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itsmartapuntocmon Romania soccer introduces black card to 'combat abusive behaviour' from parents

I would assume it’s treated as if the team of the offending parent has abandoned the match.

itsmartapuntocmon Omarchy Is a Power Grab

"When wolves get out of control, you shoot them. When gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them. This isn't hard, it isn't cruel. It's the basic logic of self-preservation."

https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a

itsmartapuntocmon US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them

Why did they do something wrong?

itsmartapuntocmon Apple is getting this wrong

I've always created a new Apple ID with my work email for every place I've been that's issued an iPhone. No chance in hell I'm signing on to a corporate managed device with my personal Apple ID.

itsmartapuntocmon Why DNA damage from smoking and UV rays cause cancer in some but not others

A fairly bad sunburn was the reality check I needed to start scheduling annual screenings. 30 minutes or so a year for peace of mind.

itsmartapuntocmon The lost joy of music piracy

I was in the scene when the pandora's battery was discovered and to say it was huge was a understatement. After years of playing cat and mouse with Sony over exploits, not only was every PSP to date now forever hackable, but it also allowed previously bricked consoles to be brought back to life.

itsmartapuntocmon Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change

That's not true. If you're new there's a special enrollment period right after you start.

itsmartapuntocmon I regret migrating to Codeberg

I feel like it's a bit ironic that the blog post chastises Codeberg for taking a stance and then does the same with JS.

itsmartapuntocmon The lost joy of music piracy

If you listen to non-western music the streaming library shrinks a lot.

itsmartapuntocmon The lost joy of music piracy

Arguably it hurt them with the PSP as well by trying to get everyone to buy UMDs for their movies and store music on memory sticks.

itsmartapuntocmon User ban controversy reveals Bluesky’s decentralized aspiration isn’t reality

Some implementations, like GoToSocial, do support importing posts from another instance.

itsmartapuntocmon Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

No these aren’t optical sensors like those, they’re full blown cameras.

Cobb County at least on their website says they use camera sensors as well as buried induction loops.

itsmartapuntocmon Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

I see them everywhere in Metro Atlanta. You can tell because there’s what looks like a little camera above each direction facing traffic light.

itsmartapuntocmon Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model

They’re extremely common in the U.S. now.

itsmartapuntocmon Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt data

This was the reason they built such an extensive application compatibility shim system into Windows 95. If a poorly coded application breaks on an OS upgrade, the user is going to blame Windows, not the application.

itsmartapuntocmon Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

Good thing Sweden isn’t selling jets to Cambodia then.

itsmartapuntocmon VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

As a fellow Hokie I'm just happy they aren't calling us Virginia Tech University.

itsmartapuntocmon Riding high in Germany on the world's oldest suspended railway

Bangkok changed the plans of its two most recent transit lines (Yellow and Pink) from standard rail to monorail for the cost savings - since they're completely elevated. I guess they solved the evacuation issue by making the space between the two rails a solid platform.

itsmartapuntocmon First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

I believe King Rama IX was not technically a U.S. citizen because his parents were considered foreign diplomats. In any case he never tried to claim citizenship and was only ever considered Thai.

itsmartapuntocmon Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft

I’ve been watching ReactOS development for years and and progress is slow but steady. I’m excited for the point where it will be fully usable as a drop in replacement for old Windows software.

itsmartapuntocmon Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic

It’s all by design. Car dependent suburbs with no transit access make it easier to keep “undesirables” out of your neck of the woods.

Robert Moses infamously made great use of infrastructure and urban planning to reinforce redlining.

itsmartapuntocmon SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator

Are there any advantages to BasiliskII/SheepShaver these days? Seems like QEMU has caught up on the Macintosh emulation side for both 68k and PPC. The only hole is early Macs which Minivmac handles quite well.

itsmartapuntocmon Rare Photos from Inside North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom' (2023)

"If you're building a skyscraper out of reinforced concrete, the only way for it to be stable is to design it in the shape of a pyramid."

Except the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are standard supertalls built out of reinforced concrete?

itsmartapuntocmon Linux as co-operative Windows process (2017)

Pretty sure it was tongue in cheek.

itsmartapuntocmon Facebook ban on discussing Linux?

I hope that’s the case. It’s certainly a lot less chilling than intentional censorship.

itsmartapuntocmon Facebook ban on discussing Linux?

Facebook explicitly told them that Linux was remaining on their cybersecurity filter.

itsmartapuntocmon VirtualBox 7.1 Beta: Modernized GUI, Wayland Support for Clipboard Sharing

Only reason I'd use it over QEMU/KVM is that it has 3D acceleration for Windows guests.

itsmartapuntocmon 11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5

Same. Had an Xbox One last generation and I'm not fully gaming on the Steam Deck. The "good enough" performance at the huge benefit of open platform and portability is just what I need.

itsmartapuntocmon A BSD person tries Alpine Linux

Slackware is the happy medium I've found between BSD and Linux. It's unashamedly unix-like and uncomplicated, and has its own rich ports tree through Slackbuilds.

itsmartapuntocmon America is divided over major efforts to rewrite child labor laws

If they can't afford it, why do they keep turning down federal money that will let them do exactly that?