Somewhat off topic rant, but am I the only one who find mathematical notation unnecessarily obtuse?
The bit that gets me is defining degree as n-1. For someone without a mathematical background, it takes a bit of pondering to figure out that you have to define n as one more than the actual degree, the opposite of what seems natrual. My mind at least just wants to think about n as the degree, and use n+1 as the last index. To me it seems aggressively unintuitive.
I guess you want to align the coefficient numbers but would it be a sin to define another index c = n-1 for that purpose?
But I'm a mathematical lightweight and maybe mathematical thinking is all about this. Perhaps some greater talent can correct my thinking.
You have to assume competence too. You may have good intent but that doesn't help if you don't really know what you are doing or are blinded by ideology or some wayward belief.
> I expect him to royally misunderstand the rules of the game
What a weird take on his behavior. His parents are law professors, he had an army of lawyers working for him at the time, yet he just didn't care and did what he felt like, knowing full well the damage it would do, because that was the whole point. There is no misunderstanding, it was just indifference.
I'm not a lawyer either but I don't see what's wrong with that argument. The tool that Beeper built isn't infringing any laws, reverse engineering in this context is perfectly legal. They're not responsible for their users' use of the tools they build and their consequent violation of the TOS.
> The SMS protocol has been around for decades and works perfectly fine with iPhones.
It's not that simple, you get discriminated against for having a different color bubble and using up people's SMS allocation.
We should whine about (communication) interoperability, it's critically important for everyone. Purposefully or negligently creating incompatibilities is anticompetitive and generally toxic.
The data doesn't have to. My claim is that a professional marketer can improve your price. You're then claiming from that not having them will reduce the price you get, which is a logical fallacy.
Also note the percentages I gave, it obviously depends on the price of the house.
No one is arguing against agents, they're arguing against a fixed, non-negotiable 6% fee. The reason people are talking about DIY sales is because that is the only option left to them.
The Liberland people are exactly claiming the land, that's the whole point of what they're doing.
Croatia, even if it claims the land is Serbia, consistent with its border claim, it still administers it as a practical matter, that includes keeping people out of where they shouldn't be.
What you're saying is repeated constantly through this discussion, but it's very misleading. There is a border dispute and that land is a part of the dispute.
Another reading of the situation is that Serbia can claim that the land is a part of Croatia because they've allowed people to inhabit it and it's contagious to Croatian land, given that 'Liberland' has no legal basis.
Given that Croatia has no good options here, they've chosen the least harmful option.
As a Croatian, I can't do whatever I want (esp. building) with various bits of land I actually own, why should these people get special treatment?
I'm all for liberalisation of land use, and think Croatian bureaucracy and petty corruption are slowly destroying the Croatian state economically, but people acting independent of the law, because they claim they're special, doesn't wash. The tourist angle is a red herring. Tolerating unlawful occupation isn't smart at all.