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That is unfortunately a direct crypto connection, which is a bit too much for me. It’s nice that someone’s trying to replace Twitter though.

something something SLAMS

The same Sony that put some software on CDs that would install itself, could not be removed, and was invisible to the end-user? Oh yeah, very secure.

The situation is dire, since plastics slowly break into smaller and smaller pieces that get everywhere, including our atmosphere. I recommend the book “A Poison Like No Other” by Matt Simon for details, but it’s a very uncomfortable read.

https://islandpress.org/books/poison-no-other

I do everything important like banking etc on a separate device that isn’t my gaming PC. This has been quite liberating since I worry less about invasive anti-cheat, drm etc. I realize not everyone wants to do this but it’s been a nice compromise.

Are there Riot games on Steam?

The point of anti-cheat is to create a substantial barrier for cheating. If you have to go the extra mile to run an external hardware cheat so as to be “undetected” then surely this means the anti-cheat is working. If it were as ineffective as you imply, cheaters would be cheating on their main accounts.

NOT ONLY WOULD I DOWNLOAD A CAR, I WOULD THEN WORK ON A WAY TO LET EVERYONE DOWNLOAD CARS

The DMCA is a curse.

Hopefully Servo gets a good UI soon.

I’ve found it remarkably difficult to replace a battery in a modern smartphone, even as someone who’s quite handy with electronics. Any improvement is greatly welcome, and I wish we’d do more to make it easier.

It’s about usage patterns. If you know you only need 60% of the battery, charging it to 100% will degrade it more, for little utility. The newer Google phones get 7 years of updates, but without due care the battery will reach 80% of its capacity before that. On an aside, a battery is considered to have reached its end of life at a capacity reduction of 20%, and not 40%.

If you 100-0 the battery every day, then there’s not much you can do. But if you’re a lighter user, then using the 20-80% (or 40-60) part instead of the 40-100% part of the battery makes it last longer. And that’s good in terms of environmental sustainability, reduction of e-waste, and you can use the phone for longer, too.

Pragmatically speaking, for battery health you should charge only as much as you need the battery, so it sounds to me that in your case that’s 90%. Also, here’s a paper about battery charging:

Strategies to limit degradation and maximize Li-ion battery service lifetime - critical review and guidance for stakeholders https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/154859/Woody_Maxwell_Thesis.pdf

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS), based in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, designed Teens and Screens to investigate American adolescents’ perspective about the media they engage with and consume. This yearly study aims to elevate the voices of adolescents, hoping to have an impact on the media landscape that’s a part of their daily lives. We are grateful to the Funders of Adolescent Science Translation (FAST), the Walt Disney Company, and Roblox for their support of this independent research.

Specifically, American teenagers.

Do you mean to say that this achievement had something to do with AI?

Fermat PRP testing with proofs instead of Lucas-Lehmer testing with full double checks

Looks like pure mathematics to me.

I’m sure the Russians are savvy and use VPNs like China. It’s much less simple than just geofencing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/18/china-economy-slow-growth-yuan

The abnormalities are only visible with a 7T scanner, and not conventional MRIs.

That is beautiful.

Nah it’s more like a Starbucks