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EVs are rich people offloading tax burden to less fortunate ones.

Previously (last year) various taxes made almost half the fuel price. We don't have green/car taxes where i live, everyone charges their cars at home and brag how 'cheap it is'. Additionally you can drive in bus lanes if you drive EV (capital only) and you have the perfect nepotism scheme - no taxes, premium transit for anyone already rich enough. No politician dares to bring this up as solution would lead to the introduction of general car tax (political suicide) so once again everyone else is left to pick up the bill after the rich.

Re:I don't like passkeys on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:31AM (#49753459)
They exist for sole purpose companies can just shoot the "we have been hacked, but worry not your 'passwords' have not been leaked" email.

It's entirely one sided solution.

Re:This Month in Ladybird – August 2026 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @12:41AM (#49605662)
If you ever said you'd pay for a browser that doesn't exploit you nows the chance - donate to the project!
Re:Shutting down our public encrypted DNS on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:26AM (#49574796)
Their DoH going down for hours multiple times is what forced me back to cloudflare, i don't trust cloudflare more but at least it works consistently.

Additionally the default of blocking 'malware' doesn't jive with uncensored internet - that should be an opt in and not a default on their flagship address if they want to be taken seriously as unfiltered provider.

If the encrypted endpoint can go down for extended periods and they curate list of 'malware' they are not something that should be considered a gateway to uncensored and open internet.

Re:How does IKEA come up with names for its products? on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:01PM (#49350885)
> Every possible product name is carefully checked to avoid undesirable meanings in other languages, political or religious affiliations and fit into our global profile.

Hey Donna [1]...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T2oje4cYxw

Re:Darktable on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @10:32AM (#49098037)
Re:Darktable on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @10:26AM (#49097968)
> Meet Chantal, your image processing AI librarian

Instant pass.

Edit: This appears to be their 'knowledgebase' and not something baked into the app.

> That limit is only for a certain Yubikey model, not for all hardware-based fido2 authenticators.

Do you know who offers more? I deliberately chose Yubikey as example as their limit was the highest. Others like Nitrokey etc. support even less.

> hardware based

Sounds good until you realise theres no way to transfer/back them up and you are limited to 100 [1] (previously 25?).

Personally my password manager has almost 4x the entries so hardware passkey solutions are a joke leaving users with single option - upload their keychains to ms/apple/etc clouds where they can be requested by any gov under the sun for x reasons.

[1] https://support.yubico.com/s/article/How-many-accounts-can-I...

Passkeys were invented so hacked sites could brush off their leaks with "no credentials were leaked" and minimise any regulatory fines. This is the reason why its being pushed by the big players.

Additionally this puts the same players in control of your logins - want to sync your passkeys? - enable "iCloud Keychain", or some other 'trust me bro' app that will 'securely store/sync your data' - no thank you.

In perfect world users should be able to generate a certificate, upload it to a couple nfc capable ubikey like devices that blow a fuse afterwards preventing from additional writes/reads and use that to login to every app ever. You would buy such devices in packs of 3, upload same cert to all, hide the other, burry the third.

Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:48PM (#48961610)
What does one buy if they want a 1080p60 action cam with stabilisation that doesn't overheat, has good battery life and acceptable low light performance (think rainy day in the woods)?
It just redirects me back to this site.
Yeah people will hear about this and subscribe to chatgpt pro in spite.

You have to be special to think this is comparable to paint throwing on works of art or blocking public roads. Everyone outside tech hates AI.

> Being able to go on vacation with no trouble is massive.

You are unironically using 'vacation destinations' as argument for modifying your legal system to fit foreign lobbying needs. All is lost.

Re:European sentiments towards the US hit an all-time low on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @08:07AM (#48475069)
Fair. I stand corrected. First casualty of war is always the truth so both sides will lie.
Re:European sentiments towards the US hit an all-time low on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @07:01AM (#48474461)
> Look at Ukraine, how weak they were and how good they defended themselves.

How can you type such nonsense? Look at 2014 Crimean annexation - thats "how good they defended themselves" without western training and billions in weapon aid. After four years they have million plus dead but "this is fine" for the west.

That game is called World Of Warcraft.

It had its server reimplemented by enthusiasts [1] with no access to this "one of a kind cloud" for decades now. Heck it even supposedly had game client ported to new engine [2].

> B-but we can't release the binaries due to licensing...

Release the source. As a developer you should be able to write code that allows to stub out all the propriety parts. The community will replace your speedtrees, matchmaking, netcode, anticheats and so on.

Change is hard we get it, but the excuses are on par with any other industry..

[1] https://www.getmangos.eu/

[2] https://turtlecraft.gg/remastered

You can't make a person see a problem if his livelihood depends on not seeing it.

In my gaming circles, people who work on SaaS solutions are against SKG even though they are avid gamers and even open source contributors. They just recoil on a thought of an EOL plan. Same on HN.

"Think of the indies" is just same old "Think of the children" astroturfing.

Re:UK sovereign LLM inference on Friday May 15, 2026 @06:41AM (#48146968)
A trailer[1] from a decade comes to mind, even the name almost matches

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBBB-m9peMQ

Clarify what is "used today" and what features phpmyadmin provided that are "no longer needed". Until then your comment is just a juvenile attack.
> Sure I'll post a snarky comment without getting familiar with the subject whatsoever.

The bounties are real and awarded [1].

[1] https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties?status=closed

Id bet some money it has more to do with certification. Consoles ban 3rd party controllers that provide a competitive edge. Steam controller is exactly that.
Re:Russia Poisons Wikipedia on Saturday May 02, 2026 @11:48AM (#47987421)
It's not genuine and very opaquely biased. The same can be asked about any country depending on whos opinion you accepted as your truth.

Theres always their side, your side and the truth.

There's a push for extremes on both sides and both refuse to acknowledge it.

It's as if the conflict is good for something...

They are enthusiast targeted brand and majority of enthusiast (heck even entry level cases) have windows in it.

Enthusiasts care about the details - airflow, cable management and of course aesthetics. Noctua doesn't. I respect their engineering/no bullshit approach, the price bump is worth it but they lost my money on multiple builds by sticking to their 'brand color'.

They're the Soylent of the fan world - everything you need but spark zero joy.

I'd be interested in seeing sales figures for same fans in their brand and other colors.

Re:How to Implement an FPS Counter on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:47AM (#47901062)
> FPS based on last frame is good to see load spikes, particular periodic ones, if you graph them.

This.

The other two are not good for anything gaming as any framerate inconsistency breaks the experience. A stable frame rate is much more important than a high one.

Re:Monero Community Crowdfunding System on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @05:24AM (#47846537)
Who decided you can post this? Was 'everyone' consulted on what they'd rather you post? Because it seems like you and a handful of politicians posted ideas you wanted and everyone else can suck it...

I hope you see the absurdity of your 'everyone' claim.

Re:John Ternus to become Apple CEO on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:32AM (#47845318)
VR/AR is a gimmick. Gimmicks have no place on a work tool (macOS). No one is gonna use VR/AR with a laptop. Liquid Glass is Apples Metro UI.

I'm still on 18.x thats insecure by now and switching to Asahi as soon as something breaks.

Out of that list only sexual advances apply to men. So no its not the same. Having worked in mostly female workplace i can confirm the pissing matches there are on a whole new level.
Educated, established, working within the industry yet life ruined based on marketing hype and hallucinations.

Would think being in the field for 30 years one would develop some common sense but apparently its less and less the case.

Re:An update on Steam / GOG changes for OpenTTD on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:03PM (#47443385)
Atari is releasing an inferior product and needs the superior community one delisted. The remaster cannot compete, simple as.

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