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  1. Comment on Android to debut "advanced flow" for sideloading unverified applications in ~tech

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    I always come back to: The optimal amount of crime in society is not zero. Trying to squash the bad actors by heavyhanded authoritarian means everyone gets to live under a heavyhanded...

    I always come back to:

    The optimal amount of crime in society is not zero.

    Trying to squash the bad actors by heavyhanded authoritarian means everyone gets to live under a heavyhanded authoritarian regime. Or:

    Those whom would give up liberty for security deserve neither.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Android to debut "advanced flow" for sideloading unverified applications in ~tech

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    So China was right after all.......

    So China was right after all.......

  3. Comment on Android to debut "advanced flow" for sideloading unverified applications in ~tech

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    It's almost like they don't want you to sideload apps.

    It's almost like they don't want you to sideload apps.

    29 votes

  4. Comment on BYD claims five-minute electric vehicle charging with new battery tech in ~transport

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    Would be nice if we could standardize the battery pack ala the standardized car headlight of old.

    Would be nice if we could standardize the battery pack ala the standardized car headlight of old.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on BYD claims five-minute electric vehicle charging with new battery tech in ~transport

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    These are my favorite kinds of fun facts.

    These are my favorite kinds of fun facts.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on BYD claims five-minute electric vehicle charging with new battery tech in ~transport

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    I would assume that it'd just take like a 25kV high voltage mains line directly, which would dramatically reduce the needed amperage. To be clear: Most definitely still something only getting...

    I would assume that it'd just take like a 25kV high voltage mains line directly, which would dramatically reduce the needed amperage.

    To be clear: Most definitely still something only getting installed in a big facility.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on BYD claims five-minute electric vehicle charging with new battery tech in ~transport

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    Thats well and good if you have a private parking spot. Right now if you live in an older city with mostly street parking, fast charging is your main option. 5 min charging changes that equation...

    Thats well and good if you have a private parking spot.

    Right now if you live in an older city with mostly street parking, fast charging is your main option.

    5 min charging changes that equation substantially.

    25 votes

  8. Comment on Meet Kit: Firefox's new mascot in ~tech

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    Yea we said that about Windows too. I would prefer it not take till I'm on my deathbed.

    Yea we said that about Windows too.

    I would prefer it not take till I'm on my deathbed.

    10 votes

  9. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    Yes. I have yours bookmarked and I thank you for filling the niche with proper asphalt instead of a spoonful of dirt.

    Yes. I have yours bookmarked and I thank you for filling the niche with proper asphalt instead of a spoonful of dirt.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    I'd probably try to work it in to tacobell-adjacent tacos. Or a smoothie of some sort. Or worst case as capsules of dehydrated food. And I think we have some foods like that: Basically any leafy...

    I'd probably try to work it in to tacobell-adjacent tacos. Or a smoothie of some sort. Or worst case as capsules of dehydrated food.

    And I think we have some foods like that: Basically any leafy green that isn't iceberg lettuce.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Your daily coffee may be protecting your brain, 43-year study finds in ~health.mental

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    Yea, unless its full "cigarettes cause lung cancer" bad, I don't forsee myself changing my habits. Even then....

    Yea, unless its full "cigarettes cause lung cancer" bad, I don't forsee myself changing my habits. Even then....

    4 votes

  12. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    In defense of those terrible online tools, they do fill an important niche: Providing functionality when using a device that I have 0 control over....like a library computer.

    In defense of those terrible online tools, they do fill an important niche: Providing functionality when using a device that I have 0 control over....like a library computer.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    Opus 4.6 is genuinely capable of spitting out a bunch of reasonably functioning code for non-critical applications. Best I can tell that was a generational leap that may have tipped the scales...

    Opus 4.6 is genuinely capable of spitting out a bunch of reasonably functioning code for non-critical applications. Best I can tell that was a generational leap that may have tipped the scales since that study came out. It definitely is better than falling back to the models that were available in July. Admittedly an obscenely expensive one...

    The problem putting half-baked tech demos out as full products never goes away, but now we can churn them out faster.......yay?

    4 votes

  14. Comment on The kids are all right - Surprising studies show young people are doing better than previous generations in many ways in ~life

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    Did it occur to anybody that things are doing better because us parents worry extensivly about backsliding culture and vitrol? A recurring theme in my house is to get my kids to call us out on...

    Did it occur to anybody that things are doing better because us parents worry extensivly about backsliding culture and vitrol?

    A recurring theme in my house is to get my kids to call us out on screen use. And replying to "why can't I have a tablet/phone/smartwatch" with "Does it feel good or bad when Mom and I ignore you while we're on our phones? We're trying to keep you from ending up like us."

    The rising popularity of the manosphere and increasing violence in schools tells me there is a lot more than what this story is telling.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    I think StackOverflow losing traffic is a sign that AI coding will eventually end up eating itself, as the drop in traffic will likely correlate to a drop in updated correct information.

    I think StackOverflow losing traffic is a sign that AI coding will eventually end up eating itself, as the drop in traffic will likely correlate to a drop in updated correct information.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech

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    No. Your ID just proves it is your account on the device. The password and (pending) mandatory two-factor are the proof that you are the one using it. Kind of how if a car registered in your name...

    No. Your ID just proves it is your account on the device.

    The password and (pending) mandatory two-factor are the proof that you are the one using it.

    Kind of how if a car registered in your name runs a red light camera. Onus is on you to prove it wasn't you.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech

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    Auto-lock mechanisms that are the default on most devices.

    Auto-lock mechanisms that are the default on most devices.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech

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    It's definitely slippery, it's just that we're already on the slide. It's RCS all over again. Apple, Google, and Microsoft will develop an "open standard" that is incidentally unable to be...

    It's definitely slippery, it's just that we're already on the slide. It's RCS all over again.

    Apple, Google, and Microsoft will develop an "open standard" that is incidentally unable to be implented if you don't have an Apple, Google, or Microsoft signing key. And you won't get verified without uploading your biometric data and ID to them (and any government that demands a copy).

    It's a double-whammy police state wet dream: They get to permanently tie an ID to a device, and it can automatically report "crimes". Using Child Porn as the justification, but in practice to track dissidents.

    Remember how "an IP address is not a person." That goes out the window when there is incontrovertable proof that your device is tied to your identity.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech

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    AI slop is slop because the majority of the corpus is slop.

    AI slop is slop because the majority of the corpus is slop.

    13 votes

  20. Comment on Nasdaq's shame - how to rig an index to appease a billionaire in ~finance

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    That's a pretty damn good indicator that what's going on here isn't investment, but gambling.

    Vanguard doesn't even have a index fund for NDX or QQQ because they don't trust Nasdaq's indices.

    That's a pretty damn good indicator that what's going on here isn't investment, but gambling.

    5 votes