Forget A TikTok Ban, We Need To Regulate Data Brokers And Pass A Real Privacy Law – TechDirt #
Links
How to get rid of the extra “discover” page on the Android home screen:
How to get rid of the extra “discover” page on the Android home screen:
https://www.theverge.com/23643205/google-discover-android-how-to-delete
EV car batteries that no longer hold a strong enough charge for driving can still hold a strong enough charge for grid storage
I remember reading about this idea a while back: EV car batteries that no longer hold a strong enough charge for driving can still hold a strong enough charge for grid storage, fitting the “reuse” part of reduce, reuse, recycle.
The big reuse: 25 MWh of ex-car batteries go on the grid in California
I love the headline here: Tesla Autopilot workers…
I love the headline here:
Tesla Autopilot workers try to unionize, are “tired of being treated like robots”
Potential Marburg vaccine doing well
Potential Marburg vaccine doing well in early clinical trials
(If you’re not familiar with Marburg, it’s similar & related to Ebola – they’re both viral hemorrhagic fevers that can cause horrific rapid outbreaks with high death rates when they hit a human population. They’re absolutely terrifying, with the only bright spot being that they’re *so* fast they tend to burn themselves out quickly.)
Really not sure that “shame on you for believing me” gets you out of fraud charges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/…
Really not sure that “shame on you for believing me” gets you out of fraud charges
Tell me you’re a thin-skinned whiner who can’t handle criticism without telling me you’re a thin-skinned whiner who can’t handle criticism.
Tell me you’re a thin-skinned whiner who can’t handle criticism without telling me you’re a thin-skinned whiner who can’t handle criticism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/15/twitter-journalists-suspended-musk/
At-home Covid tests (good news)
Updated shelf life and expiration dates for at-home #covid tests, now that there’s been time to collect real-world data.
If you have an “expired” test lying around, check the list – it might still be usable.
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/covid-19-at-home-tests-expiration-date-science
Microforests LA!
Their guide to planting #microforests in the LA area is live!
https://www.lamicroforests.com/
If I lived somewhere where I had a big enough yard and could choose how to use it, I would be all over this.
#nature #LosAngeles #gardening
Review of The Time Machine ★★★★☆
Review of The Time Machine ★★★★☆
H.G. Wells: A bit dry, but it draws you in, and if the plot is simple, it’s enough to wrap around some thought-provoking speculation about the future of humanity – and a critique of industrial society.
When America Banned Sliced Bread
“When America Banned Sliced Bread”
WW2 rationing, trying to save on packaging material and metal for slicing machines.
It didn’t last long.
EFF runs down a list of various ways Hollywood tries to screw over artists
Preaching to the choir here, I’m sure. The EFF runs down a list of various ways Hollywood tries to screw over artists, making it obvious that their interest in draconian copyright laws is not about “protecting artists.”
Gee, so sorry about your auto-immune disease…
“Gee, so sorry about your auto-immune disease, but the medicine you’ve been on for years *might* be used for something we don’t like, so you can’t have it anymore.”
😡
Post-Roe, many autoimmune patients lose access to ‘gold standard’ drug
Six days after the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion, lupus patient Becky Schwarz got an unexpected message from her rheumatologist. “This is a notice to let you know that we are pausing all prescriptions and subsequent refills of methotrexate…”
Brought to you, of course, by the party of “small government”
“Migrating from WordPress to Markdown sounds easy…6months later and you’re losing your mind.”
So true!
“Migrating from WordPress to Markdown sounds easy. Mention it to any developer and they’ll say “Pfft, an afternoon of work at worst”
…
Suddenly it’s 6months later and you’re losing your mind.”
How to Export a Large WordPress Site to Markdown
I think I’m going to try the resulting script on one of my WP sites & see how it goes.
Review of Star Trek: Discovery – Season Two ★★★☆☆
The stand-alone episodes are good, and the Burnham/Spock family dynamics, but the main arc gets really frustrating in the second half.
I’ve been finally catching up on recent Star Trek series. I have…mixed feelings about Picard Season One
I’ve been finally catching up on recent #StarTrek series. I have…mixed feelings about Picard Season One.
Hostile Takeover
Not surprisingly, after discovering that being on Twitter’s board meant he would have to act in the company’s interests instead of his own, Elon Musk is launching a hostile takeover bid.
Gee, maybe integrating their other services into one platform wasn’t the best idea…
Gee, maybe integrating their other services into one platform wasn’t the best idea…
Losing Facebook is bad, but losing WhatsApp is worse – The Verge
What happens when you lose the encrypted messaging app everyone uses?
Wrote up a guide for telling Gnome what a .gmi file is so it can …
Wrote up a guide for telling Gnome what a .gmi file is so it can recognize gemtext on a network share where it’s not checking the file contents. This had the added bonus of letting me define Lagrange as the type’s default app and gedit as an alternate.
Great demo of devious design patterns. All you have to do to win the game is click through 29 questions without agreeing to the terms and conditions… Also, if you’re a webdev, don’t do these things.
Great demo of devious design patterns. All you have to do to win the game is click through 29 questions without agreeing to the terms and conditions…
Also, if you’re a webdev, don’t do these things. #DeceptionPatterns