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Re:Apple Maps Acknowledgements as of 20230426 on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:26AM (#35911895)
“Unless specifically identified as such, Apple Maps' use of any third party trademarks does not indicate any relationship, sponsorship, or endorsement between Apple Maps and the owners of such trademarks.

Rev. 04/26/2023”

Re:Apple Maps Acknowledgements as of 20230426 on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:25AM (#35911888)
13 mentions of “Canada” and 2 mentions of “British Columbia”.

Ask HN: Does uBlock Origin block pixels?

"Pixels (aka web beacons/web bugs/java script). Pixels are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that are used to track the online movements of web users. Unlike cookies, which are stored on a computer’s hard drive, pixels are small graphics that are about the size of the period at the end of the sentence that are embedded invisibly on web pages or in HTML-based emails. Our third-party...

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Re: on Monday May 01, 2023 @02:58PM (#35777455)
Sadly, guns are a tool to execute power, and power itself is amoral. Power can be used for bad and for good. In America this power that we have been granted is being abused in ways that it is obvious on the world stage. Our culture clearly has a sickness. We frequently talk about freedom, but fail to talk about responsibility to use our freedoms properly. "Rights" framed discussions rather than "responsibility" framed discussions result in what we see. Abuse of rights without any way to address neglected responsibilities creates an environment where the rights themselves are called into question.
Re:First clean water, now clean air on Monday May 01, 2023 @11:20AM (#35774050)
“The expectation of clean water in wealthy countries is enabled by technology and infrastructure; like effective sewage systems and water treatment facilities. But to a large extent it is also enabled, and was initially bootstrapped, by sound policymaking and regulation.

Regulation requires verification.”

Regulation of water does not require verification. We live on a planet where clean water is abundant and cannot escape the planet’s atmosphere. Why you think we need to measure how this is verified is beyond the beyond’s.

Here’s a wiki page reference if you need help measuring how much water exists on Earth:

While the majority of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, those oceans make up just a small fraction of the mass of the planet. The mass of Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.37 × 1021 kg, which is 0.023% of the total mass of Earth, 6.0 × 1024 kg. An additional 5.0 × 1020 kg of water is estimated to exist in ice, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and atmospheric water vapor.[20]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_water_on_Earth#Ear...

Re: on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:01PM (#35765549)
I’m Canadian and I believe people are greater than guns here. Is it the same in USA?
I’m not trying to diss USA, but are you going to protect this amendment?
Incident Year Location Deaths Injuries Type of firearm(s) used Ref(s) Las Vegas shooting 2017 Paradise, Nevada 60 (plus 1 perp.)[fn 1] ≈ 867 (413+ from gunfire or shrapnel) Semi-automatic rifles (some outfitted with bump stocks), bolt-action rifle, and revolver [130][131][132] Orlando nightclub shooting dagger 2016 Orlando, Florida 49 (plus 1 perp.) 58 (53 from gunfire) Semi-automatic rifle and pistol [130][131] Virginia Tech shooting dagger 2007 Blacksburg, Virginia 32 (plus 1 perp.) 23 (17 from gunfire) Semi-automatic pistols [130] Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 2012 Newtown, Connecticut 27 (plus 1 perp.) 2 Semi-automatic rifle, bolt-action rifle, and pistol [130] Sutherland Springs church shooting 2017 Sutherland Springs, Texas 26 (plus 1 perp.)[fn 2] 22 Semi-automatic rifle [131][133] Luby's shooting dagger 1991 Killeen, Texas 23 (plus 1 perp.) 27 Semi-automatic pistols [130] El Paso Walmart shooting 2019 El Paso, Texas 23[fn 3] 23 Semi-automatic rifle [134][135][136][137] San Ysidro McDonald's massacre dagger 1984 San Diego, California 22 (plus 1 perp.)[fn 2] 19 Semi-automatic carbine, pistols, and shotgun [130] Robb Elementary School shooting 2022 Uvalde, Texas 21 (plus 1 perp.) 18 Semi-automatic rifle [138][139]
“Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. Definitions vary, with no single, broadly accepted definition.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United...

Thank you, dredmorbius.
Re:Jérémie Vespers on Sunday April 30, 2023 @07:32AM (#35761608)
Mes cousins jamais nés hantent les nuits de Duvalier ("My unborn cousins haunt Duvalier's nights").
Re:ESA – Space Debris by the Numbers on Sunday April 30, 2023 @07:20AM (#35761533)
Pack it in, pack it out.

Still waiting to see if we find Voyager 1.

¡Vamos!

I studied Human Geography in my undergrad. Our prof predicted a social media crash would be around 2050 due to declining global population. However, I think this crash is coming quicker than we thought in 2012.

The digital twin isn’t in real time, only near real time with some lag.

The AI for Humanity Prize is open to solutions leveraging data science, artificial intelligence, and/or machine learning to benefit humanity. The prize is made possible by The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a philanthropy committed to advancing AI and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. Up to $150,000 in funding will be awarded across several Solver teams from any of Solve’s 2023 Global Challenges.
Re:The Mullvad Browser on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:58AM (#35424747)
They don’t have an iOS app like Firefox Focus. Are they working on an iOS app?

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