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Finn_on YouTube did not slow down adblock users. Adblock devs admit to problem

While this doesn't completely solve the problem, SponsorBlock [0] makes it much more tolerable when watching videos in your browser.

[0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app

Finn_on Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates

This assumes that 1/5 of them break every year which is probably not the case, older laptops will break more frequently.

Finn_on FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs

100x not 100%. 3,000 km/h takes 1.2 minutes to go 60km.

Finn_on Self-driving cars are surveillance cameras on wheels

Completely ignoring that they they also mentioned SF?

Finn_on NYC considers facial recognition ban for businesses, landlords after MSG debacle

Not just lawyers that are actively involved. Any lawyer working at a law firm that is suing MSG is banned, including lawyers who have nothing to do with the case itself.

Finn_on Incident: Qatar B788 at Doha on Jan 10th 2023, steep descent after takeoff

Southwest's pilots union has been somewhat weak with negotiations if anything. A lot of their pilots are super unhappy about it. The market is strong for pilots right now and they're behind their peers at the Big 3 by quite a bit in a lot of areas.