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by svpk 20d ago
GrapheneOS is not rooted. The phone not being rooted is part of the GrapheneOS' security model. I assume the issue is it failing the deeper play integrity check which is about it not being "Google approved."
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by svpk 22d ago
I know that Discover has a card with a 5% discount category that changes once a quarter. Everything not in the category gets 1%. It's not hard to get the card (or at least wasn't) and was frequently advertised to college students.
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by svpk 24d ago
That's not really the point of the saying though. The point is more so that if you are the kind of person who is in a position to roll your own crypto you probably have a PhD and have worked with cryptography for years. And the thing t
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by svpk 1mo ago
I think it's worth pointing out that the US almost certainly could have taken control of the strait. But it would have required boats in the water and boots on the ground. But that puts many more lives at risk, would have been very unp
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by svpk 2mo ago
> with increased attack vectors. I don't follow. If you mean against fraudulent spending phone based tap to pay is probably the most secure. It demands user authentication (biometric or code) for any transaction so there's no r
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by svpk 2mo ago
That's a pretty concrete list so it's unclear to me what you mean. They're also going to support some of the upcoming Motorola phones so it's not just pixels. I think the short answer of what they'd need to do in a
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by svpk 3mo ago
The idea is that you could ban any set of "unhealthy" inputs and give the big food companies some time and they'll come out with something just as unhealthy that complies with your rules. The underlying issue is some mix of w
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by svpk 4mo ago
As far as different payment systems go I think gnu taler is the most compelling. If keeps the payer anonymous while letting the government know how much the payee received for tax purposes. https://www.taler.net/en/inde
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by svpk 4mo ago
I'd add that we also chose policies that made housing expensive. It used to be much cheaper to live in NYC for example, but housing options included what was essentially a dorm room with shared facilities. Those were outlawedes for var
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by svpk 5mo ago
That's incorrect per the video. It wouldn't cover 80% of the current US grid it would cover 80% more! It would be 180% of total US grid usage. Timestamp of where he says that: https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?t=2198
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by svpk 5mo ago
I think the confusion here is that Signal does in fact encrypt the notification in transit [1]. The FBI had access to the user's unlocked iPhone and went through the notification history on the device. The issue the user faced is tha
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by svpk 5mo ago
1. I'm not an iOS dev, but I know they have a specific framework for doing calls (CallKit I think), so you'd be using specific APIs that allow for a persistent connection for that purpose. Probably something similar for downloads.
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by svpk 5mo ago
In my recollection, which may be imperfect: 1. On android if Google Play isn't available (or you install the no Google apk version) it'll use a websocket for notifications. Apple doesn't allow a persistent connection except t
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by svpk 6mo ago
> Make 20 year experiments before rolling out any change at scale? Basically. It wouldn't require a 20 year experiment probably. Looking at whole words vs phonics as an example, you'd get a handful of schools to participate and
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by svpk 6mo ago
> You can't bake your pie and eat it too. This seems like a corruption of "you can't have your cake and eat it too." I'm somewhat confused as you can definitely both bake a pie and eat it too. Or are you trying t
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by svpk 6mo ago
Have you looked at Bluetooth LE Long Range? I believe more recent phones have it and it claims communication of up to 1km. In practice less in the woods I'm sure. Still a dramatic win over standard Bluetooth though. https://
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by svpk 6mo ago
... Your examples seem to undercut your point if I'm understanding what you're trying to say. In your first example the "cost" in the form of traffic etc. was reduced so more people "buy" in the sense that they
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by svpk 6mo ago
Not really, it used to be the case that a full third of Americans moved every year. Obviously life is more complicated than econ 101, but it's also obvious that a current undersupply of housing is one of, if not the primary, drivers of
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by svpk 6mo ago
They're comparing Saudi Arabia to a drug dealer; I don't think they're ascribing any moral virtue to the Saudi regime. They just believe the Saudis are acting more intelligently.
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by svpk 6mo ago
They mean in the sense of sum, product, difference, and quotient. The comment they were replying to said KW/h (a quotient), but the term is KWh which is a product.
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by svpk 7mo ago
A fun fact, SCOTUS as a term predates POTUS by over a decade. So actually -OTUS was extended to POTUS from SCOTUS, not the other way around. Though both are well over 100 years old at this point. I think POTUS is probably the more well used
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by svpk 9mo ago
I'd point out that at least in aerobic exercies (ie running and biking) its generally recommended that you shouldn't be pushing too hard for most of your workouts. If you're going out four days a week it's only on one or
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by svpk 9mo ago
I believe it's just a matter of intuitively useful units. There's simply too many seconds in a day for people to have an immediate grasp on the quantity. If you're using a space heater or thinking about how much power your fr
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by svpk 9mo ago
As already said it was a PSA ran on TV in the US up until at least the 90s I think. It's not really a different animal when you think about it; at the height of summer the sun doesn't set until around 9 (at least in the northern h
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by svpk 11mo ago
Key distinctions between Steam and similar contenders in other spaces (google play store, the apple app store) are that: 1. Steam isn't bundled with the OS, it must be installed. 2. Steam isn't a gatekeeper to installing software
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by svpk 1y ago
This person misses the point. They seem to be arguing for their right to own a car and to own a large plot of land. Which isn't what NotJustBikes, StrongTowns, etc. are arguing. The actual argument is that when developing infrastructur
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by svpk 1y ago
Switzerland has its act together with public transit as far as I'm aware, so the following doesn't actually apply to them. But something to note is that when trying to increase ridership the two most important things are reduced h
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by svpk 1y ago
This is an article that I came across a while ago that speaks to a number of instances in Germany and the UK of people arrested for speech that would be considered acceptable in the states. Things like calling politicians idiots, giving the
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by svpk 1y ago
GrapheneOS resolved this a while ago. Which shows google and other android vendors could have resolved this quickly if they were motivated too. https://bsky.app/profile/minimalblue.bsky.social/post/3lul6i...
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by svpk 1y ago
In my understanding no. Observation of other star systems has shown that ours is somewhat anomalous in being aligned to a plane.

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