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lozenge··on EU mandates replaceable batteries by 2027 (2023)
The UK banned disposable vapes, the suppliers now add a charging port and the ability to put in refills. The refills cost as much or more than the vapes so now people throw away the "reusable" vapes as if they were disposable.
lozenge··on TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe
I don't understand the legal side, but after gaining and kicking a Tiktok addiction during and after COVID, I believe it. I was there 4-8 hours a day and tried to scroll videos while washing dishes (and during nearly any other activity).
lozenge··on Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media
They are targetting whatever has eyeballs. If people are looking for purchasing advice they have probably come from Google. So if Google is indexing the subreddit it is fair game. That means every subreddit that is not 18+, and Reddit also forbids marking a subreddit as 18+ when the contents isn't really 18+ (as this was a form of mod protest a few years ago).
lozenge··on CPython Internals Explained
That's a standard error clause. In the case PyImport_ImportModule threw a Python exception, you need to Py_DECREF any C local variables which are new references(not borrowed references) and return -1.

From the later call PyModule_AddObject, it's clear this code has come from the PyInit_ module initialisation function. This code is running on import of the C extension to initialise the "FruitEnum" module attribute. https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/extension-modules.html#c.PyI...

lozenge··on Sometimes your job is to stay the hell out of the way
I remember when we used interns as an analogy to explain LLMs, now we've come full circle and are using LLMs as an analogy to explain people.
lozenge··on Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
That's the best part, the holes maintain themselves. Heck, they even appear without a site survey or paperwork.
lozenge··on Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
The relevant market here is the creators not the consumers. As a creator you have no choice but to accept whatever fees Apple, Google, Steam etc set. Or whatever rates Spotify pays you per stream. The fact you "could" host your own website is irrelevant when the reality is nobody will visit it.
lozenge··on I made a quieter air purifier
There are continuous extraction fans, they're called dMEV systems. Eg https://www.epicair.co.uk/products/vent-axia-lo-carbon-reviv...

There's also systems which can move air both ways through the whole house - https://www.ventilation-alnor.co.uk/index/support/alnor-know...

Your DIY solution looks a lot cheaper though.

lozenge··on Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg
But the post isn't talking about Microsoft, it's specifically calling the people that work on GitHub monkeys.
lozenge··on Google Antigravity
The Copilot extension uses proposed APIs, meaning it's on an allowlist bundled with VS Code. Roo likely enables these early. The API can stay proposed for years before Microsoft opens it up to third party users.
lozenge··on Google Antigravity
There's also Eclipse Che. They wrote a web based IDE from scratch and made it compatible with VS Code extensions but also provided extra APIs.
lozenge··on Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright
Well this is why headlights have dipped beam and full beam. The issue is the dipped beam is getting as bright as the full beam used to be, and is mounted higher on the car as well.
lozenge··on Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape
It's still a form of rent seeking. They charge 2% because nobody else has the capability to create an alternative. It's preferable for a government to reduce rent seeking as it makes the economy more productive, eg by limiting the fee.
lozenge··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Age and city isn't all that identifying, I don't see anything useful there that isn't already in census etc. They are just doing it because YouTube promotes highly commented videos, hence the old saying "like, comment and subscribe"
lozenge··on Matched Clean Power Index
Direct air capture can't be purchased at any price to even soak up 1% of our emissions.
lozenge··on Apple loses UK App Store monopoly case, penalty might near $2B
As a developer, you have to offer your app on both phones otherwise your business won't get anywhere. There's no choice there.
lozenge··on Apple loses UK App Store monopoly case, penalty might near $2B
Not considered? The words "Google Play" are in the judgment 47 times. Maybe you could read it?

By your logic, each of the two companies could use the other as an example and then both get away with breaking competition law. Two wrongs don't make a right.

lozenge··on The Wi-Fi Revolution (2003)
This has also happened for entire countries.
lozenge··on How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
They still have to request every 5 pages separately so they could be caught for requesting pages faster than you could realistically tap through the book on an actual phone or tablet.
lozenge··on A conspiracy to kill IE6 (2019)
They do. But the Cobalt version is still used on new TVs and to view new videos with new features, so it can't just be a time capsule.
lozenge··on Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month?
Here's the IP address ranges- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/aws-ip-work...
lozenge··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
It all links back to preventing renewable energy and maintaining our dependence on fossil fuel imports from autocratic nations and "big enough to lobby" O&G industry. The locals and their dislike of power lines are just convenient pawns.
lozenge··on Pixnapping Attack
The best defence seems to be to configure your 2FA app to require biometrics. I'm not sure why they didn't mention this option.
lozenge··on GPT-5o-mini hallucinates medical residency applicant grades
Does the student not have access to the grades? As they are applying to medical school, a few hours of drudgery form filling will still be the easiest part of the process.
lozenge··on GPT-5o-mini hallucinates medical residency applicant grades
Why don't they just email a form after/when you apply and you fill in all the grades in a structured data way? How many grades are we talking about here. Then the PDF would just be the proof that your grades were real.
lozenge··on Japan's summers have lengthened by 3 weeks over 42 years, say resaerchers
Don't worry about it, as one very famous and respected climate change economist once calculated, farming only comes to 3% of global GDP.
lozenge··on Cybersecurity training programs don't prevent phishing scams
Your company should get a better company, mine either asks to download and run a file or presents a login form. I'm not sure what they do after that because I've never failed that badly...
lozenge··on The fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'
You'll notice the doctor's office in the article already has a team of billing experts. But instead of working on new claims, they are being forced to relitigate claims they already submitted that weren't accepted.
lozenge··on The fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'
So increase the health care spending, then you can raise premiums. An issue the ACA drafters already knew about, and tried (and failed) to deal with.
lozenge··on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
Advent of code is deliberately set up to be doable in Python. You can also imagine a useful problem which Rust takes 2 weeks to do, how long would it take in Python?
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