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snoxy··on How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer (2024)
Forget what the privacy commissioner says, it’ll be whatever the government’s flavour of the month consultancy tells them to do. As per usual.
snoxy··on I'm tired of fixing customers' AI generated code
Sales engineers have to be good enough to bluff their way through the layers of hyperbole/minor exaggeration/utter bullshit (delete as applicable) the sales team have spun. Whether their conscience gets involved before the deal closes, different question.
snoxy··on Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore
Aussie politicians are too busy propping up coal and proposing unrealistic nuclear solutions to seriously focus on renewables.
snoxy··on World Server Throwing Championship
I would pay good money to watch this in real life.
snoxy··on Why Some of Apple's Biggest Fans Are Returning Their Vision Pros
I worked for Apple retail many years ago, and Apple Store rental is a very real thing regardless of the product. In fact, when the Genius Bar repair queue got too long it was actively encouraged.

As much as I’d like it to be, I don’t think there is a mass rejection of the Vision Pro happening.

snoxy··on Google enables OS upgrades for older PCs post-Windows 10 support cutoff
ChromeOS Flex is ChromeOS but can be installed on most commodity PC hardware. It’s not new, Reuters seems to have picked up a PR push in the wake of Microsoft’s Win10 announcement.

https://chromeenterprise.google/intl/en_au/os/chromeosflex/