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Re:The Tragedy of Losing Your Wikipedia Page on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:03AM (#50299742)
The issue is that all of those articles have to be maintained. Every so often some insignificant professor has their article edited by a student to say that they were sanctioned by the university for sexual misconduct when they were not. That's just one example, as it's easy to meet notability guidelines as an academic. It's a problematic to have tons of biographies for living people with marginal notability. On the other hand, any random hurricane or rural highway merrits an article because these pages don't lead to the same problems.
Re:Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:13PM (#50168594)
Any self-respecting Apple user has at least three iPads.
...or that's just what they want you to think.
Re:You Know Who Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @11:01AM (#49537393)
Yes, but that's still like 20 states that don't have strict CPOM laws.
Re:GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @10:28AM (#49536824)
Google makes money, I'm not sure Pixel does.
It's nice to be the customer, instead of the product.
Re:An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail on Monday August 17, 2026 @10:52PM (#49340660)
They heavily limit the number of lifetime subscriptions they sell to avoid it becoming a sustainability issue. That product isn't available right now, for example.
By the time Apple drops support for the M1 I imagine that Asahi will be fairly mature.
Re:The Joy of Folding Bikes on Saturday April 25, 2026 @09:21PM (#47906392)
Pretty much any decent mass transit system in the world is packed at rush hour. The whole advantage over private vehicles comes from the fact that people take up less space.
Re:To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets on Thursday April 23, 2026 @01:26PM (#47878565)
Courts have held that people have less rights while driving then they do in other settings (such as walking down the street or as a passenger in a vehicle). For example, the doctrine of implied consent allows the government to compel you to submit to a blood alcohol test without a warrant. I wonder if something similar could be applied here.

I certainly support civil liberties, but they need to be balanced against the government's strong interest in preventing the bloodshed that comes from the reckless operation of vehicles.

In a scenario where you are losing a significant part of the population to war, it's better that it be men.
I am a social worker and SharePoint is unfortunately widely used by nonprofit agencies for storing client records. It's a real shame, but they can't afford anything better.
Re:Helium Browser on Thursday September 25, 2025 @09:04AM (#45372206)
Most of these chromium-based browsers are intended to address privacy concerns. Firefox (mostly) respects your privacy.

There are also sometimes compatibility issues with Firefox because web developers only test on chromium and webkit. Anyone opinionated enough to put up with that is just going to use Firefox.

That and satellite communication.
Even Google Search relentlessly nags you to download the Google Search app.
Re:LLMs should not replace therapists on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:25PM (#44492597)
As a therapist, I very much agree with the last sentence.
Re:Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:15PM (#44171641)
The Pixel "Private Space" feature should prevent Meta apps from running in the background. It also prevents you from getting notifications.
Large companies with fleets of vehicles often self-insure.
Yes, and they even let you email them in to make it easier.
Re:Apple Debuts iPhone 16e on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:22AM (#43103868)
Qualcomm still owns the patents.
Re:Shared iPad Overview on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:36AM (#41648022)
They want you to buy a separate device for each family member.
Re:Waiting Time Paradox or Why Is My Bus Always Late? on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @02:54PM (#41302848)
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Re:In 2024, please switch to Firefox on Friday December 29, 2023 @04:52PM (#38810664)
MS Office webmail works well for me in Firefox under Ubuntu.
Re:The Timer in WatchOS 10 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:21PM (#37697262)
No no more turn-by-turn directions when navigating, instead it just shows you a map. Dangerous when on a bike.
Re:A WiFi color eInk picture frame on Monday April 24, 2023 @01:36PM (#35690715)
Looks like it's black and white?
Re:BugMeNot Is Gone on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @06:47PM (#33616898)
They used to be hosted by NearlyFreeSpeech.Net
In addition, gyms in particular often make you give them your bank account instead of a credit card.
Obviously you can't have a competition with a monopoly in place. Regulation could help to keep prices down and to expand access in areas covered by only a single broadband provider.
Same reason you can’t just set up a salt lick in your back yard and camp out.
Re:Faxploit: Sending Fax Back to the Dark Ages on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:11AM (#17755713)
A fax confirmation sheet can be shown in court as proof that the other party received the document in some cases. Email is a lot trickier.

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