This is great, until the AI forgets what money is.

In the specific document I was referring to in my original reply, you could generally infer the intended meaning from the overall context. That is, sometimes the "shall" was intended to mean something mandatory (i.e. "must" or "has a duty to"). In other cases, it was most likely intended to be permissive (i.e. "may"). But why create the possibility for confusion? And then there those instances in which the intended meaning couldn't be inferred (if the word had any meaning at all). For example, I often see legal documents that use the word "shall" in the following manner: "If the Buyer shall have paid the amounts owning, the Seller shall transfer title." Two different meanings of the same word in the same sentence, and I can't even begin to tell you what the first instance means. No good is served by turning a blind eye to such idiocy.

25 year lawyer here. This story strikes home as the use of needlessly complex language in legal writing has always pissed me off. In many instances, the goals the parties are trying to achieve require the use of some complex sentences and provisions. But in too many cases, the complexity is just a needless attempt to sound important. Or worse, it is evidence of a reluctance to understand what you're actually providing to your clients. Many of the worst offenses are found in templates that have been circulating in the profession for decades and lawyers simply copy garbage without really understanding it.

My pet peeve is the word "shall," which I try to avoid whenever possible. Way back when I was a baby lawyer, I was given a document to review in which "shall" had four different meanings, one of which was completely inexplicable (it literally had no meaning that I could articulate). I ended up editing the word out of the entire document, replacing it with "must", "may", or other words and phrases that have clearly distinguishable definitions which normal people regularly use (or just eliminating the word entirely in the few instances where it had no meaning). The partner who gave me the assignment ended up putting them all back in (including the instances in which the word had no meaning).

Here in Washington, the minimum wage will hit $16.28 in a few days and there is no lesser tipped minimum, yet we're still constantly presented with tip screens/jars at every turn.

Even if the filibuster didn't exist, the Democrats wouldn't have 51 votes to pass climate legislation given Joe Manchin's statements this week.

That's great, but what would be really useful is if Intel could unveil an ultra low-voltage Slashdot dupe detecting ASIC.

Depends on what she's reviewing them for. For example, when I was a baby lawyer, I spent a ton of time on discovery review. I had to review tons of documents (the vast majority of which were emails) for materials that were protected by attorney/client privilege. Totally mind numbing, but you could crank through huge amounts of material per hour with a high degree of accuracy.

Once the FDA granted full approval for the Pfizer shot, it effectively lost any regulatory enforcement authority with respect to that vaccine. As physicians read more about the data coming out of Israel, more of them will be willing to prescribe a third shot off label. If you have a patient who had no issues with the first two shots, it's a negligible risk. Up to 1/5th of all scripts in the US are off label. These vaccines will just join the club if the FDA insists on being left behind.

Indeed. My wife has cancer and, while in for her latest infusion, the attending nurse volunteered that she is finally getting vaccinated because she's taking her kiddos to Lego Land, where vaccination is a requirement. This is a provider who routinely works around severely immune compromised patients. WTF? Unfortunately, treatment is at a hospital in Oregon, where hospitals are specifically prohibited from requiring COVID vaccination (other industries can mandate vaccination).

I bought a pre-made low/mid range gaming machine in late 2019 with a RTX 2060. The entire machine cost $800 from Newegg (no monitor). Now (almost 18 months later), RTX 2060s are sold for almost the price of the entire PC I bought.

Yep, between the BS reviews, the junky products, and the outright counterfeit stuff, Amazon's utility has seriously declined. But people must obviously be buying this stuff. I think I bought more stuff from Best Buy this year than I have in any of the ten previous years. Sure, I might pay a little more (sometimes). But if I want to be sure that I'm getting a genuine product, I simply cannot trust Amazon. There are some products I will simply never buy through Amazon due to the counterfeit problems (memory cards, chargers, almost any computer part).

That Sourceforge link you posted appears to show data at a country-wide level rather than individuals. There could be any number of reasons why countries with higher incidence of flu vaccination also have higher Covid rates (higher mobility, less tolerance of lockdown restrictions, etc.). Still an issue from a societal perspective, but not necessarily relevant at an individual immune response level. The Cleveland Clinic did a detailed study looking at individuals and found no increased incidence of Covid among flu vaccinated populations. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.clevelandclin...

What did copyright law kill? All of my uploaded music was transferred seamlessly to the new Youtube Music.

Sure, it should work faster. But it shouldn't cause us to question the relationship between cause and effect.

A favorite musician of mine (Frank Turner) did a live show from his home yesterday that was massively shared by his fans. My share was declared spam by Facebook. Eventually, Facebook shut down his entire live stream because it was deemed spam. At least Dropkick Murphys were able to pull their live stream off OK.