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InCityDreams··on Uganda's surveillance state is built on national ID cards
Good history here (and, you're not incorrect) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport : modern passports 1920s.

"While the United Nations held a travel conference in 1963, no passport guidelines resulted from it. Passport standardization came about in 1980, under the auspices of the ICAO.

ICAO standards include those for machine-readable passports.

Such passports have an area where some of the information otherwise written in textual form is written as strings of alphanumeric characters, printed in a manner suitable for optical character recognition.

This enables border controllers and other law enforcement agents to process these passports more quickly, without having to input the information manually into a computer."

InCityDreams··on Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life
Another EU purchaser here. I've passed the link around - I think there would be many people over here that would be interested.

Also...consider, dare I say it, Windows? Or am I mis-reading "delightful, Mac-tastic software Photon Transfer is designed with love exclusively for your Mac", though I'm sure the usb c is er...bipartisan?

I'd say 30% of the people I know use a mac, the rest windows, all with linux for work etc.

*getting stuff from the states via post is no problem, just gotta check on import fees (relatively easy to circumnavigate, but I'd rather not).

InCityDreams··on Apple's 'I'm a Mac' guy returns to promote Windows on Arm PCs
>and by far windows is more annoying with pop ups.

I get no pop ups apart from required system messages (confirming deletes, admin account req'd - which is the most stupidest Windows thing ever...I am the administrator).

Do you mean in your browser?

InCityDreams··on Why Do People Hate Nickelback So Much? A Statistical Analysis
"Kurt would have hated them, which is why many others do."

I wonder what Dave Grohl would make of that statement?

Kida related - https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/01/22/that-time-chad-kroeger...

InCityDreams··on Horseshoe crab counting with New York’s citizen scientists
Horseshoe crab-counting...the hyphen makes a [UK English only?] difference.

I found it hard to read - I thought they may have crowd-sourced some telescope buffs.

InCityDreams··on EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links
First message: p 0 r n, s i 7 e Second message: dot Third message: come on over. Forth message: Sorry my mistake, organising the house.

After a while the second, third and fourth won't be required.

Jeeze...we learned obfuscation fucking years ago (torrenting was punishable then, probably is still, and a few people may be made examples of, by ip tracking etc as subscribing becomes more disliked).

InCityDreams··on EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links
Always NOT surprised why politicians get exempted from these kind of rules. You would think they would set the good example.

They're not stupid, and they're NOT example-setters (very few exceptions) - for myself.

#never voted, and very proud of it.

InCityDreams··on Programming Musical Effects 'Live'
Choose your video - some are live programming, others are explanations of effects. Actual website is https://www.airwindows.com/
InCityDreams··on Tesla 'self-driving' technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash
I believe it to be more common in the EU to have dangly bits (metal fencing?) that hangs from the barrier to the floor. when the barrier lifts up they 'fold' vertical. This presents a proper barrier (that stops kids, cyclists, pedestrians from getting under the barrier when deployed), the 'struts' are painted red and white so they're very visible. *can't speak for absolutely everywhere, but my ride to work there are two sets of tracks I pass that have barriers that are designed to stop the stupid. Oh, I guess self-driving vehicles, too, now.
InCityDreams··on Tougher rules for sellers of internet-enabled devices in the UK
Darwin at work?
InCityDreams··on Phishing Campaigns Targeting USPS See as Much Web Traffic as the USPS Itself
I get no spam, until I send something...then it's an avalanch for a few weeks then they dry up until next time I need DHL (or, indeed, any other carrier - €40 to send a registered letter, DHL priced themselves out of my budget).
InCityDreams··on London Drugs closes stores until further notice due to cyberattack
I have a choice of three very-local pharmacies. I stuck with one, and now they know me (10+yrs) they'll give me a prescription, and get the note from the doc (electronically) shortly, after holidays etc. I'm just honest with the doc - and he's 400m from the pharm, so no shenanigans there.
InCityDreams··on Reentry of International Space Station Batteries into Earth's Atmosphere
"Don't mention the war."
InCityDreams··on Single dose of LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, study say
...psychedelics have been around for thousands of years. People like trippin'.
InCityDreams··on Miles Davis and the recording of Kind of Blue
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny"
InCityDreams··on 'Your pay is still – not – going up too fast'
It would send a very convincing message, though.
InCityDreams··on ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood
Chicago: heyjackass.com
InCityDreams··on Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey
Should 'decadelong' be two words?
InCityDreams··on European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater anomalies
>Nor does one hot day make summer.

You're not from the UK.

InCityDreams··on European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater anomalies
>Nor does one hot day make summer.

You're not from the UK.

InCityDreams··on BT Tower is to be turned into a hotel
I always heard it closed due to the threat of terrorism...
InCityDreams··on France Cuts EV Incentives for Wealthy Households
>Charging should have a cost and the chargers should be made in the USA with the Tesla standard plug.

Why so the USA?

InCityDreams··on First satellite imagery of the Feb-13, 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
Comment might not be helpful, but it's very true.
InCityDreams··on FTC Obtains $195M Judgment and Ban on Simple Health for Sham Insurance Offering
Gdpr doesn't stop recordings...they just tell you it may be used for "training puropses".
InCityDreams··on The end of Britain's weeks-long general elections
Auditing Britain, dj media and dje media on yt would care to differ.
InCityDreams··on Alexei Navalny has died
Leave Ukraine?
InCityDreams··on I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test
Keep us up to date on your losses/gains
InCityDreams··on Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? (2010)
Are you a British Postmaster?
InCityDreams··on The internet used to be fun
8-10 regular sites, then mindless scrolling. Hundreds of bookmarks I'll never re-visit. I do miss forums.
InCityDreams··on Billions stolen in wage theft from US workers
Thanks to whom I enjoy two days off a week and, the safety dude immediately corrected something I'd pointed out as dangerous 5 years ago.
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