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Evilcoleslaw ,

More importantly it removes the federal bankruptcy protection for the company and allows the families to pursue execution of the judgments in state court.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I think a lot of people are surprised by this, but I think it’s mostly 9-0 because it wasn’t really settled on any merits – these people just did not have standing to sue.

I’m pretty sure this came out of the 5th Circuit and I’d expect to see more rulings like this smacking the 5th Circuit down because it specifically has gone off the rails and started making insane rulings unsupported by any law or precedent.

While SCOTUS has made some questionable rulings in the last several years, they’re still going to punt in obvious situations where they can.

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

To be fair, this was never really about making mifepristone illegal outright. It was mostly about the FDA rules that would allow by mail order without first consulting a doctor. Consulting a doctor for its other uses would allow it to be prescribed for them.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I know multiple people, several of them fine upstanding Republicans that have violated this same law by lying on this same form. Hell, one of them has done it repeatedly in order to straw purchase firearms for his son, a convicted felon.

Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices (www.theverge.com)

The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....

Evilcoleslaw ,

And yet Google still hasn’t rolled out RCS for Google Voice, and last I checked there was an issue with it and Google Fi as well. (It works but it precludes some advertised feature of Fi or something.)

Evilcoleslaw ,

I think it was something to do with the Fi-specific syncing of messages to the web version.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I don’t even care if it’s opt-in. I don’t want dormant malware on my PC either.

To be clear. I actually like Windows 11. I don’t care about the general telemetry, though I disabled the typing data crap. Most of the things in the last few months about ads in Windows, about blocking apps, etc have been overblown and aren’t actually big problems in isolation. Even this is a little overblown right now as it requires an NPU which the vast majority of systems don’t have. But, this is just so tone-deaf and an obviously terrible idea that it needs to be put down hard.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I mean, technically Windows Hello also includes signing in with a PIN or passkey. It doesn’t require biometrics, although it does support them.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They’re trying to shift the party even further right to gobble up the Never Trump Republicans. It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a long term goal in order to further minimize the progressive agenda within the party. Pull enough conservatives into the party and you’d have one big party that’s right of center, a smaller fascist party, and an unorganized gaggle of progressives.

I also think it’s generally quite a stupid play that’s going to backfire on them and probably just empower the fascists.

Evilcoleslaw ,

IIRC these organoids also die after somewhere around 100 days of hypoxia, because they have yet to be able to construct a proper circulatory system for them.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They had integrated the L2 on-die before that already with the Pentium Pro on Socket 8. IIRC the problem was the yields were exceptionally low on those Pentium Pros and it was specifically the cache failing. So every chip that had bad cache they had to discard or bin it as a lower spec part. The slot and SECC form factor allowed them to use separate silicon on a larger node by having the cache still be on-package (the SECC board) instead of on-die.

Evilcoleslaw ,

“… I got better.”

Evilcoleslaw ,

Add glue to your silly strings to weave them into delicious silly rope.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They are lowering the specs for this one version that’s only available to license to Enterprise users because it’s meant for Enterprise level IoT use cases, not as a typical desktop.

Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot (apnews.com)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot....

Evilcoleslaw ,

So. While this law is relatively new (more than a decade old iirc,) it has required waivers in previous elections already, from both parties. Maybe next time the parties should actually take deadlines like this into consideration when planning their conventions? The deadline is August 7th, so it’s not some implausibly early date, as the Democratic convention is only scheduled like two weeks later. And the deadline hasn’t been a surprise.

I agree they should get a waiver but damn, seems a bit incompetent.

Evilcoleslaw ,

This is not treason. You sound as ridiculous as any MAGA loon.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Sounds like you don’t remember what treason is, when you look it up, remember you have already been manipulated. Treason is ultimately an act against your country. It is fact that they would be performing an act against their country to not put him on the ballot and put someone who is an enemy of the state. Treason. Some could say you defense of such is treason

Yikes. I would’ve deleted that too. This is exactly why the US Constitution explicitly defines treason and makes such a high bar for conviction. Treason has a history of being used as a cudgel to destroy any political opposition or dissent.

Like I said, you’re as ridiculous as any MAGA loon. You may as well be shouting “Hang Mike Pence” or talking about super secret military tribunals convening to try your political enemies.

Evilcoleslaw ,

It’s also not usually invalid just because it won when it “shouldn’t” have. It’s actually displaying a payout much higher than the listed value for the maximum payout of the machine.

Now, I feel like the fair thing would be paying that maximum payout and adding something on top for the customer’s troubles. But that probably isn’t going to satisfy someone who unreasonably expected $1.27m.

Evilcoleslaw ,

If they do it and picket any such shipments I’m expecting a brutal reprisal from the police. That said I applaud those pushing for it.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Current voter registration is 44.98% Democrat, and 44.62% Republican.

I’m not sure where they’re getting that information. SC does not have registration by party at all. It’s literally not information that the state collects.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I’m not a lawyer, but wouldn’t pretty much every jurisdiction consider you properly served if you were posting publicly demonstrating knowledge of the case and especially that you were dodging service?

Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found (www.yahoo.com)

(Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all...

Evilcoleslaw ,

Depends on the circumstances of why the helicopter crashed. If it was an accident, some maintenance issue, pilot error or medical emergency or something, then it won’t be too bad.

If there’s some evidence of sabotage or a deliberate attack then hold onto your hat because prime suspect #1 is going to be the Mossad.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Jeez. Can we just bring out the guillotines already?

Evilcoleslaw , (edited )

It’s another aspect of the whole industry being a mess. Loans sold on and on multiple times with the necessary paperwork lost in the shuffle. I remember hearing a few homeowners saved from foreclosure because the company that purchased their mortgage having none of the necessary paperwork.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Bachmann, Santorum, Huckabee, and Cruz are the Presidential campaigns she worked for. What an uninspiring career.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Plastic shelters and hygiene kits are well and good but how about food and potable water?

Evilcoleslaw ,

I mean yes, but that happens to be from 2007.

Evilcoleslaw ,

“Look folks, no one should be in jail for merely using or possessing marijuana. Period,”

Pretty sure you’re going to wind up in jail for possession of it as a Schedule III drug as well though, unless you have a prescription.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Nah it didn’t have an extra chip – but large portions of the game were written in microcode for the N64’s processor specifically. It’s part of what makes it and Rogue Squadron kind of a pain to emulate – along with using their own audio drivers (MoSYS/MusyX that were later used as the basis for the GameCube sound systems).

IIRC there was an official Windows port at some point though. Not sure how well it worked or works on modern systems.

Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements (apnews.com)

Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don’t make a dent in the crisis....

Evilcoleslaw ,

The money should have been given to victims and families of victims. Local governments are going to piss it away on things it’s not meant for.

iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air (9to5mac.com)

On raw performance might, the M4 really does live up to Apple’s promises, should deliver. Single core is up about 20% compared to all M3 chips and more than 40% compared to M2. The generational computational leap from the previous M2 iPad Pro is at least a 42% jump on single-core and multi-core.

Evilcoleslaw ,

In Geekbench, yes. From other reporting I’ve seen the major improvements here are from Scalable Matrix Extensions being on the M4, which Geekbench supports. Real world performance of which would be limited to certain scenarios and require application support for SME.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Veto power exists in the Security Council, not in the General Assembly. Unfortunately in this case, admission requires the Security Council to recommend a member be approved before the General Assembly can hold a vote.

‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms (www.theguardian.com)

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....

Evilcoleslaw ,

The conflict with Israel has gone on for 76 years. October 7th was just the start of a cycle of intensification within the larger conflict.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I don’t use it much on the desktop but when I do just the normal web interface. On Android I use Boost, because that’s what I used previous to Lemmy.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Is this news to literally anyone?

(I don’t mean it doesn’t belong or anything, just, fucking obviously has been the case for years.)

Evilcoleslaw ,

Waving white flags and begging for help in Hebrew.

Evilcoleslaw ,

You seen Raised by Wolves? Lol

Evilcoleslaw ,

The far reaching parts of the proposal involve steps to actually break the cycle and ultimately get to a two state solution. Israel doesn’t actually want a real two state solution, so of course they’re going to reject it.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I’ve been running Launcher 10 on Android for a long while now. Replicates the tile interface and app list/drawer. I think it has ads with an IAP to disable them and another IAP for Live Tiles support.

Evilcoleslaw ,

HTC had Blinkfeed for a while which was kind of similar to People Hub. It probably wouldn’t even be feasible these days as so many services have put their APIs behind paywalls.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Growing up in a small town in the South it was kind of crazy when Aldi and Lidl set up nearby. Not only are the prices so much better on nearly everything but in general the quality of the products was much better than at existing local grocery stores.

The only thing is they’re (especially Aldi) missing a few things that either someone in my household is fussy about the brand or sometimes some regional things. Like you’re not going to find some of the particular ingredients you might want when cooking soul food.

Evilcoleslaw ,

They put out 3G and 4G models of the 3210 and 8110 in 2017 and 2018. But yeah it’s probably time to refresh as most of the 3G networks have been sunsetted.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Yeah, but the 3G networks are pretty much all gone, and iirc even the 4G reboots didn’t support a ton of LTE bands.

Evilcoleslaw ,

I don’t know much about security stuff, but I feel like older systems falling from popularity are not the usual targets of people who write them, and encountering one using an outdated OS would probably mean nothing since exploits they want to abuse aren’t there yet.

The issues that are going to be the problem eventually are vulnerabilities that affect both new and old versions of Windows. The new versions will get the patch, but 7 won’t. And it still might be worth exploiting to hit the machines with the newer version that don’t update quickly or at all.

Evilcoleslaw ,

My ISP announced a $30 monthly credit if it should expire, for an indefinite amount of time (until further notice, essentially). The only condition is not letting your bill get past due at all. Kinda telling how much margin they must have had and how inflated their prices are.

Evilcoleslaw ,

It wasn’t so much the lack of SSDs. Vista had much higher memory requirements than XP. At the time, OEMs were still regularly shipping systems with sub-1GB RAM installed. Those OEMs put pressure on Microsoft to change the Vista- Ready certification requirements to include their shitty builds that couldn’t really run Vista.

In addition, dual core machines were only just coming to market, so there were a ton of systems with single core CPUs. Plus, with the changes to several driver models and some of the verification requirements (sound, graphics, needing to provide x64 drivers to get verified) from XP to Vista many vendors decided to EOL their products instead of write new drivers. I know many sound cards were EOL that were literally still on store shelves.

Evilcoleslaw ,

What flavors did it deem acceptable? My denomination draws the line at Riptide Rush.

Evilcoleslaw ,

Like someone else said, Lifeline is still a thing. For mobile phone plans it isn’t quite as good as the old Lifeline + ACP combo where some were offering Unlimited minutes, text and data. Most are 500-1000 minutes, unlimited text, 4-5GB data.

You have to be on SNAP, Medicaid, or some other federal programs OR meet the income requirements. If you sign up online now they kick you over to a National Verification site to check your eligibility. It’s pretty quick and painless. Then you’ll get a free (shitty) phone, or a SIM card on some that do BYOP.

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