This is a result of COVID stunting kid's growth. It was a one off (hopefully) event that wasn't handled well from a development and mental health perspective.

Now they have identified the issue they need to triage it, which is what this is, but also look at helping those kids recover.

More generally there is more pressure on kids these days. They didn't used to have to take on 5 or 6 figures of debt to get an education that is basically mandatory to do even entry level clerical jobs these days. An 18 year old today has lived their entire life under one "once in a generation" crisis after another, starting with the financial crash in 2008, all through subsequent economic problems, COVID, AI, and climate change becoming an undeniable lived reality. They aren't snowflakes, they have just been battered by the mistakes and terrible advice of previous generations.

Thanks. So it looks like it may be some time before this result can be verified.

Because people post the videos on social media.

Less RAM.

The much hyped light on the back only comes on when you talk to AI or get a phone call from someone on your favourite contacts list, that's it. It's not even a 2017 era notification light.

The cameras got a mild upgrade, but still aren't on a par with what Chinese vendors are offering at a lower price.

Even the free AI subscription was cut from 12 to 6 months.

And yet any idiot didn't buy a button hole camera. This really started when smart glasses came on the market, particularly the Meta ones.

By the way, there is an Android app that detects smart glasses near you: https://play.google.com/store/...

Better antenna and thus better range, but that's more than offset by the fact that Google crippled their Find My Device network.

Google made the default setting on Android to only locate items that are picked up by multiple devices, and away from the user's home. So basically only in busy areas like airports or city centres. There is an option to opt in to reporting everywhere with a single ping, but I imagine the take-up is extremely low and you are reliant on someone having opted in if your device goes missing.

There's an open source app that lets you use Samsung tags on any Android phone. I suggest getting those as they will probably be on sale soon. Their network works as well as Apple's.

Recycling is effective when done right. While we do need to stop putting more microplastics into the environment, being able to remove them will be very useful because there are already vast quantities there. The key will be doing it cheaply.

I heard that there were plans to build a new accelerator in Japan, and that CERN was getting upgrades. Maybe now those will be designed with replicating this in mind.

Keep in mind though that this is Europe. Here if they make an automated decision, they have to explain it on request.

Most likely explanation is that some bot switched to using a Linux user agent for HTTPS requests, and it took Cloudflare a day to notice and correctly categorize it as non-human.

That said Microsoft is rightly concerned that the enshittification of Windows and AI making it easier for users to switch is helping Linux make gains on the desktop. Hopefully they react by deshittifying Windows now.

I'm aware, but they can of course use Google or just recognize the name. I wish Reddit let you change your username.

We still have GDPR and Reddit still claims that their Swiss outfit is the one to deal with it. As I said, I doubt the court will buy that.

A ban from one sub. Most people have one if they have spent any amount of time on Reddit. It's not considered circumvention, unless it's used to do actual circumvention of the sub ban, which it wasn't.

Reddit has a corporation in the UK, who are the ones defending this.

Reddit has a subsidiary in the UK. They also claim that their Swiss operation is responsible for data protection in Europe, but I doubt that the court will buy that. It's an attempt to make it harder to exercise GDPR rights, while still doing business in the UK.

I don't think so. Maybe 1 sub, you know what Reddit moderators are like. Actually, yeah, I think it was the doolally lot over on some nuclear power sub. But I blocked it and didn't try to access it - the ban happened before I even had a chance to.