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niels8472··on New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing
But but... it has an "AI Connector" now (this is literally one of the reasons).
niels8472··on Tell HN: Uceprotect is extorting website owners
And not just charge. You need to get a subscription even!
niels8472··on Redditor buys used CPU, turns out it was banned on Valorant and they are SoL
Big game needs you to install a rootkit to play. But hey you can trust people selling crack^wloot boxes to kids right.
niels8472··on Hackers Had a Live Feed of Every ID Verification Company Scanned for over a Year
In 2027 it will become mandatory for big tech to accept the EU digital wallets, so soonish they'll have to integrate with them.
niels8472··on Why some US restaurants are banning tips
To be fair US states are like that, too.
niels8472··on EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules
From the Chinese constitution:

Article 35 Citizens of the People’s Republic of China shall enjoy freedom of speech, the press, assembly, association, procession and demonstration.

niels8472··on The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated
Animal products are the primary natural dietary source of Vitamin D3
niels8472··on Identity verification on Claude
For one you have to send your info to Persona, who will no doubt at some point start abusing the info they have on you.

If they don't start doing it immediately that is...

niels8472··on Help Keep Thunderbird Alive
Looks like it's still owned by Mozilla/MZLA and thus subject to US jurisdiction.
niels8472··on Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
Sadly, these are all fairly "safe" things for a US president to do. Either because there's no law against it and if there is he can just pardon himself and his partners in crime. I know a presidential self-pardon is controversial but realistically Trump will be dead before that legal question is settled.
niels8472··on Global warming has accelerated significantly
You should consider it's much easier rich people to deal with the fallout from climate change (or living in a failed/failing state for that matter) than for poor people. Plus they often have interests in the things that are causing the issue(s) in the first place. Additionally, the children argument is probably the most powerful, but they would probably expect their children to be rich too. All in all I'm doubtful the arguments you are providing have any effect.
niels8472··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Ill doers are illdeemers.
niels8472··on Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
Considering the actual physical id cards have an nfc chip which is used as the second factor for the digital id, this seems unlikely.
niels8472··on Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database
Not according to the wpfi world press freedom index where it is ranked 20th.
niels8472··on Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database
Where the accused have rights too?
niels8472··on EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
They would destroy clothing because it is not sold. This already happens to second hand clothing that is shipped to Africa. Part of it is sold, part of it is dumped. This is well documented.
niels8472··on LLMs as the new high level language
Plus Python and Perl predate Java.
niels8472··on Android introduces $2-4 install fee and 10–20% cut for US external content links
If you assume the primary goal is self enrichment and the rest is just side effects and distractions, things immediately start making more sense.
niels8472··on Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support
That may also just be Firefox's way of telling you it has updated and needs to be restarted.
niels8472··on Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
From what I've read it was the company's own board that asked for the ceo (Wing) to be removed.
niels8472··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
Ah, so we will fight child porn by detecting family pics of children in the shower (or w/e) and sending them off to a "trusted" 3rd party who will no doubt leak them at some point. Also, if I were a pedophile I know where I'd send my resume...
niels8472··on Poorest US workers hit hardest by slowing wage growth
Tfa mentions immigrant deportation as a reason exactly zero times.
niels8472··on Someone at YouTube needs glasses
I used ublock origin remove it from the page.
niels8472··on Fastmail Employees Form a Union
The least corrupt countries per the corruption perceptions index also (mostly) have strong unions.

Danmark and Finland topping the list have 70% membership.

niels8472··on Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75K in court
Considering having children is beneficial to society and the economy (e.g. it's advantageous for employers since they still want to be able to hire people in n years and surely they'd like there to still be customers) one could argue that the programmer with five kids should get some "compensation" for this service, and as we know some countries do either directly or via employers.
niels8472··on Due to failure in the IT system, it is not possible to run any trains today
The Dutch debit cards are Maestro (Mastercard) or V Pay (Visa) cards which are a pretty standard systems. There is no point in embossing because transactions need to be authorized immediately by the issuing bank for obvious reasons.
niels8472··on Technical Time Travel: On Vintage Programming Books
I recall vesa was only used for graphics cards. There was ISA and extended ISA for the rest (like modems and sound cards).
niels8472··on Doctors warn of alarming C-section 'epidemic'
Even if that were true, which I don't think it is, it still seems very much preferable to not getting necessary treatment because it's too expensive.
niels8472··on Exercise Alters Our Microbiome
I have experienced the same issue when I burn larger amounts of calories. I've found burning about 500-800 calories (I run for about an hour) at the end of the day some time after dinner is my sweet spot.
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Yet private computers and phones are used for company purposes. According to the article employers in the US apparently even think it's normal to force employees to install software on their private devices. Some leeway in the other direction would seem very reasonable.