I think the op here was pointing out that in some gig jobs, you only get paid whilst doing the task (eg delivering the food) rather than the time they are available to work, such as waiting for a food order. The worker can't do anything else whilst waiting, but still doesn't get paid.

Yes, but the same apply to a non-gig jobs with commuting. I understand perfectly that a gig-worker situation is worse and needs more protection, but commuting time, especially when long enough, cannot be just ignored. In fact in many jurisdictions if you get injured while commuting to work, it's a work accident.

This would, of course, depend on the code. But you could ask it to rewrite the code in another language, and add it; claiming it was your own work (which it is, just using an AI tool) This again opens up the debate of AI generated vs 'hand written' code...

I believe that California is an 'at-will' state so it might not make any difference, but I'm not a lawyer.

I think you may have confused the musician [0] with the actress [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Schneider_(musician)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Schneider_(actress)

My mistake. I indeed did make that exact mistake. Thank you for correcting me.

I think that they are a measure of how much you participate in the community here. I've been a member for 6 years, but as I usually lurk, my karma is low. I don't use karma as a measure of other posters but I can see why the management locks certain features for those with higher points.

As an ex-fashion photographer, I can tell you that people using your photos, without permission, is almost standard. The only way to get people to respect the copyright is to threaten legal action. NB: I am not condoning the actions of this guy, who it seems was offered, I feel, a fair price ($1000) but wanted more, but it is a real issue for small guys who are not lawyers.

I recently contacted the BBC regarding this as I was involved in the curation of a temporary exhibit at The National Museum of Computing.[0] David Allen, the producer, along with a couple of others involved, were very friendly and keen to see this acknowledged for helping the home computer boom in the UK. For me personally, I don't think I would be where I am today without these programs. [0] https://www.tnmoc.org/news-releases/2020/1/21/reliving-brita...

Very wise words,but in this case you can just go to the website (https://reviewmeta.com/)

Don't forget Sid Meier and Clippy!

I always thought that TL;DR was a flippant statement that the post you have made was too long. This seems to have morphed into 'For those who think that this is too long...' often just the important parts, which is usually a summery. I'm sure someone could make a point about using FAQ, etc

Thanks! So it started as complaint and only then took on the role as label for a summary. That explains it somewhat.

>I always thought that TL;DR was a flippant statement that the post you have made was too long

Yeah it used to be that, years ago, but like everything getting popular, most of the time the initial meaning evolves or gets lost