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by arlcode 3y ago
The challenge with electronic elections is only partially a technological one. The point of elections is that people en mass need to trust them and be certain that their fellow citizens did in fact vote as the numbers claim that they did. P
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It is. But is it "good enough" to convince some people to use it instead? For the moment the best it can do is to provide an (ever improving) basic alternative to Unity that forces them (and the market in General) to not be greedy
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by arlcode 3y ago
It's their hubris that lead to this. For some reasons companies always seem to believe that they have an upper hand over even the most powerful governmental structure. The very powerful people at the helm of Apple, Google and friends s
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It would be pretty hard to argue that iMessage has a market domineering position in Europe and therefore not appropriate for the EU to regulate it. That being said, I hope that once the other services are forced to interop apple will have n
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by arlcode 3y ago
There are fringe groups in Germany that distribute "passports", "ID cards" and give themselves fancy titles under the hilariously wrong assumption that the current German State (aka the FDR) is not identical with/a
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by arlcode 3y ago
I see this as a great opportunity to learn the next few lessons of traditional Finance system that lead to them not being finite and only driven by market forces. Crypto really feels like a speed run of human monetary history.
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by arlcode 3y ago
I've been using usb-c for a few years on all my critical devices (phone, computer , tablet, raspi) and in all possible situations (car, desk, night stand, power bank) and never had an issue with the connector. I'm sure it happens
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by arlcode 3y ago
Sounds very interesting. Maybe this is a project where I can put the random collection of components to use which lying around in my basement. Not exactly to spec but that's the spirit I think.
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by arlcode 3y ago
Interesting project. I wonder how the rigidity holds up over time. Working at a robotics company, the mechanical engineers had to overcome quite some challenges to find a compromise between, precision, speed and repeatability. And that was
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by arlcode 3y ago
Make sense. That explains why he vanished from my perception a while ago. Didn't even notice until now.
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What has gone down is my ability to even tell what a video is even about since YouTubes algorithm/metrics/ad distribution Encourages creators to make absolute garbage titles and thumbnails in order to be discovered. This has absol
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by arlcode 3y ago
Maybe it's different in the US but here in Germany I'm charged exactly the sum that was advertised when I signed up for the service. Even if you do the "taxes not included" dance, I doubt US ISPs are incapable of just ch
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by arlcode 3y ago
No Visa in advance but you need to fill out ESTA online a few days prior to your departure. If you are declined for ESTA you need to apply using the usual process at the embassy/consulate.
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by arlcode 3y ago
It seems like the EU DSA and DMA would also apply to Microsoft. Could this be in preparation for when the laws come into force in early 2024?
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by arlcode 3y ago
You don't even need to do that immediatly afaik. You can wait for the first person to request the source and do it then manually (or link to the nginx github). Most likely that will never happen for most people who deploy it. After all
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by arlcode 3y ago
"Today Amazon introduces the AWS Partnered Software Supplier Programm. Selected companies are invited to offer their products as deeply integrated AWS services. The first announced Parter are: Not-at-all-amazon-for-hashicorp inc, Not-a
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The war isn't going as they imagined it. 1.5 years into a "3-day operation" against a smaller poor country armed with hand me downs and some of the western peacetime production does not fit the narrative of 2nd best army in t
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by arlcode 3y ago
In a way that's unfortunate because the "google keyword" .text gives away what is happening here. I bet there are some people who wouldn't even think about the fungible nature of data types (especially if they come from
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by arlcode 3y ago
Not really. Most tasks in a car do not run on high speed cutting edge chips. A few random examples: - adjusting your side mirrors - the control of the AC cooling unit and speed of the fans - electronically adjustable seats - parking sensors
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by arlcode 3y ago
It is indeed called that https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-...
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by arlcode 3y ago
They are getting 5bn to build this fab. That gives the government some leverage.
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by arlcode 3y ago
Thank you for correcting me :)
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I think this is true. China is working really hard to get it's domestic semiconducter industry up to speed. They are willing to burn a lot of money and time to reach their overall political goal of annexing Taiwan even if it takes a ve
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by arlcode 3y ago
They won't use that technology to produce mobile phones or GPUs. There are plenty of application were structure size, performance and/or power draw doesn't really matter. E.g. Automotive / Industrial applications
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Germany is a big player (politically and financially) in the EU and the Eurozone and it's benefitial to have them on your side. (Also such a large economy can offer better (aka larger) subsidies if they want to)
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Dresden has been a semimanufactoring hub in Eastern Germany for quite some time. I believe this started in GDR times and continued (at massively reduced capacity) after the reunification. Intel, AMD, Infineon and others operate (or plan to
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Exactly. The technical side of secure communication is (mostly) a solved problem and there are more than enough competent people in the industry and interest groups to solve upcoming challenges. A piece of (probably actual) paper can disabl
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by arlcode 3y ago
As with other laws ther lobbying position is pretty weak in the EU. They (and other US based big tech) lost the last few rounds of the regulation / lobby game. They don't employ (many) people here, don't pay a lot of taxes an
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What Europe has since a few year though is a right to a bank account. Banks must offer basic accounts to anybody (at nondiscriminatory pricing) and unless it's used for fraud or if the fee cannot be paid isn't allowed to close it.
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by arlcode 3y ago
Google is also the biggest ad vendor on the planet. They have every incentive to require websites running their ads to only allow ("google play" + other big players) verified software on their sites. They can a) prevent ad blocker

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