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pyth0··on Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master
This seems like a you problem. I have quite a few repos made before using "main" was the default in GitHub or Git. I have not changed them, and I have never spent more than 5 seconds thinking about it, let alone worrying about being considered "less of a person" because of it.
pyth0··on Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
Interesting you mention jumping spiders, I just saw a rather interesting video talking about exactly this and includes some interviews with scientists involved in some of these experiments [1]. One interesting fact I learned is that they have a sense of numeracy, and can distinguish between one, two and three-or-more objects.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QF6kaOAuYg

pyth0··on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
You don't need to sign up for a developer program, or even download the full Xcode IDE. You do need to install the compiler tools with

  xcode-select --install
pyth0··on The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia
Can you explain further? Canada has sales tax and successfully phased out the penny.
pyth0··on Helm 4.0
How do you have anything dynamic? How do you handle any differences at all between your infrastructure and what the authors built it for.
pyth0··on Element: setHTML() method
It appears you can tune what is sanitized from the input via the "sanitizer" optional parameter. The default sanitizer is however defined in a spec linked on the docs page [1] with the actual sanitize operation specified as well [2].

[1] https://wicg.github.io/sanitizer-api/#dom-element-sethtml

[2] https://wicg.github.io/sanitizer-api/#sanitize

pyth0··on Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake
As I understand it?
pyth0··on Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock
You didn't refute anything in the comment, other than saying one part of it was correct. This comment would be more useful if you actually made an argument.
pyth0··on Highest bridge unveiled at more than 2,000ft above ground
That website has the US at 3.3 slaves per thousand people compared to China's 4.0.
pyth0··on YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers
I would point to platforms like Curiosity Stream and Nebula, which are creator driven. Though I would not exactly call them Youtube replacements, as they are more just platforms designed for supporting specific creators more directly (akin to Patreon). These platforms are often advertised as in-video sponsorships, so going back to the original point, I do think creators would be very vocal if such ads were banned.
pyth0··on Memory Integrity Enforcement
The big difference with this seems like it is an actual security mechanism to block "invalid" accesses where as the tagged memory extensions only provided pointer metadata and it was up to the OS to enforce invariants.

> Extensions provide no security. [...] The tagged memory extensions don't stop you from doing anything.

pyth0··on New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely
Why do you believe that extending human life will make “life better”?
pyth0··on The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)
Your links (at least the ones I could translate) seem to describe a system very similar to a Credit Score like you have in Western economies. At least it seems very different from the propagandized version of a score that tracks your every action and determines "how good of a citizen are you".
pyth0··on Zig Error Patterns
I think the "Manual page for glfmn.io" text at the bottom confirms that. And I agree with the GP, it's very pleasant to read and look at!
pyth0··on Qwen-Image: Crafting with native text rendering
If you have the jewelry and the children, why do you not just take a real photo?
pyth0··on Women dating safety app 'Tea' breached, users' IDs posted to 4chan
> sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking

> psychological aggression

Not at all downplaying the seriousness of emotional and psychological abuse, but these are very different things. Which is the main reason that the concept of this app doesn't bother me much. The immediate physical safety risks of dating as a woman are significantly greater than for men.

pyth0··on They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers
Could this be due to how low quality many clothes are nowadays and they are simply not lasting long enough to become hand-me-downs?
pyth0··on YouTube's new anti-adblock measures
People make videos because there is a platform which makes it incredibly easy to share that video all across the planet without cost to them. And in turn that platform has an enormous base of viewers for that content. To suggest that a world without YouTube (or a similar service) would look the same is ludicrous.
pyth0··on Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire
This is only true if you ignore the important material and historical factors that go into the success of a country. Like for example, the immense wealth of natural resources and variation in climates that the US has. Or how about escaping much of the devastation that Europe faced in WW2 and benefiting immensely from helping them rebuild. Or having (for the most part) incredibly safe and stable relationships with neighbors to the north and south. Free markets have certainly contributed to success, but to say it's the only unique thing about America is just wrong.
pyth0··on Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water
If you're alluding to the tariffs on things like dairy and egg products, those are only applicable beyond a set quota which the US has not exceeded.
pyth0··on James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, has died
> But from the nation that brought us our greatest human experimentation regimen, hardly surprising.

This is not a fair judgement in this situation. I think money is a far more perverse incentive for donating blood than snacks. Also the snacks are more about helping people increase their blood sugar after giving blood than incentivizing them.

pyth0··on A mouseless tale: trying for a keyboard-driven desktop
It wasn't on the page linked above but on this page [1] at the bottom it reads:

> To quickly turn Full Keyboard Access, Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, or the Accessibility Keyboard on or off using the Accessibility Shortcuts panel, press Option-Command-F5 (or if your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, quickly press Touch ID three times).

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlae61a6de/...

pyth0··on X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott
Meta settled a lawsuit with president Trump for $25 million. He was suing them for violating his first amendment for banning his account (along with many other platforms) in the wake of January 6th 2021. This was a completely baseless case which he would have lost had it actually been fought, so many have interpreted this decision to settle as a form of bribe payment. This is especially suspicsious since Zuckerberg's hard pivot towards trying to get in the good graces of the new adminitration.
pyth0··on Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat
> They’ve come down pretty heavily on the gambling side, no?

Not really. Back when this was a big story (around 2016-2017) they sent out some cease and desists to a number of the big CS:GO gambling websites but many did not comply and there was no follow-up. To this day many of those original sites are still around and have since grown. Essentially Valve (and the skin market as a whole) benefit so greatly from this grey-market that there is no incentive for them to stop it. This is covered in part 2 of Coffeezilla's latest series investigating CS:GO gambling [1]

[1] https://youtu.be/13eiDhuvM6Y?t=493

pyth0··on NYC Congestion Pricing Tracker
You cannot opt out of laws you don't like, at least not legally. This just sounds like selfishness.
pyth0··on Perplexity got ads
I pay for YouTube premium. But it simply would not exist to the same scale or utility if that was the only model that was funding it. Incredible to see the mental gymnastics needed to avoid that fact.
pyth0··on Perplexity got ads
Can you explain how a service like YouTube could exist any other way?

> Economies without them can exist

We should be able to both hate ads and understand that they are a necessary monetization model for certain things. If you feel strongly that they aren't necessary what model should be used instead?

pyth0··on Cannabis pollen dispersal across the United States
Check out your local AA chapter. This is not a reason against legalization.
pyth0··on Mysterious New Jersey drone sightings prompt call for 'state of emergency'
What if the moon were made of cheese?
pyth0··on What we know about CEO shooting suspect
> Does an oncologist "directly profit off of human misery"?

They profit off of providing treatment to human misery. A health insurance company profits off denying treatment. It's not that difficult to understand. But given that every reply from you in this thread has been pathetic and embarrassing defences of healthcare companies and CEOs it's clear you are not operating in good faith.

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