I was wondering if ther could be a technical way to remove ads and tracking beyond just an adblocker. The thing is, a lot of ads are now also disguised as “content”, TikTok videos being a prime example. I would love to see an internet without any ads at all.
The bar was lowered a few years ago. Why expect others to take the high road? Rules for thee but not for me?
I remember in the nineties and early 2000s everybody wanted to go to the U.S. on holiday: visit New York, the romantic city that never sleeps, where you can buy Levi’s 501s and iPhones for cheap, because everyone wanted those back in the day.
Or California, the birthplace of surfing and skateboarding, where the weather was nice and the beaches and people are beautiful. It was spurred by what people saw in movies and on t.v. shows.
These days I don’t hear many people speak positively about the US anymore. Lots of people think it’s dangerous, with all the guns around and lots of violence in the streets and even in schools that are supposed to be safe places for children. Donald Trump getting elected is also a big part of it of course. It says something about the mindset of the American people and the course they want to follow.even as a tourist you don’t feel safe or welcome anymore.
The culture of freedom and innovation many people admired has dwindled and is pretty much gone IMHO.
The feelgood movies about america seemed to have dried up. Any real news coming from across the pond is pretty dire, or at least negative.
Innovation is slowing. In my mind the iphone was the last really innovative physical good that was invented in the US which everyone was excited about.
I for one miss the old U.S. We need a better role model.
“It’s threatening the shoe store by waving a chainsaw at your legs” I don’t know if you personally made this up, but this cracked me up.
No, they’re angry that this game, although it is in the same genre, got no originality or creativity from it’s makers. It’s an almost exact copy.
What is a node in this context? Everything I read refers to it, but it’s never defined. It’s like a Smurf explaining this project and using the word “node” instead of “Smurf”.
You know what’s weird? When writing I knew something was off. I am convinced I wouldn’t have made this mistake 5 years ago. I definitely know the difference between “to cease” and “to seize” and in this context “to cease” is the obvious choice. It’s like I know it’s wrong, I think about it and the actual correct verb just doesn’t come to mind and I leave it as is.
Fluent in English, the last years I found words not coming to mind happens more often. I have wondered many times if this is a result of multiple covid infections I had. There are stories that hint in that direction, but no real scientific evidence I believe. Anyhow, it’s pretty frustrating.
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Thanks, It dld already look weird to me when I wrote it. Corrected.
Yesterday on the radio they explained that the Russians are going all-in to gain as much land as possible before the Trump presidency starts.
Trumps plan for peace is a seize cease fire where Russia gets to keep the borders as they are now. This means Ukraine will need to give up more of their land again, which of course is a win for Russia.
It will also allow Russia to replenish their military, learn from their mistakes and do another invasion in 5-10 years.
This is the reason Russia is now going all-in. They think they don’t need to ration their troops or ammo, they want to gain as much ground as possible in the next six weeks.
This could also give Ukraine an advantage if they play their cards right.
It means in six weeks the Russians will be at their weakest in years, with little ammo and men, but maybe with some ground gained, they are weak to defend.
I don’t think Trump is playing 4d chess here and that the Trump administration is smart enough to see this situation and change their plan, to actually do an uno reverse and force Russia to give up their gains under threat of providing the Ukraine with extra support, but the EU might be.
There is already talk of boots on the ground in the Ukraine. So even if the US doesn’t back them, hopefully the EU will and they can use the Russians aggression against them by taking advantage of this situation.
I would at least hope that as part of the negotiations the Ukraine negotiates a couple of nuclear weapons they can use to deter any future invasion, and that they become part of NATO, so article 5 can be invoked.
One thing not mentioned is that if you ever want to “de-Google”, you will have to go to all websites and services where you logged in using your Google account, and (try and) change the authentication method. Avoid it if possible.
It’s a cultural thing
This depends on your (privacy) laws. The phone operators (and in all fairness, a lot of app developers) have access to the phone’s location.
If the government doesn’t need a warrant, and they can just ask for the location information at Apple or Google (or, for example Meta or X if those apps have location tracking permissions turned on), they could in theory find anyone they like at any time.
Yes it is, but you could also have a look at wine, which is a windows emulation layer that is a little less overhead than a full fledged VM.
They have a database of apps and how well they install and work: https://appdb.winehq.org/
Lots of people appearantly voted for him, so it can’t be that much of a shock, now can it?
I concur. I noticed a lot of right wing people in the US never travel at all. They are only seeing and hearing information off of the Internet, colored by specific algorithms. If all you see of the world beyond your borders is through Fox news, you will have a skewed view.
Have him travel to another 1st world country, Europe, Japan or Canada, to see how people actually live there and there is nothing to fear.
Ideally, if you can afford it you can join him. I can wholeheartedly recommend a city like Antwerp, Copenhagen or Berlin for some history and also a relaxed atmosphere. If he’s more into nature the Norse fjords, the Greek coast, Ibiza (combines nature with partying) or the Swiss Alps are all amazing.
Don’t other neighbors mind the bells? Also, where are you from (what country)? There might be legal options to.pursue. Finally, the church is a hierarchy - you might want to go higher up so to speak and write or call a bishop for example.
Come on, how is a caricature of one man, the instigator of a war on a neighboring country considered racism? I’ve seen Donald Trump depicted as a Donkey or a Pig so many times, is that okay then? Or is that racism towards all Americans? Did you consider you are seeing things that are not really there and that you might be part of a small group of people that are too sensitive towards these caricatures?
<sigh> black people as a race are historically insulted by depicting them as primates and of course that would weigh much more than this case of a single Caucasian man. Hence racism as opposed to insult.
This picture should be on the wiki page for both corruption as well as nepotism.