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Mostly because if you try and visit the page that the image was supposedly on, it won't actually be there.

Why is this on a site that wants you to sign up for marketing, rather than the GOV.UK petitions site?

Most of which aren't affected by the ULEZ or other similar zones around the UK.

Not to mention that many poorer households don't even have a car in the first place.

Well yes, if the choice is between everyone breathing in air that damages their health, or a small number of people being unable to drive, surely the former is always better?

Trust isn't really a factor I'm concerned about.

The quality of results is good and I can customise it more than any other search engine to suit my needs.

Yes, that happened once - in 2009.

And Amazon gave everyone a full refund.

>O'Reilly should follow the same business model.

They used to, but they have their subscription service now.

You can still buy O'Reilly books DRM-free from the major ebook sellers.

This does not happen with the Kindle Store.

Anything you've purchased will remain in your library unless:

1) You delete it (which can happen by accident, due to some bad UX).

If you have done this, you can contact Amazon Support and they can re-add it to your library for free. It's not possible to delete your purchase history on the Amazon website, and that includes all Kindle books.

Whenever I've seen people claim that digital content has gone from their Amazon account, it always turns out to be either:

a) They didn't buy it on Amazon in the first place.

b) They bought it on a different Amazon account.

As a moderator of /r/kindle, I can reveal that in January 2025, less than 1% of our visits were from users still using Old Reddit.

It does mostly attract users who aren't as technically minded as users on HN.

iOS Apps - 36.65% | Mobile Web - 24.85% | New Reddit - 24.37% | Android Apps - 13.30% | Old Reddit - 0.82%

The web app for sending to Kindle is a lot more reliable:

https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle

That's arguably got even more restrictive DRM than the Kindle Store.

And it's only available in the US.

Why would I want to connect my ereader to a computer?

It's not 2004 and it's not an iPod.

>I’m not sure why anyone buys Kindles when there are so many better options available.

For me, the Kobo lacks something like the Send to Kindle feature.

I can send books I've obtained from outside the Kindle Store (DRM free sellers, Humble Bundle, public domain etc.) and then store them in my Kindle library.

These are then synchronised across all of my Kindle devices and apps - completely for free

Kobo does have integration with cloud storage, but it's not the same feature.

Plus it has the Kindle Store, which has the biggest selection of books for sale.

>Apple understood this when the first iPod came out. Offer a better service, not shinier handcuffs.

It's a shame they haven't tried to pressure the publishers into dropping DRM for books.

The DRM used by Apple's bookstore is entirely limited to Apple's own apps on its own devices. You can't even read the books in a web browser.

> But it would be healthy for everyone if people supported a DRM-free and non-surveillance ebook ecosystem.

I dream of a day when that's possible, but all of the massive publishers with over 80% of book marketshare insist on DRM.

>It's strange that they are ending Windows 10 support so soon after they stopped selling it.

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 - all of these had a published 10 year support lifecycle when they came out.

Windows 10's end of support is completely expected and as planned.

With Windows 11, they've moved it to a new lifecycle model, so it's less clear how long it will be supported for.

Weird that it's not available in the UK - it would have been nice to do this!

From what I've read elsewhere, this is just so that they can have live sports content with included advertising.

That seems OK to me.

As this proposal does not cover consent for everything a "cookie banner" would, the title is simply wrong.

It's probably not something that the law in most countries has considered before.

The idea of being able to work remotely (especially across international borders) wasn't around when the basics of immigration law and visas were introduced in most places.

Indeed, the original article on thebookseller.com seemed to go up AFTER the deal was reached.

>How about supporting a socket for more than one generation?

Intel typically seems to support sockets on the desktop for 2-3 generations of CPU:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket#80x86

As noted by other commenters, some carriers (I think all of the UK carriers) use IP-based geoblocking to ensure that Wi-Fi Calling only works when using an IP address registered in the UK.

It's not really anything to do with eSIM. If you used a physical SIM from the same carrier with the same settings, you'd have the same experience.

When connecting via a cellular data network, all data will be routed via your carrier's Access Point Name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name).

Most carriers only have servers in their home region capable of handling the traffic. It is possible to have regional servers for this, but most carriers don't bother with the expense. Roaming data is usually expensive or restricted in usage - so there's traditionally been very little demand for higher speed connectivity.

Travel eSIMs are usually just a regular SIM with a very limited plan from a carrier that has favourable roaming deals.

This is not my experience.

I have used many 1000BASE-T dongles and they work exactly as advertised - capable of transferring at ~950Mbps.

I have also used 2.5GBASE-T dongles and speeds are in the 2Gbps+ range.

WisdPi are even offering dongles with 5GBASE-T support (RTL8157 chipset):

https://www.wisdpi.com/products/wisdpi-usb-3-2-5g-ethernet-a...

>Why would you need historic addresses for this service?

The police (and other authorities like councils) who issue penalties, need to know who was the registered keeper of a vehicle on the date of an alleged offence.

That's where the DVLA's Keeper At Date Of Event (KADOE) system comes in.

It's currently being transitioned to a modern API:

https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk...

The New 3DS consoles did have double the RAM and an improved CPU and GPU, so there were quite a few games like Minecraft and the SNES Virtual Console that could only run on the New models.

Why do people in the US need to go to the DMV at all?

Here in the UK, pretty much any interaction with our equivalent (DVLA - Driver and Vehicle Licensing) can be done online or by phone.

If you want/need to apply in-person for a licence or to pay vehicle tax, you can do it at many post offices.

I guess it is a centralised system, while the DMV is per-state.

No. Starlink won't be able to offer enough capacity to completely eliminate fibre, even in rural areas.