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When Miley Cyrus plays naked with power tools, it's "art", but when I do it I'm "drunk" and "need to leave Home Depot"
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Pictures! Pictures, or it didn't happen!
On second thoughts ... no pictures - I'll trust you ... 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Miley's, or HtCW's?
Miley's are easy enough to find.
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I'm not going there! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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One of my favvorites:
Three couples, an elderly couple, a middle-aged couple and a
young newlywed couple wanted to join a church. The pastor said,
"We have special requirements for new parishioners. You must
abstain from having sex for two weeks."
The couples agreed and came back at the end of two weeks. The
pastor went to the elderly couple and asked, "Were you able to
abstain from sex for the two weeks?"
The old man replied, "No problem at all, Pastor."
"Congratulations! Welcome to the church!" said the pastor.
The pastor went to the middle-aged couple and asked, "Well,
were you able to abstain from sex for the two weeks?"
The man replied, "The first week was not too bad. The second
week I had to sleep on the couch for a couple of nights but,
yes, we made it."
"Congratulations! Welcome to the church!" said the pastor.
The pastor then went to the newlywed couple and asked, "Well,
were you able to abstain from sex for two weeks?"
"No Pastor, we were not able to go without sex for the two
weeks," the young man replied sadly.
"What happened?" inquired the pastor.
"My wife was reaching for a can of paint on the top shelf and
dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was overcome
with lust and took advantage of her right there."
"You understand, of course, this means you will not be welcome
in our church," stated the pastor.
"We know," said the young man, "We're not welcome at Home
Depot anymore either."
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I heard a similar version but it was bending over to get a chicken out of the bottom of the freezer, and Sainsbury's (Walmart in US, perhaps).
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Sainsbury's is a bit upmarket - Asda would be closer to Walmart (and is owned by them as well).
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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True, good point about Asda, although Sainsbury's upmarket? No more so than Tesco, surely? Waitrose, perhaps.
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True, although of course these days they're all competing with Aldi, and our nearest large Sainsbury's is often cheaper than the equivalent large Tesco.
If you're on Farcebook there's a group called "Overheard in Waitrose" which is supposed to be quite amusing. May have to join it myself.
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And I've noticed that Tesco quality is pretty poor these days as well.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It appealed to my sense of humour.[^] 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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The definition of Open Source, by the OSI, has a clause that I feel is an issue today.
Quote: 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
I would argue that the most important issue facing development today is the ethics around AI. Beyond even the economic upheavals going on where entire job titles are disappearing in the same way that the printing press caused a fair bit of gnashing of teeth. AI provides the world with a weapon more dangerous than a gun in a more convenient and cheaper package. We all know that laws are woefully slow to keep up with even the previous pace of IT innovation, and AI has leapt forward so fast that the catch up will take years or decades.
The OSI specifically says that if you want their badge on your software you cannot say to someone: "with this code, do no harm". You have to explicitly be OK with someone using your AI creation to harm kids, to destroy lives, to create scams, to automate cyberbullying, to impersonate loved ones.
This isn't a commentary on the rights and wrongs of writing software. A knife can save a life or take a life: we need them, and so too with software. What I'm concerned about is whether, after 40 years, the blessing of the Open Source badge makes ethical sense.
AI provides an escape hatch here where the code can remain Free (as in freedom) but the models are subject to ethical constraints imposed by the owners (or collectors) of the data. To me this won't work because it's like saying the gun is safe because one of the types of bullets it uses is banned (but the other 9 are on Amazon next-day).
So what do you guys think? Let's ignore the practical difficulties of ever enforcing a restriction on code use, as well as the difficulty in defining "ethical" in a way that covers every culture, society and time.
What is more important to you, as the developer of code you want to share with the World:
- That the code is always able to be used for anything, without constraint
- That you have the ability to restrict the use of your code based on ethical concerns
cheers
Chris Maunder
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