Comment Re:How is it absurd? (Score 1) 122
Behold, the power of the protest vote. Hopefully we have two democratically selected candidates to choose from in the next election, assuming there is one.
Comment Re:The world needs trillionaires (Score 2, Funny) 73
Sorry man, idpol was way more important than the climate. Maybe if you'd chosen someone more relatable than Greta?
Comment Re:too bad (Score 1) 314
The second amendment was ratified in 1791, the first machine gun (The Puckle gun), was patented in 1718, 73 years earlier.
Comment Re: Yes (Score 2) 91
It's not *your* wall to make that decision.
Comment Barney Stinson? (Score 1) 25
I'm pretty sure this was his job in HIMYM
Comment Re:Glad I didn't buy a new one. (Score 1) 80
Careful not to supply Internet via Ethernet over HDMI to it. (HDMI 1.4+)
Comment Re:Such pettiness over a FONT. (Score 1) 201
> money and effort in that they didn't have to reset defaults on new PC deployments
If you are manually changing defaults on PC deployments the pain is a feature. Get your shit together.
Comment Re:Why is this Google's business? (Score 2) 18
Because they have the data points to prove it, and the incentive to make it stop happening (reputation, profit margin, etc).
Comment Re:Music and sound effects (Score 1) 38
Christopher fucking Nolan. I hate that man, I refuse to ever watch another of his movies.
Comment Re:"public" interest (Score 1) 78
If anyone actually tuning in? Last time I tried to talk to someone about broadcast TV they told me they don't like pirating. Also, ATSC 3.0 looks like complete advertising garbage.
Comment Re:So, the collapse comes sooner? (Score 1) 52
Comment Oddly enough.. (Score 4, Insightful) 28
productivity actually went up.
Five EU States To Test Age Verification App To Protect Children (reuters.com) 65
France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will pilot an age verification app to better protect children online, as part of the EU's push to enforce its Digital Services Act. Reuters reports: The setup for the age verification app is built on the same technical specifications as the European Digital Identity Wallet which will be rolled out next year. The five countries can customize the model according to their requirements, integrate into a national app or keep it separately. The landmark legislation, which became applicable last year, requires Alphabet's Google, Meta, ByteDance's TikTok and other online companies to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content. EU regulators said the new guidelines would help online platforms to tackle addictive design, cyberbullying, harmful content and unwanted contact from strangers.
Comment Re:A terrifying amount of thought is going into it (Score 1) 302
We could have avoided all of this with a moderately warm meat sack with a (D) next to their name. I really hope the Democratic party gets their shit together.
Comment Re:CA - State of the self insured (Score 2) 236
They refuse to do simple things like removing (invasive) highly flammable eucalyptus or requiring automatic water shutoffs to prevent burnt homes from bleeding the hydrants dry. I'm sure there's plenty of other things they could implement, such as requiring less combustible materials like brick or stucco.
