Ajedi32

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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
You can't grant yourself admin access with the official build. Only the Graphene devs have the ability to push changes to the OS on your phone. Yes you can fork the software and build a version with your own signing key, then wipe yo
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
On F-Droid that's just the entire store.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Verified boot does indeed make this more complicated, but it's totally possible to build Graphene with your own signing key and get full control over the OS that way (i.e. https://github.com/schnatterer/rooted-grap
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Google already allows web installs on Android, no regulation required. But yes, iOS allowing that would be excellent.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
> What are the alternative shops you're referring to here? In this analogy, the alternative shop that is preventing you from buying stuff from its competitors without a 24 hour wait is the Play Store monopoly. > but there could
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
From a user perspective I think F-Droid is really good too, mainly because it only allows FOSS apps by default, which cuts out a lot of the BS you see in Play Store apps. You can go download a random, no-name app from F-Droid and be very
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
It's honestly not that big of a problem. Probably some anti-trust legislation can/should be passed to make installing F-Droid and the like easier, but it's already pretty easy. If enough popular apps start requiring you to
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
What were they legally required to do after their research uncovered this "causal evidence" in your opinion? Shut down? Cars get into crashes and kill people everyday, yet I don't think it would be appropriate to sue car manu
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
How? Certainly not by judicial fiat. I'm not saying I'm against passing laws on this subject. My point is that no such laws currently exist, but a bunch of lawyers and judges just decided Facebook owes $17B for breaking these non-
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
There's a law against that. There's currently no law against making a website so fun that kids will waste all their time playing with it if their parents let them.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
So if a person at your company claims you're "causing harm" in a vague, indirect way that's not explicitly against the law, you're legally obligated to both agree with them and change your whole business model to
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
If you can get sued for $16B for not having age verification then it's already required.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
This isn't regulation. If it was regulation, Meta could just read the regulation and comply and they'd be in the clear. This is the judicial branch making up and enforcing regulations that don't exist based on their own perso
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Well, just off the top of my head... if you wanted to treat the increased prices caused by the spike in demand as an externality (and I agree that's not exactly the right way to think of it, but people seem determined to in this case a
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
I... agree? Did you even read the comment you replied to?
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
You don't need a law to force people to pay for resources they consume; basic economics already ensures that. If there are externalities not already accounted for by that (increased demand for water/electricity driving up costs
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
It is needed for basic operation, because unlike with a A-to-B cable, power bricks plugged into a USB-C cable have no way of knowing whether the other side is also a power supply that will short out if you try to feed it power instead of
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Public libraries lend DVDs and Blu-Rays yet Netflix still exists.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
I don't think you understand the problem. Unlike a USB-A power supply, a USB-C power supply cannot just assume by default that the device you plugged into it is not another power supply. That would risk causing a short and potentiall
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
It's not the cable that's the problem here; it's the device you're plugging into the cable. You don't need a cable tester to detect this problem; just plug the device into a spec-compliant USB-C power brick with a U
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
If you need this, it's not the charger that's broken but the device you're plugging into it.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Paint.net is freeware, but it is not open source.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Okay, but this article isn't about that: > The study followed 27,000 pupils aged 12 to 18
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
> The replacement is students maturing into functional adults By what means? Have you got a magic wand that will turn 3rd graders into mature functional adults who will study on their own without homework?
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Seems this did effectively abolish homework if AI is now doing it all for them. The result seems to be that fewer students pass the exams, not more. As with any skill, practice is necessary to achieve competence. If homework is no longer
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
"They could theoretically seize control of everything anyway, so we should just let them seize control of everything now without a fight" doesn't seem like a great argument to me. Things like the constitution, separation of p
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
You realize you're arguing for a monopoly, right? One where competition is not only non-existent but also illegal, and which has complete control over how you're allowed to spend your money. I think arguing "but it's a
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
If Five Guys' ingredients cost more in absolute terms, they can afford a smaller markup percentage-wise so that's not necessarily a good comparison. I think despite their larger mark up McDonald's is still significantly cheap
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
Regardless, it would be even more expensive without reductions in staffing. It's not like they could be hiring twice as many employees at half the cost each and are just choosing not to. Fast food is a highly competitive market.
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by Ajedi32 2mo ago
It's fast food. The focus is on price over all else. If they maintained the staffing levels from back then, then instead of poor service you'd be complaining that a Big Mac costs $15.

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