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> I think arguing that "driving" requires the same amount of effort as "not driving" is a more specious claim It's really not, the human brain is _really_ good at abstracting. In p…

Yeah that use case really sounds like they're on the cusp of just making a DSL from a config language. If you need it to be _that_ complex then just write your configs as code...

I can't speculate on the extremely long term, but my fairphone 3 is still getting OS updates pretty regularly. Fairphone 3 was released 3 years ago and I think the last OS update I…

Oh boy that slope sure seems slippery doesn't it? You know that reasoning can be applied to literally any removal right? There's _tons_ of stuff that it would be pretty reasonable …

I think it would be more apt to call it plenty of "evidence"...

I don't know if there's been new stuff about it recently, but there's a good chance this is just sourced from a single reddit post that says they decompiled the app and found "load…

Like basically every browser-based app, so electron apps as well as most android apps. From my understanding iPhone apps work slightly differently but I sincerely doubt that it's n…

> In countries where inflation has gone haywire (worse than Bitcoin) Other comment has addressed the rest, I just want to point out that Bitcoin (and most other cryptocurrencies) a…

> unlike, e.g., “signing git commits with a yubikey”, which nobody cares enough about to attack I'm not so sure about this one, there's plenty of damage you could do if you were a …

It's not a public commons if it's owned by a private individual or company... Yes it's popular and yes there's a lot of people on it and using it, but that doesn't make it a public…

You are broadly right about the last one not being a legal mandate. It was basically a case of the EU saying "you need to choose one charging port that you all use, we _will_ creat…

I mean the simple fact that every phone manufacturer bar Apple moved to Micro-B indicates that the mandate works, and the fact that they then migrated to USB-C indicates that it do…

> You might have dictated a situation where people now have to throw away a pile of perfectly usable cables/accessories and buy a bunch of new ones. I mean, or Apple could do the o…

> The other way of viewing this is that by not switching (yet) they haven't created instant e-waste out of every cable and accessory manufactured in the past decade. Well no time l…

> EU regulators are now forcing companies (and therefore you) to use whatever they think is best. All those shady un-elected EU regulators... Oh wait, which ones do you not elect a…

> Micro-USB and Mini-USB were both far more robust. Micro-USB and USB-C both have the same minimum durability ratings, you may just be buying non-compliant cables (or you're encoun…

Happened a while ago, you have to go out of your way to find (new) android phones with Micro-B.

Your example doesn't show static typing (declaration/re-declaration is the same syntax as assignment in Python), but I think OP was thinking of Strong/Weak? Python is Dynamically t…

It's basically people thinking that Russian disinformation is a political belief. People are angry that a search engine (something dedicated to giving you relevant and true informa…

I haven't used it, but the page lists "The latest Intel Wi-Fi 6E chipset" so I would run under the assumption that it works fine. It's the chipset that you would need to ensure com…

I've found remote desktop a pain as well. On the occasion where I _have_ to use it I don't set it to fullscreen, just have it as a floating app at whatever resolution I care for. T…

Generally constrictors will constrict to cut off blood flow by squeezing. They're strong enough that their prey can't push out of the constriction, and they'll just sit and wait fo…

Given things like the AMD Epyc cores sit at around 40 billion transistors, I would assume a (roughly) even split. It is also worth noting that the M1 Ultra is an SoC so it'll have …

I get your point and I'd raise you the suite of Microsoft products: - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, all one style - Teams, different style - Notepad, different style - Paint, different …

Don't get me wrong, the benefits of using ARM architectures for general purpose vs. x86 are really compelling. The performance of x86 has been a leader for a while mostly because o…