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Here are a couple examples: https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemini-build

A lot of clubs in a lot of places scan and store your ID on entrance.

Indeed, Trump is a great example of democratic backsliding completely unfettered by "freedoms" often mistaken for the actual freedom. The way forward is being able to change things…

You just said it yourself: the perceived danger of overreach was averted through new laws and control over what the government is doing. If citizens still have a capacity to restri…

So what? Some things are exceptionally hard to track now (like e2ee messages) that were trivial to track back then. Every remote communication could only be had in the clear. Every…

Just a few decades years ago, everyone's names and phones in the US were freely available to anyone with a phone book. Communications were done in the clear, either via letters (ha…

Algorithmic scroll is factually more harmful, regardless of the amount of harm as long as it's non-zero, because it does affect people. Surveillance on its own doesn't. It just doe…

Did the US annex Vietnam or Iran? There's a qualitative difference between interference and outright annexation, with borders redrawn and cultures violently assimilated.

> How can one intepret it in any other way is "Russia is evil and visiting Russia is thus evil"? Simple: Durov has no problem with constructing a narrative that has little to do wi…

Of course he would say that. Even besides the fallaciousness of this argument (there is no equivalence between an aggressor and a victim), Pavel Durov is completely untrustworthy. …

More mysteries of Telegram Data Centres: https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/06/10/telegram-fsb/ (and a follow-up: https://istories.media/en/news/2025/06/10/telegram-responds-..…

Some heart surgeons might only be able to explain to the nurses their ideas on how to carry out the surgery, but are they still heart surgeons?

That list really misses Glove80! It's an incredible keyboard, and imo is better than the Moonlander at practically everything. Edit: on second thought, I guess some people might no…

China? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_servic...

I don't mean a conversation. I understand the process and how front-loaded it is at Oxide. I mean just having an actual human being on the other side of those rejection emails, ins…

Probably 16 hours all in between research, writing, and editing, spread over a week. That might be a bit more than average, since English is my second language, and I make many pas…

> Backpack launched a SpaceX token at IPO that can be moved between on-chain and your brokerage What is the actual societal value of this? Do you seriously believe that such a toke…

Laws are "reviewed" by courts, and in the UK newer laws automatically supersede older laws if there are any contradictions (with minor nuances as per Thoburn v Sunderland City Coun…

Most people on here are in the US, and the baseline of "scary" implied by that (and many other) posts is definitely not where it should be. "Moron" doesn't nearly do it justice. Th…

Thankfully, we do have laws that change with the times over here in the UK. Just a couple months ago we had a constitutional change (abolishment of hereditary peers) and that was j…

Yes, I'm saying it's a normal part of a functioning country to onboard tech into their law enforcement. If anything it's positive in this case, because it's a domestic effort and n…

I don't see what's "scary" about this link. It's talking about pretty much standard data processing, Palantir is doing that in the US for many years now.

HPE Instant On is pretty nice. Zero problems over the last seven years. It literally just works, including seamless handoffs between multiple APs.

You're missing the vast interconnected network of stuff that's required to sustain that home. From your home battery to cancer treatments that you might need to sewer that runs to …