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dagaci··on Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid icon, dies at 90
Desmond Tutu views were incredibly consistant and technical, rather than emotional. Policy of Israel is driven by the need to maintain a Jewish majority franchise, should not need to explain why, however the simple demographics of the Arabs would quickly create Arab majority in Israel if Israel were to acknowlege soverentiy over the occupied territories or even permit the return of refugees.

An outcome like the above is of course clearly completely unacceptble, locally and in the west.

However Israel cannot allow even those territories to become independant because that would require giving up security control, control over valuable land and other natural resources like water. No nation gives away its territory easily!

So current status quo with the territories must be maintained!

dagaci··on Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid icon, dies at 90
I dont think anyone is ignoring it, its a Heated topic and actually quite an issue in South African politics now (https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/protests-greet-miss-south...) Wikipedia has a page where the general issues are enumerated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analo....

Historically scrutiny originally fueled because Israel is seen as a supporter of the apartheid system even after all other western countries had withdrawn support https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-why-israel-supporte...

dagaci··on Apple buying Google ads for high-value subscription apps
It might be legal etc... and app developers and companies seem to have signed away basically control of their app distribution, tradmarks and promotions to Apple the the small letters. But all the same it seems to be a bit sleezy and low for Apple to try and get money by spoofing other companies and brands in fake ads.

I get why Google doesnt, care, since Ads is their core business. But does Apple which already makes oceans of cash need to go this low for that little bit of extra $$$

dagaci··on Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist
Its just another form of child abuse, there is gratification from having this kind of power to lock up even minors, and for no crimes at all, having adults, officers and parents obey.

What is missing is oversight, and strangely enough "a fear of the law" on the part of those charged with enforcing it. Officers and Judges.

dagaci··on Apple sued by teen wrongly accused of shoplifting by unreliable facial-rec tech
Its outrageous. To coverup a lesser incompetance of not validating who the imposter really was, they tried to frame the innocent Ousmane Bah by deleting the video footage.

If Ousmane Bah didnt have a good lawyer he would be in jail and have his life destroyed already, such actions like this should be treated as a crime of falsifying evidence at least.

dagaci··on Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1
Same here, i have been ordering with Amazon (Uk & occationally Us) for 21 years and can count on 1 hand the number the number of times i've had delivery issues.

ALL other delivery outfits are horrible in comparison, and i actually dred using any other service.

dagaci··on Oklahoma woman charged with felony for not returning VHS tape 21 years ago
This is a reminder to put doing a background check on yourself firmly into your own calendar. You can't sit back passively and hope for the best.
dagaci··on USV Dumps 100% of Coinbase Stock
FYI: Union Square Ventures bought into coinbase at $0.20 per share. If they sold for around $300 then thats a gain of around 150,000.00% (in the same period if they had bought bitcoin for $128 in 2013 and sold for $60,000 that would only be and a gain of 47,000%)

Other interesting USV exits: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/union-square-venture...

dagaci··on Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes
For context the photo is actually from May 1, 2012: "two-year-old Aliou Seyni Diallo eats dry couscous given to him by a neighbor, after he collapsed in tears of hunger in the village of Goudoude Diobe, in the Matam region of northeastern Senegal"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Sahel_drought

they are thought to be becoming more frequent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel_drought

dagaci··on EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors and 2nm Technology
No, what was it called?
dagaci··on EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors and 2nm Technology
Just like those EU CERN bureaucrats funding Tim Berners-Lee, what were they thinking
dagaci··on UK and EU agree Brexit trade deal
> Some UK sectors will probably carry on with the EU business as usual, others will abandon the EU and search for better arrangements with other parties

Those sectors could always have chosen to abandon trading with the EU to find better arrangements.

dagaci··on MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Debt Bet
Don't forget the bitcoin capitulation in march, that was very important.
dagaci··on AirPods Max
Again another Apple post.
dagaci··on Excel warriors who save governments and companies from spreadsheet errors
They key here is not about swapping tools, or swapping people, because tools and people are both equally fallible.

The key is "Code Review" and reasonably proof by testing, not just unit testing which is just nice, but integration testing which is strong.

Responsibility is knowing the scale of potential impact, that's when you should 100% insist having some proof with a proper tester.

dagaci··on Excel warriors who save governments and companies from spreadsheet errors
Is it just a better "Excel" or does it have some actual feature to prevent people making mistakes?
dagaci··on Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in Belarus
In a situation like this, the only option is to block the channels because a single user post (even if it is taken down quickly) could result the app's removal and being blocked.
dagaci··on WSL2 – Installation Tutorial for Graphical Windows Subsystem on Linux
That Chart, the ratio of Linux vs Windows used for web serving has remained remarkably stable for the last 20+ years despite the rapid growth, and technology churn
dagaci··on Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged
I understand this, but what I mean by this is that the infringement then is logically also small since the quantifiable infraction is in reality small compared to those whom the officials deem to be compliant.
dagaci··on Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged
There was no synthetic USD, that is clear. What they do is display the average price of BTC from external crypto exchanges. No USD or Synthetic USD was ever exchanged on Bitmex.
dagaci··on Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged
KYC/AML is a nonsense for virtual-currency exchange, it is nominal and trifling irritation for the end user, since you can use simply use another persons "verified" account as a proxy-account for your trades as I expect many do for the purposes of privacy.
dagaci··on Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged
Virtual money is everywhere, there seem to be many computer games, online gambling systems and on and offline card trading systems, vouchers and points systems. All of which can be traded without any heavy KYC/AML. It would be interesting to know where the line is drawn as Bitmex only trades in Bitcoin for Bitcoin.
dagaci··on Linux under WSL2 can be leaking
Let me get this right: Installing WSL2 causes HyperV to be installed. When Hyper-V is installed, HyperV replaces Windows as the Machine Host. Therefore Windows itself becomes a guest OS of Hyper-V, and the installed Linux also becomes a guest of HyperV.

So what mullvad would prefer is that Linux traffic to be routed through the adjacent Windows Guest by default, so that the windows software can control the Linux network traffic.

I think a better solution would be to explore creating a VPN solution for HyperV OS itself if possible...

dagaci··on The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)
Unable to read past the abstract here, so I'm guessing that the the mere presence of the smartphone causes an unconscious distraction because the phone might "do something".

Is it possible the that simply switching off the device will eliminate the distraction and impact on attention?

dagaci··on Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic attempts to bypass fees
That is quite fine for your personality and capabilities, however there are a lot of people who would love to have the freedom to choose differently.
dagaci··on Office Drama on macOS
Is is not possible to update the OS? isnt 10.12 quite old?
dagaci··on Microsoft Surface Go 2 review
I think the EU law is 2 years, minimum with additional warranties provided per state:

https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers...

Consumers are entitled to a repair or replacement, for proven manufacturing defects in the UK "Statutes of Limitations" consumers have this right for six years in England and for five years in Scotland.

dagaci··on Google's Abandoned Android Authenticator App
Is Microsoft authenticator interchangeable with Google's?
dagaci··on Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)
For the web users if a user spends more time clicking and browsing, this contributes to the interactive usage statistics of the web app.

Apps like facebook, twitter, linkedin, instagram often feel like your wading through mud.

The drive to have users spend more time in your web app overrides and has a higher priority over efficiency of the user experience.

dagaci··on N26 will be leaving the UK
I would love to know what these unnecessary regulations are.
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