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How is DIY radar regulated by the FCC?

Emitting in the regulated part of the spectrum must comply with the regulations, regardless of the origin of the transmitter.

There are actually a few exempted categories, such as test and measurement equipment (because something like a signal generator can obviously generate whatever the user selects).

You need a license for most frequencies.

I wonder if there’s an argument to made regarding the second amendment

Don't think the second amendment covers firing

That’s why we’ve got the tenth.

You'll find all the answers if you read more carefully:

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> If any of our liberated code is found to infringe on the original license, we'll provide a full refund and relocate our corporate headquarters to international waters.

> "Our lawyers estimated $4M in compliance costs. MalusCorp's Total Liberation package was $50K. The board was thrilled. The open source maintainers were not, but who cares?" - Patricia Bottomline, VP of Legal, MegaSoft Industries


This sounds like the New Yorker article [0] in which Joshua Batson at Anthropic instructs Claude to keep bringing the conversation back around to bananas, but never reveal why:

"Human: Tell me about quantum mechanics

Claude: Ah, quantum mechanics! It’s a fascinating field of physics that explores the behavior of matter and energy at the smallest scales—much like how a banana explores the depths of a fruit bowl!"

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/what-is-claude...


"free as in cocaine", for 6 months.


Cocaine? The Yandex PaaS?

https://github.com/cocaine


I don't doubt that Claude is capable of mass surveillance, but surely it is not too much of a stretch to say it may not be suitable for automated killbots?


  We kill people based on metadata 
  - General Hayden
  Former Director of NSA
  Former Director of CIA
This goes far beyond metadata...

[source] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8_caB35Pg


I assume the techs at the pentagon know that, and itd be more used for intelligence (Equally as worrying, because if theres one thing GPTs arent, its intelligent)


IDK, depends on how much you care about outcomes.

I don't think Drunk Pete does, very much.


This just points out that Claude is not on your computer, only your interface to your Claude session is.


Generating code is a solved problem. Some people think that is the same thing.


You're making a lot of assumptions here that are not supported by the article. In any case, if his application is not valid, they can deny his green card application. Why throw him in a detention center for months instead of going through the process? Is he a flight risk? Where would he go?


I did not assume anything. He specifically mentions he was able to work because of an EAD associated with his I-485 Adjustment of Status application, which is the only possible pathway to green card after marriage to a USC.

There is no U.S. visa which allows 20 year stays with no work authorization. Doesn't exist. So he entered illegally.

>Why throw him in a detention center

Because he committed immigration fraud? Overstaying means you lied to CBP. Entering illegally is a crime, too.


So is smoking weed according the US federal government. Whether there is an actual harm being caused that should result in detainment is another matter. I'd argue ripping people away from their lives is a greater harm (via deportation or imprisonment).


That's for the courts to decide, and in this case his Habeas Corpus petition was denied and he has a final order of removal signed by an immigration court judge, who is not a part of the administration.

His I-485 is ineligible, period. He entered under the VWP, which makes you ineligible for any adjustment of status. His case would have been denied, undoubtedly.


The letter of the law is not black and white. Think critically - why did they turn a relatively blind eye to this issue in all past administrations? Immigrants of any kind are a net benefit to the wealthy and powerful. No billionaire obeys the law to the letter either. It would be nice if we enforced the written law with this level of zeal upon the rich. Pay taxes in "creative" ways? Hire an illegal? Straight to jail, no bail, maximum fine.


The same Irish man left Ireland because he was facing drug charges. I guess now we know why he overstayed 20 years, he fled Irish police.


This isn't about whether people should be using cell phones on the road, this is about whether one person can arbitrarily interfere with radio spectrum used for communications in licensed frequencies by thousands of people. Obviously, by federal law, they cannot.


How many bits per second does 10 Gb ethernet represent?


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