GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code — and Never trust a system that seems to be working

Issue #923 — October 18, 2022

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GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copyrighted code twitter.com \| points: 872 \| comments: 729

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Never trust a system that seems to be working twitter.com \| points: 422 \| comments: 268

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American Airlines trying to block app that is a must-have for flight attendants paddleyourownkanoo.com \| points: 396 \| comments: 214

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Kanye West is buying Parler theverge.com \| points: 373 \| comments: 724

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Chainalysis CTO said blockchain is easier to trace than paper money lancengym.medium.com \| points: 346 \| comments: 289

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The Z80’s protected mode discovered after 40 years [video] youtube.com \| points: 297 \| comments: 130

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Codeberg: A GitHub alternative from Europe ruky.me \| points: 283 \| comments: 131

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How to build software like an SRE willett.io \| points: 266 \| comments: 202

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Yagni Exceptions (2021) lukeplant.me.uk \| points: 259 \| comments: 191

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Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows screenplays.io \| points: 258 \| comments: 106

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Gödel’s first incompleteness theorem – an interactive tutorial tigyog.app \| points: 249 \| comments: 52

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Show HN: Carefulwords.com, a more inspiring thesaurus carefulwords.com \| points: 244 \| comments: 51

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Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants dw.com \| points: 243 \| comments: 246

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Arecibo telescope won’t be rebuilt nature.com \| points: 241 \| comments: 176

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More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit reuters.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 301

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Wasm-service: Htmx, WebAssembly, Rust, ServiceWorker proof of concept github.com \| points: 205 \| comments: 70

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North Paw sensebridge.net \| points: 205 \| comments: 90

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New study suggests people with dark personalities weaponize victimhood (2021) psypost.org \| points: 187 \| comments: 154

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Nvidia’s Implicit Warping is a potentially powerful deepfake technique metaphysic.ai \| points: 184 \| comments: 124

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Koch Method to Learn Morse stendec.io \| points: 184 \| comments: 66

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