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Nothing makes me dismiss and distrust a person or organization faster than hearing them say "russia/china are funding {controversial_thing}" Its boogeyman thinking.

Being concerned about the trend of laws in the EU doesn't make someone a bad actor.

I would love a good Linux tablet with long battery life, repairability be damned.

I remember hearing about forest mismanagement long before Trump's presidential runs. It's curious how many people complaining about right wing talking points associate it solely wi…

> Dutch company Mammoet was awarded a contract in May 2001 and, within three months, designed, fabricated, and deployed over 3,000 tonnes of custom equipment aboard a specially mod…

A CO2 sensor isn't going to tell you anything that your own common sense couldn't. Enclosed spaces with many people have higher levels of CO2. Tracking CO2 levels seems like a pret…

Don't be mistaken, it's the delay I'm complaining about, not how to instal F-Droid or apps through it. It is not reasonable to advocate for ADB if the 24 hour wait is too long. I'l…

And they should remain the outlier.

No, it is not. This is moving the goalposts. The original issue is developer verification. No appreciable harm prevention can or will come from forcing devs to identify themselves.…

Why do you keep harping on about ADB installs. That's not helpful. It doesn't help me install open source apps from FDroid. It's ridiculous that you think booting up a computer and…

Yes. Because it isn't any of those 3. It's not in contravention of any long standing norm (just since the popularization of the internet), law, or long standing precedent. And beca…

No. Not without upending innumerable precedents, laws, and norms in the US, or optionally, bankrupting it.

I take your point, but it's extremely foolish to think that ensured compliance won't be sought when it's technologically feasible. Its already illegal to show adult material to min…

I admire your optimism. All I can do is encourage you and others like you to ponder upon: Google is trying to force all devs to have verified identies Google and Apple and Microsof…

I will reiterate: there is no way to enforce laws or policies like this without restricting the ability to modify the OS. There is already a pre-existing push to bring attested com…

Its about maintaining access to general purpose computing. There is no way to enforce laws or policies like this without removing the ability to modify the software running the com…

You're trivializing how difficult tampering with OS internals in locked down secure boot environments can be. Just look at the state of Android custom roms. Devices that are years …

Are you aware that there are bills along similar lines in a majority of US states and at least one is reported to require using identity validating services to ensure the age is co…

I like rss2email sending to a local email box read with evolution or the like. https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email

And they still try to pressure you to scan your face.

> I don't want him going close to the cars because they've LITERALLY been pumping out pollution for 10-15 minutes (those early spots are very coveted). I have to tell my son to hol…

HN got a lot of refugees from Twitter and Reddit the past few years as well.

Its more the case that certain people decide X11 will no longer be supported and block anyone from trying to support it in "their" project.

The reason for its omission should be obvious. First, most people who "sideload" apps do not have ADB installed, and may not have the technical knowledge to do so. Second, the abil…