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There absolutely are laws restricting what hardware you are allowed to use. e.g. https://www.fcc.gov/faqs-recent-updates-fcc-covered-list-reg...

Can these services not use the same fallback mechanism that already exists for non-passkey logins? i.e. an email with a 1-time code or similar. Yes that somewhat defeats the purpos…

I've had the opposite experience. Lightning was been far more fragile than USB-C.

> throw out all the ones that don’t > encouraging as many other people as possible to also throw out their cheap cables One of the main advantages of a single standardized plug is …

> I didn't have a way of running that code and only giving it access to a single USB device and nothing else. To be honest I think that's the most compelling case for webUSB today.…

I'm partial to "The AI is more A than I"

> you dont get that much karma if you are consistently posting bad takes. I wonder how true that is. While this site doesn't have incentivize engagement-maximizing behaviour (posti…

> Last month, Apple released an update for the iPhone 8 and iPhone X [1]. The iPhone 8 was released September 2017. I seriously doubt 9-year old Android phones, even flagship model…

Do you have a link to the agenda? The only Monday meeting I see on the mountain view site is a Board of Library Trustees meeting

The best way to draw a circle in gimp is still the awkward select -> foreground fill workflow. At this point this example is beating a dead horse, but the horse shall continue to b…

As 1 datapoint to support this, see Audacity moving from WxWidgets to Qt for 4.0.

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Maybe the real humanitarian failure is that the US didn't nuke everybody and start over from the stone age. Can't any societal problems if no societies exist, right?

Does any serious historian believe that fully defeating the Soviet Union after WWII would have been possible? Even with the advantage of nuclear weapons, I doubt the US would have …

At least NK's human rights abuses are contained within their borders. I hope future generations will look back on the many US invasions of foreign countries over the years and all …

While I agree with you, I find it hard to argue against the view that politicians are elected for the views they held during their campaign. They may change their mind after being …

No. But which nation claims to be all about freedom, and which is known for restricting individual liberties for (whatever the people in charge consider to be) the greater good?

> I'd agree but we're beyond hopelessly idealistic. That sort of approach only helps your competition who will use it to build a closed product That same argument can be applied to…

As opposed to every other country where it is somehow not short sighted?

And in France specifically, the first case you open is guaranteed to not be a good item. So it's essentially the same system but with an additional $2,50 entry fee

It's a shame how many platforms are moving away from transparent moderation. I get that there are strong incentives to do so - a user that knows they're banned will immediately try…

It's been stuck at stage 1 since early 2022 unfortunately. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-type-annotations

Where does the 4 come from? I thought it was R+G+B+A, but you already have 3 colour channels in that calculation

In 2022, sure. But not today. Even something as simple as generating and running a `git clone && cp xyz` command will create code not directly generated by the LLM.

> First-passed-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed, and so is ranked choice... What voting system so you think is best? None are perfect but IMO ranked choice is the best as it…