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> Eck-Ma-Script

I thought this is how it was generally pronounced, it's at least what I say. (It still sounds like a skin disease though.) Is there some other more popular pronunciation?

Someone should rewrite this but Rust instead of Java; it would be a perfect meme.

I mean, "web apps" are just PWAs which iOS, Android(?), and Chrome have all supported for a while now. Still, it's nice to see a better push for web, and it's a bit of a reversal to Apple's historic position on apps (Steve Jobs opposed creating an app store, preferring web apps).

Just because it's more secure doesn't mean I want to use it: it's poor UX, especially for those of us who don't carry a phone around 24/7. Even if you use FIDO or TOTP, it will always prioritise push notification and AFAIK you must enable push notification to use any other type of MFA.

Plus (unlike TOTP and FIDO), it's proprietary, making it harder to fit in my workflow. For instance, I can generate TOTP codes from my computer in order to seamlessly sign-in to services.

Google's preference of their weird, bespoke authenticator over TOTP is also very annoying to anyone who would rather not. (it is required to add any additional authenticators, and the default authenticator)

> Suspected members of the IRA, the Irish paramilitary organization, were also on the list.

A list that details primarily terrorists having terrorists listed on it. Colour me surprised.

Legalities aside, it's morally wrong to hack a server, disregard reasonable disclosure, and publish (even to a selected group) an in-depth list of personal information; all for political reasons! (at least going off what their Wikipedia page describes as their motivations).

> maybe you're just Bill Gates

Not impossible.

https://www.businessinsider.com/screen-time-limits-bill-gate...

I think it's quite brash to say that it's "privileged" to raise children with no screens. Would you like to elaborate? People certainly existed without them.

Windows 11 was the last straw that made me switch my day-to-day computer from a Windows laptop to a MacBook. Unfortunately, I still have to use a Windows desktop for some limited purposes (mainly gaming and computationally intense activities that I cannot do on my laptop) but that will be running a heavily locked-down configuration of Windows 10 until I die.

I look forward to Microsoft policy settings that disable all of Windows 11's clunky, privacy-invading features the moment governments have to or decide to upgrade, or when consumers eventually wake up and stop taking their nonsense.

When people are victims of fraud, the banks are generally expected to do something about it. I would conject that they may have had to refund too many people for crypto-related woes?

I suspect this may more be to do with large organisations (and equally foreign governments) wanting to block Google translate, since it can be used as a proxy in some cases.

It, however, does not impact the chance of Google renaming it again.

I look forward for the day when we come full circle and they re-name it Google Apps for Business, Government, Education, and Grandma Bertha.

Out of curiosity, why are people so concerned about Pocket?

I personally use it to quickly bookmark things in a cross-platform "i'll look at this later" box (although not a fan of how it tries to show me pages in-app). Recommendations for alternatives would be equally accepted.

BBC's video archive, unless it is extremely popular, is almost certainly not going to be avaliable after a few years. Shows published on their streaming platform iPlayer are typically only avaliable for a few months.

The BBC archives tend to only be used for creating new or remastering old content rather than for republication in their original form. I agree, it's bizarre.