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lzauzon ‘Luddite’ Teens

In these discussion threads I always see people mixing call/gps functionality (which is genuinely useful, especially in case of an emergency, and not addictive) with social media. You can have one without having the other. Instagram didn't come with your phone, you installed it. So, don't.

lzauzon ‘Luddite’ Teens

You just have to look at the pictures of the article to see that they have money.

lzauzon BundesMessenger, a secure messenger for Germany’s public administration

Believe me if you have the first thing the latter things will eventually follow. At least in the EU "universally mandated" has been a reality for a very long time.

lzauzon BundesMessenger, a secure messenger for Germany’s public administration

You are being too benevolent. You think progress in bureaucracy is being resisted because those people are "old and unfamiliar", but they actively resist it because their paycheck depends on it. They know if they get fired they are completely useless in the job market.

lzauzon Binance is fucked

You cherrypicked examples where there's a physical element to the transaction.

What exactly does WhatsApp assemble? Or where do I get customer service in person for WhatsApp?

lzauzon Autopsy-based characterization of myocarditis after anti-SARS-CoV-2-vaccination

>I am vaccinated but

Funny how this sounds like you have some special kind of keycard to be allowed to say what you said.

lzauzon Is TikTok a National Security Risk?

>The press is doing their patriotic job protecting United States government and US citizenry dutifully through its thorough reporting as given by the 1A.

Now I'll wait for someone else to bite on this.

lzauzon Python 3.11 Delivers

>Gil free python would break a lot of oss packages written with the C API that are only thread safe because if the GIL.

So make it a runtime option.

It's getting tiresome that python performance is suffering because some can't be bothered to write thread-safe software. In 2022.

lzauzon Medium bans user for Chrome extension that opened articles in incognito mode

Medium has been the villain for quite some time now.

But not so fast about Substack... they recently started showing modals.

In the end, running a website costs money. What are you going to do.

lzauzon Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

Whatever Electron supports I suppose.

lzauzon “If Sweden didn’t have the Nordic Model, I would not be alive”

Most people who have jobs do not work because they want to but because they are forced by economic circumstances. Should we abolish work?

lzauzon ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due to 'age restriction'

What is an "open source phone network"? I've never heard of such thing existing.