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lozenge··on Apple Will Transition from the CTF to the CTC for EU Businesses
"The CTC will apply to digital goods or services sold by apps distributed from the App Store, Web Distribution, and/or alternative marketplaces."

So yes, they'll pay the Core Technology Commission, apparently it's 5%. The per download fee will be phased out.

lozenge··on Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux
I've had the opposite experience, my CORP now pushes most auth through my phone's biometric authentication, I don't even use a password.
lozenge··on Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux
Windows also uses infrared LEDs to light your face and prevent a flat photo from being recognised as a face.
lozenge··on Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)
Or just put it in the commit message, after all, it is the human's description of what the commit is supposed to do
lozenge··on Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
The version most people would like is usually the first or second iteration. Then designers need to change things to keep it looking new and fresh and the changes are inherently going to be worse because that's the only option available.
lozenge··on Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
I guess the meme group ads are to draw you in, once you follow them they get to push you actual ads and it costs them less because Facebook doesn't charge them, thinking you want to see the group's posts. It must work to some extent.
lozenge··on Whatever happened to cheap eReaders?
If only there were some article on the topic of why there are no cheap ereaders... I hope somebody posts one to HN soon.
lozenge··on The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine
Macroeconomic policy always changes, recessions come and go, but it's not a permanent change in the way e-commerce or AI is.
lozenge··on Sesame Scheme: Unintended Consequences of Allergen Food Labeling
Yes, they added sesame.

https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/fare-responds-companie...

Edit: I mean, it's also in the linked article! Just keep reading!

lozenge··on Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderful
I thought contactless is considered too slow? The exit gates are often open and only close when somebody attempts to pass without their IC card/insufficient balance on the IC card, how does this work with contactless?

I feel like they could combine the IC and contactless reader into one bit of hardware with some engineering.

lozenge··on The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android
The point of their app is to backup an entire folder. Sharing from one app to Nextcloud doesn't provide ongoing access to backup later versions of the file.
lozenge··on Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes
Once you're paying the fixed monthly cost of a car (depreciation, maintenance, insurance) it rarely makes sense to use a bus. The exception is when there's insufficient parking at the destination but most cities have already decided not to go that route and it's too late to change it.
lozenge··on Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes
This is usually done with WiFi MAC addresses. I know that London did this for tube journeys but I'm not sure anybody's done it for busses. You can also use smart card IDs if there is an RFID payment system.

The introduction of randomised MACs might have put an end to it.

lozenge··on The Barbican
Half of the population of the City of London (aka the square mile) is in the Barbican. There is hardly any location to compare it to.
lozenge··on The Barbican
If you take the paid architecture tour, it does have a stop in the greenhouse, but the lights might be off/emergency lighting only.
lozenge··on FTC rule on unfair or deceptive fees to take effect on May 12
I live in the UK and the policy on fees is effective and runs about a hundred pages. What you are describing is regulatory capture.
lozenge··on iOS Kindle app now has a ‘get book’ button after changes to App Store rules
Why are you both sidesing this? It's Apple who has been given a court order and Apple who have refused to come to a reasonable compromise with Amazon.
lozenge··on Netflix introduces a new kind of subtitles for the non-hearing impaired
The ones that describe the music are funniest. Cheery music! Foreboding music!

I've seen this option for a long time, I always assumed they create them as the starting point of subtitling in foreign languages. Presumably nobody is French, hard of hearing and wants to watch an English language program.

lozenge··on Why is OpenAI buying Windsurf?
Why would OpenAI vibe code anything? They have hundreds of experienced software engineers. Vibe coding is meant to replace an intern, not your actual team.

They don't want to get into specific industries (AI for software development, AI for business process management, AI for knowledge workers). They just do the AI component. Maybe that's changing now, but they still let other people take the risks - you know, people who are passionate about coding. Then when the product is proven, they might acquire it.

lozenge··on AMP and why emails are not (and should never be) interactive
Doesn't really matter. Google directed clicks to the AMP sites in various ways, including the OneBox. Most sites which need ad revenue had no choice but to adopt AMP.
lozenge··on AMP and why emails are not (and should never be) interactive
They stopped doing that in 2017.
lozenge··on Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads
How convenient that the information only goes to Amazon, who can choose to do nothing, and isn't allowed to go out to other customers to help them make a purchasing decision.
lozenge··on Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed
Let's be real, LTT didn't want to bite the hand that feeds him. What future sponsor would sign up if they knew LTT might make an expose about them in future for clicks.

Even something basic like exposing how much these sponsors pay out in commission instead of towards the quality of their products would be hugely negative publicity.

lozenge··on Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed
How does displaying a message "Honey didn't find any discounts for your order" on the cart screen, increasing that percentage?
lozenge··on Eco Cycles or How I Feel About Technology
None of those are as good as being able to drive a car around somewhere which is traffic free and has ample parking. Of course, it's inherently not possible for that experience to be open to everyone.
lozenge··on Span<T>.SequenceEquals is faster than memcmp
The optimiser doesn't know how long optimisation will take or how much time it will save before starting the work, therefore it has to hold off on optimising not frequently called functions.

There are also often multiple concrete types that can be passed in, optimising for one will not help if it is also getting called with other concrete types.

lozenge··on Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account
And the user-facing feature Smart App Control- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati...
lozenge··on How I got 100% off my train travel
The real reason is the government has set return fares and let private companies freely set the price of single fares.
lozenge··on How I got 100% off my train travel
Automatic Delay Repay depends on your train company and which company you used to buy the ticket.
lozenge··on Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
How long is the problem going to take to solve itself?
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