Also: set a nonstandard finger in a weird way as your finger unlock if you wanna use that
I actually do this. 3 wrong attempts and the phone requires a password.
I consider it a very light measure and not something to rely on alone, but it’s a bit of a no-brainer for how easy and unobtrusive this is.
or can move your finger to the fingerprint sensor).
Good luck guessing which finger and on which hand. You have 3 tries before a password is required.
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Been using Firefox for as long as I can remember now. Never had a reason to switch away, and I’m feeling rather vindicated.
I think enshittification is a one-way street.
Totally fair
Where, if you don’t mind me asking?
The U.S. even has a designated area to test all this shit out on before bringing it home.
To the surprise of absolutely no one. Tech companies are going to force this shit down our throats whether we want it or not, and Trump is going to pave the way for it.
AI is the new “smart connected” that they are going to shoehorn into anything and everything. No one is asking for AI on Notepad.
Support from local and state governments does make a difference though. While federal agencies can still enforce these laws, local/state agencies could look the other way. Cannabis is still federally illegal, but some states have basically said “no thanks, we’re good as long as you stick to our rules on it.”
It comes down to how much state governments want to go to bat for their constituencies and how much the federal government wants to press the issue. All else being equal, I’d rather be in a state that stands up for my rights than one that doesn’t.
Especially Israel
Why? They rolled Iran’s proxies, and (if western media is to be believed) Iran itself has been shown to be a paper tiger. Their big ballistic missile attack was neutered, and the big air strike on their soil was reported to be very devastating to air defenses and missile construction.
So we have a situation of Schrodinger’s Iran. They are simultaneously super dangerous, and to quote Kamala Harris “Iran is greatest U.S. adversary.” Or they are no match for Israel’s superior technology and intelligence agencies.
This is why I’ve argued that technology, in terms of actual benefit for people, peaked many years ago. I won’t try to pinpoint a date, but we have past peak technology from this perspective.
After that peak, advancements in technology have mostly just served as means to control the population or extract more from us (see enshittification) and have not been of benefit to the average person.
Technology allows for actual hard power to be concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer. I don’t mean like a dictator with an army behind them, but a dictator and small group with enough tech to control everything. You are right, and it’s extremely concerning.
Housing price increases are actively harmful to those who want to upgrade, since it increases the incremental cost of upgrading.
Yes this thinking really underestimates the cost of driving and devalues your time.
And as you mentioned, long commutes are uniquely unhealthy.
It’s more along the lines of “buying is generally better than renting, but there are about 100 different factors to consider.”
Maybe they could make .io into a 3-character gTLD by adding a character to it. Moving all of the websites (except those actually relevant to the territory) over to a new gTLD in unison seems like it would reduce confusion for the people who use those sites. Knowing that acme.io is now acme.iox (or w/e) would make it easier on everyone.
If you don’t understand the purpose that it would serve and how it would help, I have no idea how could explain it to you. The benefit is self-evident.
everyone just migrating everything to a new TLD?
That’s what I’m suggesting. Make a new gTLD (3 character) for the defunct ccTLD to migrate.
These are not simple differences of opinion. These are fundamental differences about core values.