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curiousgal··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
> Google

Can we just stop saying "Google" as if it's same faceless org? No, it's not Google, one or two asshole execs are behind this policy.

curiousgal··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
> best value

> iPhone

Pick one.

curiousgal··on Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots
My dude, how on earth could you look at stuff like https://www.ft.com/content/f6b953fc-a6ad-48cd-bed1-d42619b57... and not realize you have completely lost the plot? Seriously...
curiousgal··on Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich (2023)
I think the real issue in the UK is the definition of "wealthy". The government seems to think it's people making more than 50k...
curiousgal··on Flock's CEO Faced Me After Its Cameras Led to My Wrongful Stop
Flock (YC S17)
curiousgal··on Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists'
It's distinctively American, that even when faced with the most American thing ever, a Tech startup funded by capitalists, they compare it to China.
curiousgal··on UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts
The dude making the challenge is just as nuts. I am a Left person and it's astonishing how alienated I feel by Labour.
curiousgal··on I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID
This is honestly one of the only instances where I am like "you're an idiot for reporting this". The amount of reach, provided the feeds can indeed be overriden, is absolutely insane. Paired with how shitty of an org FIFA is, I personally would have just leaked this.
curiousgal··on Ryanair dark UX patterns summer 2026 refresher
I have never flown with them only because they're the only airline I have come across that forces you to create an account to buy a ticket.
curiousgal··on Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension
> Cronin further explained why MV2 extensions are no longer allowed in supported Chrome versions as maintaining the associated functionality indefinitely is no longer possible. He cited growing technical difficulties and implementation complexities as well as security concerns.

You know what else is a security concern? Ads. The amount of mental gymnastics is insane. It's honestly insulting.

curiousgal··on Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA
I don't know about that, nothing about their pitch indicated anything but what their technology is currently used for.
curiousgal··on Deflock hits 100k ALPRs Mapped in USA
It's ironic seeing this here since Flock is YCombinator company.
curiousgal··on Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
If this the same Ben in YouTube then omg was he annoying. I couldn't even get throught the first quarter of the video.

The dude shows up at a store. They ask him to leave multiple times. They call on the police on him. Then he says "the police are in on it" because they trespassed him. Like wow shocking that the police won't get involved in a civil matter. Then they manipulate a store employee that had nothing to do with this? That's where I stopped watching.

This is a basic contract case. If the original owner's son had no intention of suing the other party then why did he draft up a contract in the first place? Just get a fucking lawyer.

curiousgal··on SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)
Because the author is the one breaking the law, the right lane is for passing, not for cruising.
curiousgal··on Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
> Google

It's not Google, it's someone. A person came up with this idea and is pushing it through. We should stop treating corporations as some abstract entity instead of a group of sick people making these kinds of decisions.

curiousgal··on Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them
Even if you go around the parked car, you still risk getting doored on the other side.
curiousgal··on A DIY Watch You Can Actually Wear
The Pro version has a better screen (still segmented but more), RGB LEDs and an infrared sensor.
curiousgal··on Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses
I don't know about that. As in yes I agree but that seems to apply to Western countries in general. For example in Tunisia, people go to public baths at least once a week and part of that involves sitting in a hot steamy room for 30+ minutes. So here you have an example for a population that does use sauna (in a way) but aren't relying on self-reporting.
curiousgal··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
> unless we pull up socks and innovate, work, work, work and build, build and build.

So you can find new way to terrorise the world? Right attitude but wrong application.

curiousgal··on Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war
> That is going too far.

Ironic.

curiousgal··on AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
We're missing the other obvious problem, most of the content there is AI generated anyway. I personally posted a fake story generated by Chatgpt and even posted screenshots of that at the start of the post and yet, the post ended up on the frontpage...
curiousgal··on Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia
> our civilization relies upon workers to shoulder the burden everyday.

Our civilization? Nah. Just that one shithole country. Greatest country in the world and they schedule a single guy to work both tower and ground frequencies at a major airport, it's almost like they're asking for this shit to happen.

And before anyone mentions understaffing, this literally one of the plethora of problems that the rest of the world figured out while the U.S. continues to act special.

curiousgal··on Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty
Not to gatekeep things but if you think uv solved python dependency issues then you probably never had those issues in the first place and pip would have been enough for your use case. Conda on the other hand, with external binary dependencies, now we're talking.
curiousgal··on Stop Sloppypasta
Worse, I had a guy literally posting screenshots of copilot replies.
curiousgal··on GPT-5.4
Tell them to stop being evil while you're at it.
curiousgal··on Python Type Checker Comparison: Empty Container Inference
I can't help but find type hints in python to be..goofy? I have a colleague who has a substantial C++ background and now working in python, the code is just littered with TypeAlias, Generic, cast, long Unions etc.. this can't be the way..
curiousgal··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
This, honestly. Seeing all those billionaires on inauguration day lined up to kiss the ring was utterly pathetic. Like what is the fucking point of having billions of dollars if you're just going to be someone else's bitch. And for what? A couple more billion dollars. Oof
curiousgal··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
This is not meant as a personal attack but this has got to be the most naive thing I've read.
curiousgal··on Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
And losing at that offense while at it.
curiousgal··on Palantir Captured the UK Ministry of Defence
I hate it when people obfuscate the fact that organizations are not individual entities. Someone, or a group of people, decided to do this, not some faceless org. Some had to greenlight this.
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