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tb_ , 6 months ago to news in ‘It’s embarrassing’: Republicans worry they have no achievements to run on in 2024

What is this, Brexit?

tb_ , 6 months ago to technology in Mozilla’s ”Platform Tilt” Shows How Firefox Is Harmed by Apple, Microsoft

If it’s set as your default, I believe it does.

I’ve had Chrome disabled forever, Firefox as my default, and never had any issues with the wrong browser being opened.

tb_ , 6 months ago to news in Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds

And sitting higher doesn’t necessitate a ridiculously high hood; look at any van ever.

!okay there are probably exceptions but you get my point!<

tb_ , 6 months ago to technology in Platform Tilt: Tracking issues which disadvantage Firefox relative to first-party browsers on major software platforms

Have you heard about Windows?

tb_ , 6 months ago to android in GrapheneOS: Frequent Android auto-reboots block firmware exploits

Something like that. I’m not familiar with the exact details, but there is an additional layer of encryption that applies before the first unlock after a reboot.

Parts of the OS have to be unencrypted for it to function properly.

tb_ , 6 months ago to world in White House says ‘it’s the right time’ for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days

You’d rather have Trump on the throne?

A vote not cast is a vote in favour of your opposition.

Sadly, in the two party system of the US, the only effective alternative vote is the one for the lesser of two evils. At least there’s a chance that one will do some things right.

tb_ , 6 months ago to science in Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible hearing loss and/or tinnitus

Then our experiences in life have been different

tb_ , 6 months ago to news in Americans can no longer afford their cars

For added context: 1 million seconds is “just” 11.6 days.

100,000 seconds is 27.8 hours.

10,000 seconds is 2.8 hours.

tb_ , 6 months ago to science in Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible hearing loss and/or tinnitus

You’d take no crowd noises over a constant ringing no matter how silent everything else gets?

Please take me tinnitus

tb_ , 6 months ago to news in St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities

Calling people just “males” or “females” is a little derogatory. They’re female politicians, or they’re women. They’re not “those females over there”.

Ever since I’ve had that pointed out to me it’s become a bit of a pet peeve of mine. If we were on Reddit I’d link to r/MenAndFemales, but I don’t go to that place anymore.

tb_ , 6 months ago to news in St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities

“females”

tb_ , 6 months ago to news in Alaska 737 cockpit voice recorder data erasure renews industry safety debate

Do please elaborate, or give some pointers. Am unfamiliar with the background.

tb_ , 7 months ago to world in ‘I would not have pulled Lush out of Russia if it weren’t for public pressure’

If you actually read the article it doesn’t seem to be about the money:

Mr Constantine said: “It was horrible. I hated it because we have a very diverse workforce and lots of people who probably wouldn’t be welcome in Russia.

“We had a partner of 20 years in Russia who never cheated, never lied, and we had to tell him we weren’t going to supply him anymore.

(The Telegraph doesn’t close some of their “quotes” for some reason)

tb_ , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to technology in Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO

Because 2023 wasn’t?

To elaborate: what Reddit did this year wasn’t enough for a (major) mass migration. I very much doubt even more ads will deter those that have stuck around so far. Perhaps there’ll be a trickle, but I don’t see anything happening like what was the case for Digg back in the day.

tb_ , 7 months ago to technology in Five People Founded Tesla, But Only Elon Musk Became Extremely Rich

Is it shaking your entire foundation?