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acd··on iPhone 15 Pro Storage Expansion – 128GB to 512GB [video]
GPU, Phones and Laptops are going to get chip modded. Chip modding was the process of making game consoles run any copied game. So modders would chip modify them to bypasss console manufacturers copy protection. Since other manufacturers are now selling memory expansion at highers margin rate there are going to be chip soldering possibilities.

Wikipedia modchip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modchip

acd··on What Happens When Hyperscalers and Clouds Buy Most Servers and Storage?
Buy local also data center space.
acd··on Goodbye non-KISS appliances
I had the same experiance after a automated home espresso coffee machine broke down.

I compared many machines to that of a mocca spanish/italian espresso maker. Simple design as simple can be.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

Advocate US navy KISS design principle.

Are a smart phone smart when it distracts you from close ones?

Smart devices can get hacked Dumb devices much harder. Which is more secure old CRT or new smart tv?

Same goes for IT shiny new complicated thing or simple kiss thing.

acd··on Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines
I love pinball because its a fun activity you do in person together with friends!

Akin to other physicall media that you do things together.

acd··on Good DevEx increases productivity. Here is the data
Private offices for focus without distractions will become a thing again.

Compare salary vs office rent

acd··on Escaping surveillance capitalism, at scale
You cant escape data fusion and browser finger printing via canavas, fonts, plugins.
acd··on App store to be 'split in two' ahead of EU iPhone sideloading deadline: report
This will allow virtualization software to run on ios now its banned by app store rules. Also this will allow alternative app stores.

A phone is like a PC just that its locked boot loader, locked operating system.

acd··on The failure of self-checkout technology
I prefer to talk to a real human.

1. Human is nicer than cold robot 2. Liability to scan items is the stores responsibility

acd··on Uber and Lyft paid SFO about $50M last year
Gini index/Gini coefficient meassuring income equality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Income_i...

acd··on Age verification is incompatible with the internet
The issue I have with age verification and End user agreements is the following.

There is no legal binding to who signed the Eula in normal end user accept. This differs from a paper contract where the signature is person identifiable.

Your cats paw could have clicked on the Eula accept :). Who is liable then the cat?

I think that if Eulas was taken to highest court of law they may not hold through screening.

acd··on Steamboat Willie [video]
Also see us changing copyright law extending it years to keep Disney works like steamboat willie private in the past.

"Under this Act, works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still protected by copyright in 1998 would not enter the public domain until January 1, 2019, or later. Mickey Mouse specifically, having first appeared in 1928 in Steamboat Willie, entered the public domain in 2024[5] or afterward (depending on the date of the product). Unlike copyright extension legislation in the European Union, the Sonny Bono Act did not revive copyrights that had already expired, and therefore is not retroactive in that sense" Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

"Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act – also known as the Copyright Term Extension Act"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

acd··on Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights
I propose a robot lane
acd··on Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240M PCs to landfills
Install Linux, these PCs will be better with that. More secure with less malware, more stable.

I suggest distros such as Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian.

Enable automatic security updates.

Also Linux distros such as Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, Red Hat enterprise Linux / Suse is an option. That will offer longer support upgrade cycles.

acd··on VW is putting buttons back in cars
Airplane computers already have touch knob interface figured out.

Display in the middle physicall buttons and knobs to control the interface.

acd··on Serverless at Scale: Lessons from 200M Lambda Invocations
The name serverless is missleading. Of course there is functions written in programming languages that runs on a real physicall servers in data centers.

This should be called Fuction as a service. Acronym Faas.

acd··on It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
Not in eu
acd··on Driverless car users will not be prosecuted for fatal crashes in UK
Dystopian future
acd··on We have used too many levels of abstractions
Sometime i just want to use old school copy code build binary to server and run it :).
acd··on Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption
Dan bernstein wrote Qmail, DJBDNS and Cryptography algorithms

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States

Qmail https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qmail

Djbdns https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djbdns

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein

acd··on Office space vacancies in US and London reach at least 20-year highs
I predict vacancies office rent will end of startup led open floor plans. Return of private rooms in offices. Prediction 5-10 years from now. Reason zero interest rates inflated real estate value which made office space more expensive. Now that there is vacancies office rent will plummet. Cheap office cheap rooms enables private rooms for developers.
acd··on Floorp – A customisable Firefox fork from Japan
Happy to see tracking protection in Floorp.

Why you need tracking protection. Try javascript fingerprinting:

* https://amiunique.org/fingerprint

acd··on How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
Please have more vacation weeks so that people are less stressed. Remake the financial system so that people cannot take on more debt a cause for stress. Make a progressive tax system for people and large cooperations so that people spend time in local communities and buy local.
acd··on Breast Milk Alternative Boosts IQ and Executive Function in Kids
Thanks for answering the question and linking to the study.
acd··on Breast Milk Alternative Boosts IQ and Executive Function in Kids
Whats the iq of children on breast milk vs standard formula?
acd··on Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office
The productivity loss for working in open plan work spaces is 15%-20%. Compare the cost of space vs hiring 20% more employees.
acd··on Android 14 introduces cellular connectivity security features
This should also be implemented in Apple iOS.
acd··on Show HN: Learn a language quickly by practising speaking with AI
Very good app, how so you sign up for premium service?
acd··on Byte Fanless Mini PC – Built for Linux
Looks like a good for home firewall / router.
acd··on The EU’s fight for user-replaceable smartphone batteries
Note that wireless headphone batteries and spare parts should also be regulated.
acd··on Tilia – regulation-compliant (but US-only) money transmitter for gaming
I do dont think money transfers will make gaming better. The while point with gaming is to have fun.
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