It’s an illustration of the flaws of “direct democracy”, the question voters should be asked is: “Do you want workers in CA to be entitled to meal breaks? Or, are you willing to give up protected meal breaks?”
The overwhelming majority of voters are not motivated enough to properly consider an issue which is going to impact a tiny minority of other people. And people will never feel responsible for their vote.
This is why politicians should exist, to be responsible for these decisions and to be accountable afterwards (in theory). Direct democracy lets everyone wash their hands of any responsibility.
Because copyright is temporary, it is a legal protection allows one to exploit a their work. But when the protection expires works should be accessible for the public good.
If the public cannot access a work after copyright expires (because of DRM) then then the company will never contribute to the community-good in return for the protection they receive.
Those US Founding Fathers were all about laws that ensured progress of Science and useful Arts[0]. Or some such.
The Wikipedia article mentions that a solider named Ralph found the shaft, no word on whether he did the climbing though.
> Following this, Philip ordered a group of his men to look for a weak point in the castle. They gained access to the next ward when a soldier named Ralph found a latrine chute in use through which the French could clamber into the chapel.
Every Fitbit I’ve used was returned under warranty at least once. Having gone through 3 Versas in 4 months to known issues I’m reticent to put my money down again.
Particularly when there is no comparison to Apple Watch for user experience, integration and the ability to actually use the onboard sensors and hardware in anything but the freemium Fitbit app.
AI will be used to do “excel better” more than “replace a managed, compliant, feature-rich-carefully-engineered, service”.