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by Vinnl 3y ago
I did actually read that, but it hasn't really stuck with me. I think (but based on faded memories) that it was mostly things I'd already seen in school, with more detail? It didn't really open up new ways of looking at the w
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by Vinnl 3y ago
It's not even that they say it's been ineffective; they're saying that the EC can't prove that it has been effective. And AFAIK there's also no reasoning given why it's fine to prevent apps from mentioning othe
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Thank you, I've added it to my reading list!
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by Vinnl 3y ago
I really liked Guns, Germs & Steel. Not necessarily because I was immediately convinced that it explained everything and that was the end of it (I don't have the relevant expertise to be the judge of that), but just because it show
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by Vinnl 3y ago
They seemed largely complementary to me? Guns, Germs and Steel was mostly about how people, culture, ideas and skills spread across the world, whereas Why Nations Fail seemed to be mostly about what happens after that, at a nation state lev
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Ah! Looks like it does indeed: > Unlike with native JSR imports, you are not directly importing TypeScript code. Instead JSR transpiles the TypeScript code to JavaScript before it is installed into your node_modules directory. This gener
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Yeah exactly, looks like it's mostly English that's weird. Translations of "current": - Danish: aktuel - Dutch: actueel - French: actuel - German: aktuell - Italian: attuale - Norwegian: aktuell - Polish: aktualny - Port
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by Vinnl 3y ago
An npm compatibility layer doesn't sound like it has anything to do with TypeScript? I'm assuming that you can use JavaScript anywhere you can also use TypeScript.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Presumably because they don't want to imply that it won't work if you don't use TypeScript.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Thank you! I've been trying to find [1] again, which I encountered ages ago, and this Wikipedia page got me back there. [1] https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOG...
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by Vinnl 3y ago
> what is actual and what is not Heh, off-topic, but this is one of my favourite "EU English"-isms: using actual to mean current . Completely understandable, given how e.g. the Dutch translation of current is actueel (wh
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by Vinnl 3y ago
I believe Edge has something like that now, though from what I've heard it works slightly differently.
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European banks are scared of the digital euro. Their lobbying could torpedo it(ftm.eu)
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Why Floorp has become the browser of my dreams(fastcompany.com)
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by Vinnl 3y ago
If ads, in particular on YouTube, are the problem, anything Chromium-based is probably only going to get worse and worse (see [1] and [2]). So that basically leaves you with Firefox and Safari. I work for Mozilla (speaking for myself, of co
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by Vinnl 3y ago
It's not the same, and you can't import them from Chrome, but I'll share what works for me just in case it works for you as well. Which is: set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine, and use their "bangs" - you&#
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by Vinnl 3y ago
OK, yeah, I meant "I'm not sure why you need to assume that it will be linked back to your real identity by Signal ?"
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by Vinnl 3y ago
It worked for a minute for me, but then at the end I got: > Error: Specified target does not exist. > Target: MI_7_second_order_zero_intercepts_predict.out So maybe wait a bit until you make the effort of going through all the questi
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by Vinnl 3y ago
It's either that, or perhaps they're looking for a solution that works for 99% of people.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Sure, but that means that your phone number is linked to your identity even without Signal? There's no additional data that Signal links to it, other than that you're a Signal user and when you sent your last message.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Unfortunately I don't. If I were to guess, I'd expect it's just a matter of the engineering hours that would need to be invested not being worth it at this time, given how few people they expect to need it.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
They've described what they're attempting to be here: https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Oh huh, that is weird - I can use Signal Desktop even with my phone turned off, that I am certain of.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
It encrypts your metadata (the most important data) and doesn't use it to manipulate you. It's a non-profit. And now you can use it without exposing your phone number to other users.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Link for those coming to the comments first: https://dutchcyclinglifestyle.com/
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by Vinnl 3y ago
Does he have a normal phone number? I thought you should also be able to receive a confirmation code there from the desktop app.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
That's why Signal only stores your phone number (and when you last connected) - they know nothing about your real identity, so they can't link it back to you.
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by Vinnl 3y ago
I think (but don't quote me on this) that you don't need the Signal phone app to start using it. As long as you have a phone that can receive text messages, I think you can also enter the confirmation number into the desktop app
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by Vinnl 3y ago
> why does Signal still require a phone number in the first place? From https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/ > We use third-party services to send a registration code via SMS or voice call in order t
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by Vinnl 3y ago
The interesting thing is that it is possible to share the account on multiple devices, as long as only one of those is a phone. You can sign in to and chat from that account just fine on the desktop app, even if your phone is off. (I gues

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