[asteroidp]

You never ever have to have the ianal disclaimer on the internet

[lkbm]

If you are a lawyer, you need to say "this is not legal advice".

IIRC, in the US, if you're a lawyer and someone "reasonably" believes you're giving them actual legal council, regardless of your intent, I'm pretty sure you're culpable (for lack of a better word).

[ufmace]

Far as I can tell, it's not so much that you're actually culpable. But someone can sue you for it, and it won't be immediately thrown out, which means you may need an expensive and time-consuming defense. You'd probably win in the end, but what a pain in the ass.

[vasco]

It's 2022 and people still don't know that on the internet nobody knows you're a dog. These disclaimers always make me chuckle. I bet the amount of people successfully sued for giving advice on the internet is zero.

[sva_]

I think "I am not your lawyer" was more a flex of credentials, to give their argument more weight.

[sandworm101]

Well, one would be true and the other false. As a general rule lawyers get in more trouble for the latter.

[lupire]

which is funny because its explicit meaning is to remove weight from the argument, by telling the reader not to trust it.

[giantg2]

Possibly. It's pretty ridiculous what some courts/prosecutors consider "practicing law without a license".

For example, I was told by a judge that just if I help my wife fill out an appeal form, or if a real estate agent explains about a sale contract, that could be considered practicing law without a license. Frankly, that judge seemed like he was either an idiot or corrupt/biased based on some other stuff he did too.

[ameminator]

You'd be surprised to know that I may or may not be the world's first intelligent toaster.

[mbot5324]

> world's first intelligent toaster

At long last! I've been waiting for your emergence!

[ameminator]

It's because I'm the hottest thing around! (Except for the oven, the microwave, the air fryer ...)

[cryptonector]

Whatever, but I don't want crumpets.

[jeramey]

Hello, fellow Dwarfer!

[ben_w]

Eh, not so much. If Foone can run Doom on a pregnancy test, I’m sure someone can run GPT-3 on a toaster.

[gerdesj]

He replaced a few components such as the CPU but we have seen Linux booted on a hard disc. Not from a hard disc but on the controller itself on the hard disc.

ESP8266 and ESP32 and the like are pretty tiny and have wifi and BT and a shedload of GPIOs and whatnot available. At £2 or less retail a pop! A "monster" system involving a Pi Zero costs about £5 retail.

My toaster is clockwork based or me and a long fork and a open hearth. My fridge/freezer on the other hand has a wifi link. It is on the SEWER VLAN which is for those devices that scare me somewhat and has a rather limited view of the world.

[sandworm101]

You're not. If anyone is first it is me. I made some toast first thing this morning.

[mcronce]

Hell, I bet the number of people who have even had a lawsuit successfully filed for advice on the Internet is very very small. A potential plaintiff would need contact info, for starters...

[sandworm101]

Sued? Few. But people/jerks who disagree with what you say sometimes send complaints to bar associations.

[hashimotonomora]

It’s a healthy reflex from real life that spills over here.

[Godel_unicode]

That person's disclaimer is not ianal, it's ianyl. Big difference.

[danuker]

Not anal, that's for sure :D

[robertlagrant]

I am not a superintelligent shade of the colour blue.

[zauguin]

I'm so relieved. Given that I'm a superintelligent shade of yellow you would have been my mortal enemy otherwise.

[robertlagrant]

We can cyan a peace treaty.