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International flights set to pay EU carbon fees from 2029(euronews.com)
3 points by Markoff 3mo ago|3 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
I think it's more a mental health or social interaction thing rather than expecting improved school results, some studies even show no short term increase in results. But you don't need study to know kids staring at phones instead
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by Markoff 3mo ago
that would be illegal right now, kid/parents can call police you stole their phone and you would be in trouble with police, any school rule isn't above the law, which is why there must be confiscation option clearly mentioned in t
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by Markoff 3mo ago
Czechia had per school rules as well (my kids school bans them in school premises, which leads to groups of kids starting at phones in front of the school, sad sight), but as discussed yesterday by minister of education it's clearly no
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Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027(expats.cz)
158 points by Markoff 3mo ago|94 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
From April 2028: Under the new system, drivers of fully electric cars will face a charge of 3p per mile, while owners of plug-in hybrid models will pay a reduced rate of 1.5p per mile. Both figures remain below the 6p per mile currently pai
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UK confirms pay-per-mile tax start date for electric vehicle drivers(independent.co.uk)
4 points by Markoff 3mo ago|5 comments
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Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder that the future isn't written(channelnewsasia.com)
5 points by Markoff 3mo ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
As someone who works/worked for all major Chinese smartphone brands (and some major vacuum cleaner brands) over years I can tell you this is no OnePlus specific, 996 is just Chinese standard. I remember back when I lived in China some
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UK unveils plans for social media curfew for older teens – but it's voluntary(abcnews.com)
4 points by Markoff 3mo ago|2 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
TIL 6 hours of sleep is apparently enough for teenagers anyway quite pointless if it's optional and even if it weren't teenagers can always find easy workarounds
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by Markoff 3mo ago
related - recently I learned Microsoft doesn't provide any way to download all your emails from outlook.com in one way to back them up, so Thunderbird was the tool I used to create backup still can't comprehend how is this legal i
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by Markoff 3mo ago
> Nobody under 20 knows what a "console" is even for, they play games on their iPhone almost exclusively. so which one is it - nobody under 20 knows what console is for or these kids are playing their parents console? you are c
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by Markoff 3mo ago
apparently my two primary school kids are nobodies for enjoying their PS3 or RetroArch and they don't have smartphone yet, if they do it will be heavily restricted, they can play games on PS3 or portable like SF2000, phone ain't g
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by Markoff 3mo ago
not much use for the 5th point in nuclear war, there are better things to burn
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by Markoff 3mo ago
I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)) and for now decided to not install Cro
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by Markoff 3mo ago
TBH uBlock Origin is better, so why bother
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by Markoff 3mo ago
and those who care use Vivaldi it other alternatives anyway I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloade
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China warns of 'security backdoor' in Anthropic AI coding tool(channelnewsasia.com)
4 points by Markoff 3mo ago|0 comments
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Trump returning to US on old Air Force One amid Iran threats(thehill.com)
3 points by Markoff 3mo ago|1 comments
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Buckling Manhattan high-rise deemed 'stable' for now after evacuations ordered(nbcnewyork.com)
1 points by Markoff 3mo ago|0 comments
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EP approves free cabin luggage+new delay compensation rules for air passengers(euronews.com)
1 points by Markoff 3mo ago|0 comments
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Babies should not use screens at all in the first two years, major review finds(euronews.com)
12 points by Markoff 3mo ago|2 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
Didn't use Maps.me for years, but does it have colored hiking trails for instance? OM does, CM doesn't.
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by Markoff 3mo ago
much better UI, does osmand has now colored hiking trails without downloading some extra maps?
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by Markoff 3mo ago
yeah, their app will make you pay even for offline maps
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by Markoff 3mo ago
Does this amazing new fork of a fork have colored hiking trails as this "dying" Organic Maps? I know the answer, tried both, I will let myself out...
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by Markoff 3mo ago
And for 99.9% it will not make any difference, but I'm sure for some percentage of users missing hiking trails in CoMaps will make difference for sure. Why use fork of a fork which lacks features of the previous one? Users don't c
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India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns(bbc.com)
3 points by Markoff 3mo ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 3mo ago
it's actually more difficult to produce inactivated vaccine at mass scale than mRNA vaccine, which is the reason why they were producing mRNA vaccines and not the old school safe tested ones

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