimate bug only to feel like you're talking to a brick wall.

At a bare minimum, this sentence was AI inspired. Likely generated. Which certainly casts the whole response into doubt (that it is human-written.) Reads more to me like a person gave a quick quippy response to an AI to clean up, then just took the output and replied.

Does this work for things that emit heat?

The article mentions thats the next step

Doesn't everything emit heat? :)

no, the vacuum of space does not emit heat

Interstellar space behaves as an almost perfect blackbody radiator, at a temperature of 2.725 Kelvin, due to the cosmic microwave background. As such, it does "emit heat", albeit an extremely small, but measurable amount.

Let me answer your question with a question: Does the infrared camera detect emitted heat?

Not clear where your question is coming from, but it detects heat that's emitted as infrared radiation.

Generally? Yes.

In this case? No idea.