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Comment on open_slate: private and powerful 2-in-1 tablet in ~tech
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Comment on Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets in ~finance
Cock LinkSending my fellow young American to die in the middle east to distract from a globally interconnected pedophile ring. You can take your war, and stuff it!Sending my fellow young American to die in the middle east to distract from a globally interconnected pedophile ring.
You can take your war, and stuff it!
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Comment on Xbox confirms 'Project Helix', its next-gen console that will also play PC games in ~games
Cock LinkIs anyone holding their breath? It seems like Xbox has been on the way out, I'm surprised they are even releasing a new product under the name.Is anyone holding their breath? It seems like Xbox has been on the way out, I'm surprised they are even releasing a new product under the name.
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Comment on Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband in ~life.men
Cock LinkGen Z man here. I would agree they should obey the husband the same way the husband will obey the wife? Relationships are built on mutual respect and trust, and this question approaches it with...Gen Z man here.
I would agree they should obey the husband the same way the husband will obey the wife? Relationships are built on mutual respect and trust, and this question approaches it with neither.
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Comment on Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 in ~tech
Cock Link ParentThe entire law’s mechanism assumes a closed ecosystem. The signal flow is: OS provider builds age API, app store queries it, developer requests signal from app store at download and launch. That...The entire law’s mechanism assumes a closed ecosystem. The signal flow is: OS provider builds age API, app store queries it, developer requests signal from app store at download and launch.
That pipeline requires the distribution platform to be integrated with the OS-level age verification system. GitHub has no concept of this. There’s no account linkage between a GitHub download and the person running the binary. You don’t authenticate with GitHub to download a release asset. There’s no “launch” event that GitHub is aware of. The entire signal infrastructure the law depends on simply doesn’t exist outside the walled garden model.
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Comment on Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 in ~tech
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Comment on Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 in ~tech
Cock Link ParentI actually read through the full text of AB 1043 because I make Mac apps and had the same reaction. It’s a lot narrower than people are making it sound. The law doesn’t bake age verification into...I actually read through the full text of AB 1043 because I make Mac apps and had the same reaction. It’s a lot narrower than people are making it sound.
The law doesn’t bake age verification into the OS the way people think. It requires Apple/Google to build an API that app stores use to pass an age bracket signal to developers. It’s scoped to “covered application stores” so if you distribute outside the App Store (direct download, GitHub, Homebrew, whatever) it doesn’t apply to you at all.
It also doesn’t block downloading apps or websites. There’s no filtering or gating, it’s just a data signal developers can request about whether a user is in a certain age bracket. It's literally just requiring the Steam "age verification" for everything.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Cock LinkI made a real debrid client for tvOS since Stremio didn't have any support for the platform.I made a real debrid client for tvOS since Stremio didn't have any support for the platform.
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Comment on Human-driven global warming could cause the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a powerful ocean current system, and throw Iceland into a deep freeze in ~enviro
Cock LinkWhat are the masses to do when a small minority that controls the means of production doesn't heed the warning of global warming? Are we all just going to let this happen? The world is beautiful...What are the masses to do when a small minority that controls the means of production doesn't heed the warning of global warming? Are we all just going to let this happen?
The world is beautiful and we only have one fucking ecosystem, yet our species seems to be disconnected entirely from which it emerged.
What's the consensus on this?
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Comment on Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in ~news
Cock Link ParentYou can acquire firearms legally in a few nations, Canada included. The US just makes it easy.You can acquire firearms legally in a few nations, Canada included. The US just makes it easy.
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reopens El Paso airport hours after saying it was grounding flights for ten days in ~transport
Cock LinkThe government is ran by corrupt, incompetent, and inexperienced political operatives. We will continue to see trivial mistakes impacting our daily lives.The government is ran by corrupt, incompetent, and inexperienced political operatives. We will continue to see trivial mistakes impacting our daily lives.
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Comment on Seeking guidance on a week long LA to Bay Area trip in ~travel
Cock LinkI would say as someone from here, you should probably switch the time for LA and Palm Springs. You can do Palm Springs in a day. If you want to "see LA," you can spend a few days here as it is a...I would say as someone from here, you should probably switch the time for LA and Palm Springs. You can do Palm Springs in a day. If you want to "see LA," you can spend a few days here as it is a large city. Avoid the walk of fame, it sucks. If you want to see the Hollywood sign, go to the Bronson Caves (free to park), hike up the hill (5-10mins) and then go up into the canyon area. There is a direct shot to the sign with none of the tourists. Added bonus this is a batcave filming location.
Staying in Santa Barbara, keep in mind that's about an hour or two up the coast from LA. That will be maybe another 6 hours to SF from there. You wouldn't be able to have time to explore SF if you spent the day driving, but that's up to you I suppose. Plan ahead for the location of where you plan to stay, as I don't think there are many hotels.
For the rest, it seems plausible, just double check the driving times. You can estimate the traffic at a certain time of day on google and apple maps. The cities are usually extremely trafficked around rush hours, so keep that in mind. California is huge. Have fun!
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Comment on Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles as Kevin Warsh pick eases US Federal Reserve independence fear in ~finance
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Comment on Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing in ~tech
Cock LinkIf they want access to the app store, they have to go by Apple's rules. Users are fully entitled to accessing patreon via a web browser.If they want access to the app store, they have to go by Apple's rules. Users are fully entitled to accessing patreon via a web browser.
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Comment on Amazon’s promotion of ‘Melania’ has critics questioning its motives (Amazon has spent 35M on marketing on top of its 40M budget) in ~movies
Cock LinkThese people are doing anything but running the country, a movie? Really?These people are doing anything but running the country, a movie? Really?
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Comment on Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ in ~tech
Cock Link ParentCSAM was actually found in training data. Stanford Internet Observatory researchers found over 3,000 suspected instances of CSAM in LAION-5B, the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion, with 1,008...CSAM was actually found in training data. Stanford Internet Observatory researchers found over 3,000 suspected instances of CSAM in LAION-5B, the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion, with 1,008 externally validated. Their report literally states that “having possession of a LAION‐5B dataset populated even in late 2023 implies the possession of thousands of illegal images.”
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Comment on Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ in ~tech
Cock Link ParentIf an AI can effectively generate lifelike images of children, WHAT was it trained on?If an AI can effectively generate lifelike images of children, WHAT was it trained on?
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Comment on I feel that Destin (SmarterEveryDay on Youtube) is straying from the path in ~talk
Cock Link ParentIt's respectful towards strangers, towards parents, it's weird.It's respectful towards strangers, towards parents, it's weird.
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Comment on I feel that Destin (SmarterEveryDay on Youtube) is straying from the path in ~talk
Cock LinkGrew up in the south, kids calling parents sir/ma'am is reserved for the same types conservative traditionalist groups you mentioned. However, it's seen as normal depending on who you talk to. I...Grew up in the south, kids calling parents sir/ma'am is reserved for the same types conservative traditionalist groups you mentioned. However, it's seen as normal depending on who you talk to.
I have largely felt the same about his channel over the last few years, however that Pompeii video I just clicked off of. Didn't even finish it. I'm of the opinion that if you dip even one toe into that area, you're definitely just hiding your actual beliefs and it leaks through in his content more recently. Whether or not this has to do with the growing political issues in the US, I don't know. But it's definitely there!
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Comment on Does anyone use AppleScript on macOS? in ~comp
Cock LinkYou can use this method of seeing what commands are supported for a given app https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46521/how-do-i-find-out-the-applescript-commands-available-for-a-particular-appYou can use this method of seeing what commands are supported for a given app https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46521/how-do-i-find-out-the-applescript-commands-available-for-a-particular-app
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