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h0nd··on The AirPods Effect
Most headphones these days are also a headset, allowing for bi-directional communication. Does it make a difference?
h0nd··on Earth just experienced its hottest 12 months in recorded history
Since when are we able to (correctly) record the temperature of the earth?
h0nd··on Gmail and Yahoo’s 2024 inbox protections and what they mean for email programs
Yahoo cracked down on my wanted emails - they simply deleted my first 10 years of emails.
h0nd··on Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
How is the difference between liquids and humidity detected?
h0nd··on In 2024, billions of people will vote under the shadow of misinformation
No wonder their focus is solely on social media ignoring legacy media.
h0nd··on Submarine Cable Map 2023
I was looking for this as I was surprised that a map would be displayed the way it is in the shared link.
h0nd··on Submarine Cable Map 2023
Maybe to avoid politics, the name of the region was used.
h0nd··on Google no longer offers new domain registrations
Even their own domains are abused by spammers heavily.
h0nd··on Google Maps has become an eyesore
The reason I uninstalled google maps is because it would open in a random place not related to me (I live in Europe and it opens in Tucson,AZ,USA).

AppleMaps is a great map and even better for guiding directions, but their servers are extremely slow so it is very annoying to browse.

h0nd··on Gene linked to long Covid found in analysis of thousands of patients
What you are describing is called choice.
h0nd··on Akan Names
In Indonesia, people name their children after the name of the months:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Origin_of_nam...

h0nd··on Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear
Is the video available without IP-restrictions?
h0nd··on French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists
What is really disturbing for me is that authorities go after such rather well behaving protesters instead of terrorists in disguise as protesters.
h0nd··on Himalayan glaciers may lose 75 percent of ice by 2100
Switzerland has already lost much more.

Here is a video showing the growth and decline over time: https://vimeo.com/294517816

h0nd··on My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do
Android phone usually come with a walled garden, too.
h0nd··on Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing
Same situation with sports broadcasting rights.

Exclusivity does not serve the customer.

h0nd··on Predicting Google Closures (2013)
https://killedbygoogle.com/
h0nd··on Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
Cash is freedom and independence. Its not about convenience or struggles.
h0nd··on Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone
I think it only allows contactless payments. No matter if from a card or phone or whatever that is equipped with NFC payments that is compatible with the merchant app.
h0nd··on How to Mislead with Facts
I have established a way of dealing with and taking from 'facts' by following these steps:

1. What is said? Do I understand it? Where does it come from?

2. How is it to be understood? How to interpret it?

3. What does it signify? Can it be classified and/or compared with other known things?

4. What can be taken from it? What implications does it have?

Looking at news in this way, it is clearly visible, how most things that are communicated answer 3. and 4., omitting its foundations 1. and 2. Sometimes the bias is created by changing 2.

(The fine-definition of the steps is still in the works. So far, I am very happy with this method. It helps me a lot to understand things and what things are really about. Suggestions?)

h0nd··on Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is a failure
Here in Europe, SMS used to be so expensive that nobody used them anymore when alternatives such as WhatsApp came up. In the meantime unlimited SMS are included in most contracts at no extra cost (or no choice) and still very few people use it anymore.
h0nd··on Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe
I wasnt talking about the amount of effort (100% or sporadically) or the usefulness. Just simply what is done, on a more abstract level.
h0nd··on Oh, 2022
Nature.
h0nd··on Oh, 2022
I do not remember that the people were asked about climate change.

Who decides what is good and what is bad for the state of the planet?

h0nd··on No one died in China of Covid since April 15th 2020
I trust you, but there is no data available or shared with WHO.
h0nd··on €2.6M spent for a book at auction, believed they would own the IP
Wow, what a great comment. You just explained how the whole 'mass formation psychosis' was/is possible.
h0nd··on DuckDuckGo Traffic
I can use DDG only for finding out the TLD for sites I forgot the actual address. To search the internet, I consider it rather useless.
h0nd··on School closures led to more sleep and better quality of life for adolescents
At the same time, suicide attempts has increased fivefold for children.

(https://www.svz.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/Corona-Bis-zu-5...)

h0nd··on No one died in China of Covid since April 15th 2020
No testing, no deaths attributed. Could not be easier.
h0nd··on Oh, 2022
I am definitely not worried about the consequences of climate change. I am ready to deal with it. What I am worried about are politicians forcing us to do things justified by climate change.
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