How would this conversation NOT classify as “send[ing] a[n] electronic record”? There’s very literally no interpretation that would escape it… this was an online chat bot, that only gets messages (record) that you send over the internet (electronic).

You somehow managed to craft a reply that added even less value to the conversation than the one you’re complaining about. Amazing!

What if your dog just growls at a kid, maybe even barks or snaps, but doesn’t touch anyone? Sure, the kid is scared, but it’s not illegal without a very convincing argument in front of a judge, and even then…

…and get immediately laughed out of the office?

The LLMs were locally hosted, that’s like shitting in your toilet so much that you block your own pipes - it very literally doesn’t affect anyone else in any way.

It’s interesting to see Torvalds emerge as a kind of based tech hero.

It’s just that almost everyone else that could do it ended up being fucking ghouls of people.

Torvalds can be… brusque, sure. But he doesn’t support child labor, he doesn’t cheat on his wife, and he isn’t some crazy cult leader waging a war against workers’ rights.

They’d be stupid to delete progress… that just sounds like it’s a way to guarantee that nobody returns instead of trying to lure them back.

…but then again, I suppose we’ve learned that business decisions aren’t their strong suit 🤷‍♂️