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by usr1106 2y ago
The search credit model sounds great. I would probably also pay Youtube credit. I use it too rarely that paying their monthly rate makes sense. The user experience with ads sucks, so I further try to reduce my usage. At least that's go
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by usr1106 2y ago
So what? Coming back to the poor analogy of democracy, the same fraction of voters could not run a government. The majority has never participated in any public manifestation.That does not mean we should all live under dictatorship.
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by usr1106 2y ago
It's still several years. I guess they just hope many phones of today won't be in use anymore and newer ones will have better compatibility. In practice some phones won't just work anymore, like in the original article.
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by usr1106 2y ago
If capitalists (and other citizens) behaved, no government would be needed.
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by usr1106 2y ago
Using different protocols for emergency call predates any caller location information. The main drivers at the time were network coverage (your SIM might have no coverage, but a network you are not allowed to roam for ordinary calls in has)
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by usr1106 2y ago
Most countries did it that way.
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by usr1106 2y ago
I would never trust VoLTE. It's a complicated beast full of compatibility issues. My phone supports VoLTE but on a recent trip through Europe it fell back to 2G for most calls. Edit: Those were ordinary calls. For emergency calls I hav
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by usr1106 2y ago
My 5 visits to NYC all happened before smart phones were ubiquitous and I never got lost. Of course the 3 am case might be an exception. I don't think the system has become worse, but the average user has just become more helpless. I r
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by usr1106 2y ago
I think it's the general idea that free (as in speech) software is "democratic". Even if the project does not do what you want you can always modify or fork, i.e. make changes privately for your own use or even distribute the
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by usr1106 2y ago
Maybe that's easier for a visitor. You make no assumptions how things are supposed to work because you don't know. You just follow the signs and announcements. Of course in case of disruptions/changes that requires that there
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by usr1106 2y ago
Slightly (un)related: For detailed subway track maps e.g. in Paris https://cartometro.com/en/ is a nice resource. The US is not covered well, though.
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by usr1106 2y ago
> I’d love an app to that will navigate me between platforms Why would that be needed? I visited NYC the first time as a high school student with not so perfect English as a foreign language skills in 1980 when the city was in a pretty r
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by usr1106 2y ago
Youtube is one symptom that Google's business model is ethically and ecologically unsustainable. Process and store whatever nonsense to collect more user data.
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by usr1106 2y ago
I don't deny that reducing overweight is very likely to improve your health, certainly for the obese. However, high blood pressure and weight are not as simple as one might think. My friend has had problems with blood pressure since hi
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by usr1106 2y ago
Meta is not fundamentally better than Bytedance. Their business model is addiction combined with accumulating and misusing user data.
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by usr1106 2y ago
Making a whole generation unfit for qualified work is a serious threat for every nation. Many of the Tiktok generation live in a world where reading for 3 minutes is a heavy effort they are unwilling to do. All information is supposed to be
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by usr1106 2y ago
I used that when IPv6 was new for me. It looks nice. Many Web pages contact several servers (even with ad blocking) So not sure a single icon can be more than entertaining.
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by usr1106 2y ago
What web browser would "barely" support it? I use Firefox on Linux and have not noted any problems. Well, I don't check every connection and whether the server would have supported it. But whenever I checked for curiosity IPv
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by usr1106 2y ago
I have not used Google for a couple of years (with the exception of Streetview where they do not have any competition at all). So I cannot comment on the quality of their search results. They are a close to monopolist / duopolist &#x2F
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by usr1106 2y ago
Interestingly enough the EU thinks that strike is the responsibility of the company, they have to pay the compensation according to passenger rights (even after the rights have been reduced in the recent reform). My insurance, too, does not
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by usr1106 2y ago
At least my insurance has a list of causes when they pay. Besides that the list does not cover all (e.g. in Germany a common cause to cancel train these days is because of lack of staff, but my insurance does not list such cause) it's
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by usr1106 2y ago
I took the TER from Strasbourg to Paris just weeks ago (just 2 3rds of the distance for me because I was not in Strasbourg). It travels well over 100 km/h all the time and it makes only a few stops. That is only half or even less of th
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by usr1106 2y ago
Traveling on tight schedules is always risky, whether you go by car, plane or train.
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by usr1106 2y ago
The relevant EU regulation says the trough-tickets should be offered. That's of course useless for the passenger as long as there are no sanctions if they are not offered.
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by usr1106 2y ago
Not all railway companies participate in AJC. E.g. neither Snälltåget operating the Stockholm - Berlin night train and nor Flixtrain offering budget tickets between Berlin and some German cities are participating.
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by usr1106 2y ago
Unfortunately single tickets spanning multiple countries get increasingly rare. Still not too long ago you could by a ticket from any German station to London or Stockholm (or the other direction). In case you miss a connection you still ha
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by usr1106 2y ago
Was that a comment particularly to the Fedora sway spin or generally to some carefully crafted setup?
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by usr1106 2y ago
I still have the i3 to sway switch in front of me. Screen sharing is a daily must in my work, so at least somewhat in the past there were too many warning voices. Fedora has a sway spin. I wonder whether that "just works" (TM).
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by usr1106 2y ago
Sorry, I am not familiar how to address the issue from a developer perspective. All bigger services offer id via all banks plus mobile certificate. I believe the mobile certificate service is backed by Telia, even if your SIM is from anothe
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by usr1106 2y ago
Maybe someone can invent a proof of seeding protocol? So that would bring some good to the public instead of just burning energy. Don't ask me how it would work...

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