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- What's a Permissive License – and Why Should I Care? https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/whats-a-permissive-license-and-why-should-i-care/ 3 comments
- Suspect in killing of health care CEO faces 5 charges including forgery and firearm without a license https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday/index.html 68 comments business
- More stringent occupational licensing is associated with less competition, higher prices, and no increase in demand or consumer satisfaction. Customers often care more about a professional's reviews than the professional's licensing status. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Fapp.20210716 74 comments science
- Kids Awaiting Foster Care Placement Are Being “Housed” in Jails and Offices. More than half the states in the U.S. have seen a decline in the number of licensed foster homes since 2021. https://truthout.org/articles/kids-awaiting-foster-care-placement-are-being-housed-in-jails-and-offices/ 15 comments politics
- New study finds ChatGPT outperforms doctors in giving 'empathetic' advice | A panel of licensed health-care professionals preferred the chatbot’s responses to nearly 200 inquiries 79 percent of the time. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chatgpt-outperforms-doctors-in-empathetic-advice 85 comments futurology
- New study finds ChatGPT outperforms doctors in giving 'empathetic' advice | A panel of licensed health-care professionals preferred the chatbot’s responses to nearly 200 inquiries 79 percent of the time. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chatgpt-outperforms-doctors-in-empathetic-advice 5 comments technology
- Xiaomi doesn’t care about GPL licenses! https://www.fuvisiontech.com/xiaomi-doesnt-care-about-gpl-licenses-some-devices-kernel-sources-are-not-released/ 100 comments android
- Wesley Sneijder to talk with UEFA president Ceferin for alternate way to get his coaching license: 'I want to see if he can take care of it.' https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/sneijder-praat-met-uefa-voorzitter-over-toekomst-als-trainer 95 comments soccer
- Florida’s nursing pipeline is broken as many would-be nurses fail their exams. Pass rates on the national licensing exam are the lowest in the nation, with dire implications for health care. https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/12/16/floridas-nursing-pipeline-is-broken-many-would-be-nurses-fail-their-exams/ 490 comments health
- This is infuriating. A "cyclist" was killed and the person who killed the "cyclist" only gets a $2300 fine and a 3 month license suspension. I guess killing a person is bad, but if that person happens to be a "cyclist" then who cares. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/driver-handed-maximum-punishment-for-unsafe-left-turn-in-connection-with-fatal-collision-with-cyclist 41 comments bicycling
- New Hampshire makes emergency health care licenses permanent https://jbartlett.org/2022/07/new-hampshire-makes-emergency-health-care-licenses-permanent/ 13 comments goldandblack
- Missouri bill would ban gender-affirming care for minors, strip doctors of licenses https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3265539-missouri-bill-would-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-strip-doctors-of-licenses/ 78 comments politics
- Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas child-care regulators to yank licenses of facilities housing immigrant kids https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/06/01/gov-greg-abbott-orders-texas-child-care-regulators-to-yank-licenses-of-facilities-housing-immigrant-kids/ 53 comments politics
- The Supreme Court Could Allow the Use of a Religious Litmus Test for Foster Parents | The Supreme Court should reject a license to discriminate in our child welfare system and put the needs of children first. The 440,000 children in our nation’s foster care system are counting on it. https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/will-the-supreme-court-sanction-the-use-of-a-religious-litmus-test-for-foster-parents/ 14 comments politics
- Clear Conquered U.S. Airports. Now It Wants to Own Your Entire Digital Identity. - ‘You are your driver’s license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card’ https://onezero.medium.com/clear-conquered-u-s-airports-now-it-wants-to-own-your-entire-digital-identity-15d61076e44d 15 comments technology
- Should I care about licenses https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/fgmyqw/should_i_care_about_licenses/ 53 comments rust
- Trump Admin's 'License to Discriminate' Health Care Rule Struck Down | Allowing health care workers to refuse services to those who offend their religious beliefs is illegal, a federal judge rules. https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/11/06/trump-admins-license-discriminate-health-care-rule-struck-down 5 comments politics
- IBM launches the Data Asset eXchange (DAX), an "an online hub for developers and data scientists to find carefully curated free and open datasets under open data licenses" https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-data-asset-exchange-dax-free-open-data-ai/ 26 comments datascience
- New Brunswick, Canada, moves toward mandatory immunization for students: The New Brunswick government introduced legislative amendments that would make medical exemptions the only acceptable reason for children in public schools and licensed early learning and child care centres not to be immunized. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-immunization-amendments-medical-measles-1.5164595 241 comments worldnews
- Trump administration rolls back Obama-era health care protections for transgender people. Rights groups denounced the move as a license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-rolls-back-obama-era-health-care-protections-transgender-n1009851 4 comments politics
- Health Department grants foster care agency religious exemption license to discriminate. Miracle Hill came under fire last year for refusing service to a Jewish family. https://thinkprogress.org/hhs-religious-discrimination-waiver-miracle-hill-south-carolina-b009e583c61a/ 22 comments politics
- Florida Board of Health suspends hundreds of health care licenses over student loan defaults https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-board-of-health-suspends-hundreds-of-health-care-licenses-over-student-loan-defaults 18 comments economy
- Florida Board of Health suspends hundreds of health care licenses over student loan defaults https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-board-of-health-suspends-hundreds-of-health-care-licenses-over-student-loan-defaults 28 comments politics
- If licensing is preventing free synch and g-synch hybrid monitors, could we eventually see the Chinese produce a hybrid because they don't care about copyright or trade marks? https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/78rq32/if_licensing_is_preventing_free_synch_and_gsynch/ 45 comments hardware
- Should you care about the license of NPM dependency? https://medium.com/@vovabilonenko/licenses-of-npm-dependencies-bacaa00c8c65 7 comments javascript
- Texas Senate Votes to License ‘Baby Jails’ as Child Care Facilities https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-senate-votes-license-baby-jails-child-care-facilities/? 6 comments politics
- Texas Senate Votes to License ‘Baby Jails’ as Child Care Facilities. The legislation was written by a for-profit private prison corporation. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-senate-votes-license-baby-jails-child-care-facilities/? 55 comments politics
- "Over the years, I've become convinced that the BSD license is great for code you don't care about," said Linus Torvalds. http://www.cio.com/article/3112582/linux/linus-torvalds-says-gpl-was-defining-factor-in-linuxs-success.html 186 comments linux
- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) signs bills to abolish the death penalty, legalize medical marijuana, allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses, expand early voting, reform campaign-finance laws, and put in place the federal health-care law in Maryland. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/omalley-to-sign-death-penalty-repeal-and-scores-of-other-bills-thursday-morning/2013/05/02/b0f98bb4-b319-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html 52 comments politics
- The "I don't care" license - or a protest against copyright law? http://tieguy.org/blog/2013/01/27/taking-post-open-source-seriously-as-a-statement-about-copyright-law/ 8 comments freeculture
- Neither Bachmann nor many of his therapists, it’s important to note, have serious psychological training.... he’s not licensed with any of the boards that certify mental-health professionals in Minnesota, one of the few states that allows unlicensed people to practice mental-health care. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/10/marcus-bachmann-s-controversial-gay-therapy-and-how-it-affects-michele-s-campaign.print.html 3 comments politics
- Anyone care to introduce some similar US legislation? "Canada's Radio Act requires that "a licenser may not broadcast....any false or misleading news." The provision has kept Fox News and right wing talk radio out of Canada and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/fox-news-will-not-be-moving-into-canada-after-all_b_829473.html?4 7 comments politics
- Anyone care to introduce some similar US legislation? "Canada's Radio Act requires that "a licenser may not broadcast....any false or misleading news." The provision has kept Fox News and right wing talk radio out of Canada and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/fox-news-will-not-be-moving-into-canada-after-all_b_829473.html?4 16 comments reddit.com
- Medical Licensing An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-621.pdf 5 comments politics
- Myths of Linux - People don't care about licensing http://gnuru.org/article/1361/myths-linux-people-don-t-care-about-licensing 2 comments linux
- Who cares what the Supreme Court Says? New York City Strips a Disabled Vet of His Gun License http://www.nysun.com/new-york/new-york-moves-to-defend-gun-law/81209/? 4 comments reddit.com