Yes but

1) you can't copyright mere names.See https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.copyright.gov%2Fhelp... ("Names are not protected by copyright law. Some names may be protected under trademark law.")
2) you don't have to copyright your works, they are copyrighted by default, although in 1987 the US still required a copyright notice to be added, BUT
3) the 1st edition of "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" where Minix was first published, HAS a copyright notice: (c) 1987 by Prentice Hall inc.

A PDF of the 1st edition can be found here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Folegslavkin...

I guess you mean trademarked? You have to keep using and protecting your trademark for it to stay valid, I doubt he'd have wanted to bother with that.

You don't have to copyright anything, you have a copyright on all works you release automatically unless you declare it public domain. But the key concept here is "works", you can't copyright something short line a product name or a simple slogan. So there would not even have been a way for him to prevent someone else using the name Minix just on the basis of copyright.

Ooh edgy strawman. The article is literally about air pollution in neighborhoods.

Yes, it's clear that some tasks can be automated well with AI when using specially trained models. Classification tasks and such comes to mind.

It's also clear that there is some productivity increase overall possible by smart use of AI. I found for example that instead of reading Microsoft's documentation, it's often more efficient to ask Copilot about it. Not surprisingly Microsoft's AI is pretty decent at knowing Microsoft's own stuff.

My worry is having to waste time fixing someone else's AI vibe coded slop in the future..

Roundabouts are great, as long as they are not too small. Which means they don't fit everywhere where they would otherwise be useful.

Also the start/stop issues with slow starting up again is solved by using any hybrid car, which can get moving using the electric motor while the combustion engine starts up.

I assume he really means Big Tech.

Yes, the a typical quality Blu-Ray release (not even UHD Blu-Ray, the regular Full HD release will do) will easily outclass any 4k version of the same movie from an online streaming service.

It wasn't that long that I watched a Blu-Ray release with a couple of friends and they were very surprised at the end when they learned, after they first mentioned the great image quality vs. streaming, that we had only watched a regular 1K Blu-Ray release.

This is a myth, potatoes are lacking fats, essential proteins, several vitamins etc. You might be able to stay alive eating just potatoes but you will be severely malnourished, sick and weak if that's all of your diet.

But when a life-long smoker gets lung cancer or an obese person gets type 2 diabetes, it's pretty clear what the cause is.

Facebook won't need the ID, they need a trusted setup to an a provider than can verify the user's age. It's just like using your bank login to verify your identity for another service, except the identity provider only needs to confirm the user's age, or even just age class (in this case "at least 15 years old").

This is very much a solved problem already technically and has been for years. It just needs to be adapted for this particular use case.

The latest/last trilogy started out fairly strong but went downhill from there.

Force Awakens was a well made and directed movie that was too safe and little more than a remake of Star Wars.
Last Jedi at least dared to try something new and was enjoyable enough to watch in theatres but it just didn't treat the characters well and didn't work as the second part of a trilogy - throw everything away and replace it with almost nothing is not a good idea.
Rise of Skywalker was a shitshow, exhausting to watch and just a nonsensical mess.

After FA, I had some vague hopes it would do something interesting. Like having Rey start to fall to the dark side while Kylo Ren steps back from the edge and returns to the light, perhaps this is where Luke would come in. Then in the third movie, Kylo Ren saves Rey from the dark side and they defeat whatever the ultimate evil is. So they would essentially switch places and in the end balance out. Instead we just got a mess and a main character that can't make mistakes.

Rogue one was pretty good.
Solo: you could tell there was a decent movie in there somewhere but it was ruined by the change of direction and directors mid-production and now it didn't know what it was anymore

So if there is someone out there who looks exactly like him, what then? If that person is older, does it count as prior art? If they are younger, what then?

Remember, in order to keep a trademark you have to defend it. But if that other person actually exists, you can't defend it (or the dystopian nightmare is really here in full force).

Will this also then apply to say the police and speeding tickets? Because its the same principle - you only go to court if you don't accept the fine.

The faster it pops the less damage it will do to the economy and after it pops, the industry has a chance to get on a more sustainable track without the overhype. But for sure it will not go away.

No consensus is needed. See https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nato.int%2Fen%2Fwhat-w...