Nursie

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by Nursie 1y ago
> Obviously people want it; otherwise who are all of these people? Half a dozen geeks on HN do not a market make.
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by Nursie 1y ago
> always inform them of the consequences This would be about as useful as telling the cat why he can’t go out right now. The words would not be understood, as they won’t be by probably 90% of humanity. > If they want to… They don’t. C
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by Nursie 1y ago
Because you’re in a tiny minority and it’s more important that more people be protected from malware. Buy a specifically open phone, and support that market segment.
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by Nursie 1y ago
I think the bank should be able to discriminate, they should be allowed to say they only work on locked devices, surely. It’s a security measure, particularly as we place more responsibility on banks to prevent their customers being defraud
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by Nursie 1y ago
It was not always this way though, there were other choices. Nobody cared, so they went away.
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by Nursie 1y ago
I want my less tech savvy family members to be able to buy locked-to-the-company-store hardware, that they can’t run other things on, as it protects them from one avenue of scams and hacks. This protection can and will be worked around if i
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by Nursie 1y ago
Adults would choose a locked-down, secure phone for themselves. Arguably they already do and the numbers wanting an open phone are relatively trivial and the market ends up the way it has. I do these days, happily, and I speak as someone wh
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by Nursie 1y ago
Sure. Now how are we going to stop them being talked into changing that by scammers, given that we’re not even explaining what that does?
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by Nursie 1y ago
I look forward to you explaining all that to my elderly mother. Once you’ve explained the difference between Google and “the internet”, you may stand a chance. I wish you luck, I’ve been trying that for a while. BRB, heading out for popcorn
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by Nursie 1y ago
Never been a Sid user (occasionally for specific packages) but I do find articles like these amusing - for me the transition from testing to stable is usually where I say goodbye to a Debian release. So farewell Trixie! Onto forky I go. I’v
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by Nursie 1y ago
It's not entirely forgotten, there are some specialist suppliers around and I was able to buy Medlar paste (a lot like Quince Cheese) in the UK last time I was there. It is indeed a good accompaniement to cheese and wine.
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by Nursie 1y ago
Far from it. Australia is trying to age-block social media at the moment (we'll see what happens in december), the EU is likely to move on this stuff before long, lots of US states are doing it... it seems like it's the way of the
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by Nursie 1y ago
Yeah that seems a valid observation. If I had to use two words to sum up the Albo years so far I think it would probably be "a bit disappointing". Which is still a lot better than the LNP were promising. But then I'm not in N
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by Nursie 1y ago
That’s about as smart as saying “America isn’t a democracy, it’s a republic!” They are both types of democracy. (Yes, the ‘royal’ family should be relieved of all their holdings and tossed out on the street, leeches that they are, but that’
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by Nursie 1y ago
> The UK is not a democratic or even liberty-focused state anymore. What on earth are you on about? The UK is certainly a democratic state, it holds free, fair and transparent elections. Governments change regularly in line with these. T
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by Nursie 1y ago
It very much is, but even if every possible solution is worse than the problem, which they very well may be, I think recognising there is a problem there is useful. Rather than the angry denial and cries of censorship that often occur aft
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by Nursie 1y ago
And they have record low shares of the vote, so … seems consistent?
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by Nursie 1y ago
> I genuinely do not understand where how the idea of building a total surveillance police state, where all speech is monitored It’s not like this is new or unique to the UK, the US has been busted indiscriminately spying on all of its c
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by Nursie 1y ago
He had no power. I'm no brexiteer but ... it's not like the Tories were going to hand him the keys to Number 10 and say "Have at it". He wasn't an MP at all at that point. It's like the "Idiots didn&#x27
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by Nursie 1y ago
Honest question - when were you "coming up" and are you sure it didn't do anyone any harm then? I'm mid-late 40s and the internet was not really there when I was growing up. Someone ten years younger than me would have m
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by Nursie 1y ago
> Plasticine action on your tshirt got arrests. And then released when the mistake came to light. Not 'disappeared'. The whole mess around the proscribed group is awful and seems like a massive overreaction - sure, you do not m
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by Nursie 1y ago
The fixed term act, as the other poster pointed out, was repealed in 2022 It was also a hilarious failure given that during the 11 short years it was active there were two two-year parliaments. It also didn't stop PMs being deposed fro
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by Nursie 1y ago
> They’re not actually much better than their alternative, which is why they continually get voted out and kept out of power. Labor won the last two general elections though? And the alternative is currently in disarray. I'm not goi
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by Nursie 1y ago
> I struggle to think of anything she could have said. Me too, but that's why I'm not a politician with a legion of advisers :) I get that she didn't want to bad-mouth Joe or accidentally criticise her own record as VP in
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by Nursie 1y ago
True, and presumably the OBR are better at forecasting than whatever I pull out of my ass.
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by Nursie 1y ago
I might very well be wrong! The orb thinks 8.4% this year, totalling 111 billion. But I can also find articles that seem to say the government spent 16.4 billion just in June - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g
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by Nursie 1y ago
(Edit - apparently what I can tell is not quite accurate, but it’s possible the UK is paying 8-15% of the government budget in interest each year, which is still quite a chunk) From what I can tell from listening to a lot of UK news still,
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by Nursie 1y ago
Utter nonsense mate. Lack of turnout has never made the blindest bit of difference anywhere, and is indistinguishable from laziness and disinterest in actually democratic countries. But in Australia we can see the numbers who spoiled their
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by Nursie 1y ago
I’ve been watching the “Lymow One” with great interest because it appears a lot more rugged and it uses actual mower-style blades rather than the rotating-disc-and-razors model. Also claims to be able to take care of 1.7 acres, which is abo
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by Nursie 1y ago
> not voting is a form of protest I very much agree. In Australia you can go along, write "screw you" on the ballot, job done, attendance recorded. And the fine if you miss it is only a few bucks. It's a good nudge get eve

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