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They are not. For example, according to Italian Constitution [1], chat control is unconstitutional: Art. 15 Freedom and confidentiality of correspondence and of every other form of…

Until the state itself makes an informed decision on you, based on you religion, political ideas etc, and you are no longer free to make any decision any more, informed or not. But…

If somebody wonders how those stations and the town surrounding them look like, you can see an example here [1] [1] https://soranews24.com/2024/12/21/station-of-despair-what-to...

> If you don't like it, start another payment processor that doesn't cave to pressure. Or, gosh, use bitcoin et al. It's interesting that when people ask "what's the use case for c…

> various forms of crime. Keep in mind that most of the world doesn't live in a perfectly functioning country with proper rule of law. Being able to use crypto to commit a crime in…

That works if meanwhile Google hasn't decided to increase the target api level requirements [1]. In that case you may not be able to just republish the app, and extensive refactori…

People have died because their Tesla had electric doors and they couldn't open them after an accident [1] [1] https://futurism.com/the-byte/four-die-trapped-burning-tesla

Once Canada is annexed, the fun (insurgency) will start. Former Canadian citizen will be US citizen with the right to buy weapons, AR-15 and grenade launchers included. Police and …

> Greenland leaves the Danish Realm > Greenland becomes sovereign nation Greenlanders don't want to become part of the USA afaik, but they know that in the current situation becomi…

Half of the sons, daughters, and mistresses of Russian leadership and their plutocratic friends enjoy vacationing or living in western Europe, so they will probably replace Putin w…

The video game Magic Carpet had a couple of 3D modes, anaglyph 3d requiring blue/red classes, and stereogram mode [1]. The latter was not really usable, but it was a cool trick, ex…

Both system have been sent to Ukraine and Ukraine would not mind having more of them, but as I said it is a matter of numbers (2 or 3 SAMP/T systems in Ukraine, out of about 15 tot…

> Tarriffs are a nuisance to the US - the US doesn't export much. Technology, services, social media... the US export A LOT to Europe. Any iPhone sold in Europe is money that goes …

> The islands are Chinese. "In June 2008, a TVBS poll found that 68% of the respondents identify themselves as "Taiwanese" while 18% would call themselves "Chinese".[33] In 2015, a…

It is also about value types. I think the talk parent is talking about is [this], a bit long but worth watching [this] https://inside.java/2024/12/16/devoxxbelgium-valhalla/

> The reality is that a lot of code can be licensed from third parties, and there's no moral principle by which it would be right to expose and open-source their code. This doesn't…

> They seem to be fairly unobtrusive, though, and they are labeled as such. For now, at least. This was one of main selling points of Google Search 20-something years ago. Innocent…

> and will likely continue to operate from a different location > The decision to close the markets and offer traders compensation was made by the Corporation's Court of Common Cou…

Microwaves are great a two things (and little else...): warm up liquids and make popcorn. Neither are properly done by an air fryer. I have both tools and they have completely diff…

Isn't this what Family link [1] is for ? Or you can get an iPhone and use parental controls. My kids has a tablet and I get to decide what can be used and for how long, and nothing…

You have it the other way around. Authoritarian is when a sitting president CANNOT be banned, just because he is the presidennt.