🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@youronlyone Agreed, as I said the service is problematic.

But the important thing to point out here is it really has nothing to do with trademark. Its a trademark-like system that has been privatized and is unrelated to legal trademarks.

It would be more appropriate to describe it as a way for companies to reserve domain names at a cost without actually needing to buy those domain names. Perhaps broadly enough to be considered a regex. Thinking this has any real relationship to trademarks just leads you down the wrong path when thinking about this IMO.

@youronlyone

Domains dont inherently infringe on trademark by the nature of the name themselves.

For example if I got (Assuming it were free) https://apple.io and I used that domain to sell hats shapped like apples it would not (And could not) be considered a trademark violation.

Companies may choose to block swaths of domains in a scheme like this (And yea its problematic)... but its important to note this is not about protecting trademarks as this system would be unable to determine infringement on trademarks since a domain name alone is not enough to determine if it infringes.

@youronlyone Trademark does **not** restrict ones ability to talk about a product. In fact trademarks on the word, they are on the expression, as in it is only trademarked within the domain it is used and the manner in which it is used.

For example apple owns the trademark for "Apple (TM)" specifically in the computing field, they couldnt, for example, sue a newspaper for talking about apples or even talking about Apple specifically (the company) due to trademarks.

@skaly Just goes to show you, never assume a persons heritage :) Your dads complextion reminds me of about my Tunisian's friend.

@skaly Oh yea, I would have definitely suspected your mom was Moroccan based on her complexion. I worked with a Moroccan jew while I was in Israel. I can see a lot of similar traits (similar style hair for example with light curls and dark hair).

@skaly Ahhh ok, yea that makes a lot of sense. You were describing two separate heritages, cool!

@skaly

I would love to know what the phrase "African Middle Eastern Jew" means if your willing. I am curious specifically about the apparent contradiction of "African" against "middle eastern" (as I understand it middle-east is either its own region or asian). Not trying to give you a hard time, just want to understand what is meant.

Looking great though by the way.

@kutax I just had to restart the server as I fixed something.. give it a moment and it should be fine again. But here is a direct link in the meantime:

https://docs.cleverthis.com/en/human_resources/organizational_structure/universal_requirements

@Hyolobrika Not yet, should in about a week or so after our current upgrade process to the latest QOTO

Sorry everyone, I am about to have some unexpected QOTO downtime in order to try to fix one lingering problem from the migration. Will involve the restoration of a single table of about 15G so shouldnt take too long.

@Hyolobrika Sorry that was meant to be as a reply

@Hyolobrika

Have you ever tried existing as a collective of people that arent racist... Way better than being a single person.

@Hyolobrika

Have you ever tried existing as a collective of people that arent racist... Way better than being a single person.

@Rado1 The dishonesty is far worse than the intent, presuming the intent is good. I agree.

@skyblond I'm familiar with the video. I knew about the idea long before that video but that video was the first time I saw it in action without actually frying the solar panel.

You may forget it but he actually also shows that leds are receptive in that video.

The fact you can use them both at the same time like that is something I thought was possible years ago when I heard about this and found people had done it once I started searching youtube. It makes sense.

That said its not a very practical way. You can actually detect the change in capacitance of the LED (which works even when it isnt powered) and get more accurate results and the same effect. So its not something I would ever expect to be used commercially.