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by phony-account 9d ago
And yet what lawmakers focused on was getting your consent for a cookie on a website you were only going to visit once.
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by phony-account 21d ago
To make the analogy even more perfect, the character should be holding a saw rather than a hammer.
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by phony-account 1mo ago
I’m part of a team of six iOS developers and we already have a 2-week cycle without any major problems. Most of our publishing cycle is automated except for the inevitable last stretch in AppStoreConnect where we need to submit releases man
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by phony-account 4mo ago
> The problem with this is that both carplay and android auto capture their own vehicle telemetry. So even though the car is not able to use your phone as a general data pipe, Google and Apple still get access to this data when you'
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by phony-account 5mo ago
> forced upgrade to iOS 26 No-one has forced you to upgrade. I’m writing this on iOS 18.
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by phony-account 6mo ago
> win this war ASAP How can we define what this even means? I don’t think any of the naive initial aims were ever attainable - and the entire impulsive and irresponsible adventure has spiraled down into what looks like impatient and pett
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by phony-account 6mo ago
> it was a skill issue on the part of the Spotify engineers writing the internal system prompt for their slop DJ Spotify are currently making a big deal about not writing any code - I attended a webinar this week where one of the slide
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by phony-account 6mo ago
How would you differentiate from how MacOS itself does this, without any need for third-party apps?
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Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens(med.stanford.edu)
363 points by phony-account 6mo ago|140 comments
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by phony-account 7mo ago
I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting.
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by phony-account 7mo ago
> In Sweden it also almost never happens This just isn’t true, at all - electricity is regularly out for hundreds or thousands of people in Sweden because of snow. This year was especially bad, where thousands were without any electricit
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by phony-account 9mo ago
> Not sure that "crisp" is a word I'd use to describe any part of the UK in autumn - probably more like "soggy" - but that applies to any season! From the gently self-deprecating nature of your answer I’m guessin
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by phony-account 9mo ago
> Having a culture that produces happier people in worse circumstances doesn't make those people less happy The question is whether stoicism in the face of what most people would categorize as suffering should be classified as “happ
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by phony-account 9mo ago
> I’d never want to live in perpetual summer. Seasons brings joy Even this is a typical myth that I often hear from Scandinavians. In fact different parts of Spain (or England or France) have also clearly demarcated seasons. If you want
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by phony-account 9mo ago
These measures are bullshit and often just come down to a prevalent societal ‘temperament’ that’s inculcated from birth. I live and have family in Sweden and the rest of my family is in Spain. The Swedes have immense pride in their country
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by phony-account 9mo ago
I agree with you, but my point was aimed at people who might think that even a couple of thousand dollars would be too much to spend on a film camera, whereas used Xpans (with an unknown electronic lifespan) are commonly selling for in exce
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by phony-account 9mo ago
This is a great product, and without meaning to underestimate the value of a ‘makers’ project I really wish it could be manufactured at scale with a metal body and a mount that could take a wider range of lenses. Anyone currently interested
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by phony-account 10mo ago
> Modern digital cinema cameras can capture dark scenes far better than the film stocks of the 90s and earlier. So set designers don’t need to blast light everywhere to have actors be visible… > Go watch a 90s movie and look at a nigh
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Neonicotinoid pesticide ban: France's birds make a tentative recovery(theguardian.com)
2 points by phony-account 10mo ago|0 comments
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Rise of the Porno Trolls(theguardian.com)
5 points by phony-account 11mo ago|0 comments
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Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?(sixcolors.com)
2 points by phony-account 11mo ago|0 comments
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by phony-account 11mo ago
> Obsolescence for Macs comes when Apple decides not to allow your mac update the OS to the latest one. That doesn’t make it obsolete, at all.
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by phony-account 1y ago
Living in Stockholm I’m so envious of the way the Danes are truly committed to cycle traffic instead of the window-dressing we have here. This type of practical measure is unthinkable here, where a cyclist often has to stop at traffic light
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Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave(theguardian.com)
5 points by phony-account 1y ago|2 comments
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by phony-account 1y ago
> I would also remind the short of memory that during covid, the states with the most draconian restrictions were mostly left-leaning, and many were loathe to give up that control. Control of the people comes from all sides This depictio
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by phony-account 1y ago
> Given it was hot enough to faint someone at 4pm, wine would be waste already being in such temperature for more than an hour (systembolaget closes at 3pm)? People living in Spain and France just throw away their wine if they haven’t co
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by phony-account 1y ago
> The new trains have ac I’d question the effectiveness: I stood opposite a young guy who just clean fainted on one of the hottest days. He fell like an axed tree-trunk in the heat. After a few minutes he was fine again, but he’d slid on
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Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America(esquire.com)
6 points by phony-account 1y ago|1 comments
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Airbnb guest says images were altered in false £12,000 damage claim(theguardian.com)
8 points by phony-account 1y ago|2 comments
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by phony-account 1y ago
The company I work for expanded enormously from 2021 onwards, aiming to recruit the absolute best talent available regardless of location. None of this was ‘offshoring’ - we just cast a broad net over Europe and genuinely hauled in the high

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