AmbiguousProps

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It usually has nothing to do with priorities, and everything to do with the crushing weight of capitalism giving you no time for leisure or recreation otherwise. Have kids and two jobs? Good luck spending much time with them.

I don't personally use grocery delivery services but I can see their appeal and use.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm sure that'll end well, especially as generative AI continues to consume more and more content from itself. What could possibly go wrong?

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 137 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

So much for keeping the US out of war..

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 63 points 2 weeks ago (39 children)

The switch 2 is overall a real bummer. I don't understand why people are buying it, the only real "reason" is the exclusive games, but I'm happy to wait for emulation to be available. I can already play the original switch games on my steamdeck.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can't speak to beef, but there is more to Android security than what Google provides. That's what Graphene is for, to make Android even more secure through hardening various attack surfaces and introducing other completely new security features. If that weren't the case, Graphene wouldn't be necessary on Pixels because Google does monthly security patching for them.

It's also at the firmware level, which Google does not provide except for on their own hardware, and on top of that Google phones are some of the only ones capable of providing some security feature at the hardware level. This seems to be the main thing the Graphene team is trying to point out.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 19 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Graphene is centered around security. I've heard bad things about Fairphone in that regard - the Graphene team even talks about them in the replies on that thread.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, I was trying to correct the statement that it's not possible at all though.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 35 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You can still torrent with Mullvad, it's just gonna be slower because you have less peers. But it's still 100% doable. They don't block torrenting entirely..

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This article isn't about that, so clearly you did not read the article.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 28 points 3 weeks ago

Do you choose to use roads? Do you choose to shower? Do you choose to use power? Do you choose to use sewer? Do you choose to use public parks? Do you choose to use libraries? Do you choose to use anything subsidized by the government?

Then you're choosing to pay for it. Million dollar infrastructure projects cannot be funded without taxes. It's better if the load is balanced. This is why billionaires should be footing the majority of the bill, so you don't have to cover their share. You should reframe your question to: why do billionaires steal money from us by not paying their fair share?

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

It sounds like you used crappy hall effect sticks or have defective ones, to be honest.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 8 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I use hall effect on the daily and have had none of the issues you're discussing. I suppose time will tell, but I much prefer hall effect.

 

Intriguing match-ups in the fall elections emerged Friday as Democrats look to retain control of several seats in the Washington state Legislature.

Two Senate contests should provide a test of voters’ views on new laws, higher taxes and spending decisions pushed through by the majority Democrats over the objections of Republicans.

Races for two other legislative seats will showcase strains within the Democratic Party between its progressive and moderate factions.

Three appointed Democratic lawmakers are breathing easy. They drew no challengers before the filing window closed Friday.

This all but assures the trio — state Sens. Tina Orwall of Des Moines and Emily Alvarado of Seattle, and Rep. Brianna Thomas of West Seattle — will retain their seats for the 2026 session.

Here’s where things stood Friday. Candidates have until Monday to formally withdraw from any of the races.

More details in the article.

Archive link: https://archive.is/r8s9n

 

Intriguing match-ups in the fall elections emerged Friday as Democrats look to retain control of several seats in the Washington state Legislature.

Two Senate contests should provide a test of voters’ views on new laws, higher taxes and spending decisions pushed through by the majority Democrats over the objections of Republicans.

Races for two other legislative seats will showcase strains within the Democratic Party between its progressive and moderate factions.

Three appointed Democratic lawmakers are breathing easy. They drew no challengers before the filing window closed Friday.

This all but assures the trio — state Sens. Tina Orwall of Des Moines and Emily Alvarado of Seattle, and Rep. Brianna Thomas of West Seattle — will retain their seats for the 2026 session.

Here’s where things stood Friday. Candidates have until Monday to formally withdraw from any of the races.

More details in the article.

Archive link: https://archive.is/r8s9n

 

Intriguing match-ups in the fall elections emerged Friday as Democrats look to retain control of several seats in the Washington state Legislature.

Two Senate contests should provide a test of voters’ views on new laws, higher taxes and spending decisions pushed through by the majority Democrats over the objections of Republicans.

Races for two other legislative seats will showcase strains within the Democratic Party between its progressive and moderate factions.

Three appointed Democratic lawmakers are breathing easy. They drew no challengers before the filing window closed Friday.

This all but assures the trio — state Sens. Tina Orwall of Des Moines and Emily Alvarado of Seattle, and Rep. Brianna Thomas of West Seattle — will retain their seats for the 2026 session.

Here’s where things stood Friday. Candidates have until Monday to formally withdraw from any of the races.

More details in the article.

Archive link: https://archive.is/r8s9n

 

A major part of NASA's nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy thermal test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment.

"This milestone tees us up to attach the flight solar array sun shield to the outer barrel assembly and deployable aperture cover, which we'll begin this month," said Jack Marshall, who leads integration and testing for these elements at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "Then we'll complete the remaining environmental tests for the flight assembly before moving on to connect Roman's two major assemblies and run the full observatory through testing, and then we'll be ready to launch."

Prior to this thermal testing, technicians integrated Roman's deployable aperture cover, a visor-like sunshade, into the outer barrel assembly, which will house the telescope and instruments, in January, then added test solar panels in March. They moved this whole structure into the Space Environment Simulator test chamber at NASA Goddard in April.

 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned the National Weather Service of possible attacks from an armed conspiracy group targeting Doppler radar stations, according to a report from CNN. The group, Veterans on Patrol, is going after government radars because it believes they're being used as "weather weapons."

CNN learned of the possible attacks through NOAA emails warning NWS staff that Veterans on Patrol was planning to conduct "penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses," with the ultimate goal of destroying NEXRAD. Despite its cooler-than-average name, the NWS uses NEXRAD or "Next Generation Weather Radar" for a fairly mundane purpose: detecting precipitation in the atmosphere. NEXRAD plays a vital role in locating thunderstorms and tornados, making it easier to evacuate vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.

Archive link: https://archive.is/GVsgP

 

Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study.

The paper, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment, found that from 2006 to 2020, climate change contributed to about 15,000 deaths from exposure to small particulate matter from wildfires and cost about $160 billion. The annual range of deaths was 130 to 5,100, the study showed, with the highest in states such as Oregon and California.

“We’re seeing a lot more of these wildfire smoke events,” said Nicholas Nassikas, a study author and a physician and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. So he and multidisciplinary team of researchers wanted to know: “What does it really mean in a changing environment for things like mortality, which is kind of the worst possible health outcome?”

Archive link: https://archive.is/rMgUB

 

Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study.

The paper, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment, found that from 2006 to 2020, climate change contributed to about 15,000 deaths from exposure to small particulate matter from wildfires and cost about $160 billion. The annual range of deaths was 130 to 5,100, the study showed, with the highest in states such as Oregon and California.

“We’re seeing a lot more of these wildfire smoke events,” said Nicholas Nassikas, a study author and a physician and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. So he and multidisciplinary team of researchers wanted to know: “What does it really mean in a changing environment for things like mortality, which is kind of the worst possible health outcome?”

Archive link: https://archive.is/rMgUB

 

Two Bremerton women face 14 federal charges in connection with a “massive” identity theft scheme involving over 270 victims, acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller announced Tuesday.

Investigators believe Heather Marquis, 36, and Emily Vranic, 33, defrauded at least 278 people across Kitsap and Mason counties from April 2019 to November 2024. Authorities say they stole about $620,000.

Marquis and Vranic used mail and personal documents to access credit cards and online bank accounts, according to a news release.

“The pair would have documents related to their activities mailed to a third-party victim’s address, where they would intercept the mail again,” the release reads. “Once they had fully taken over a stolen identity, statements and other records were mailed directly to their own Bremerton address.”

Archive link: https://archive.is/UCf8k

 

Two Bremerton women face 14 federal charges in connection with a “massive” identity theft scheme involving over 270 victims, acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller announced Tuesday.

Investigators believe Heather Marquis, 36, and Emily Vranic, 33, defrauded at least 278 people across Kitsap and Mason counties from April 2019 to November 2024. Authorities say they stole about $620,000.

Marquis and Vranic used mail and personal documents to access credit cards and online bank accounts, according to a news release.

“The pair would have documents related to their activities mailed to a third-party victim’s address, where they would intercept the mail again,” the release reads. “Once they had fully taken over a stolen identity, statements and other records were mailed directly to their own Bremerton address.”

Archive link: https://archive.is/UCf8k

 

SEATTLE — Washington landlords can no longer raise rents by more than 10% per year under landmark legislation Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law Wednesday.

Effective immediately, House Bill 1217 caps residential rent hikes during a 12-month period at 7% plus inflation, or 10%, whichever is lower. The limit will last 15 years. The bill also restricts manufactured home rent increases to 5% with no expiration date.

“I’m confident that this legislation is going to work for everybody in our state,” Ferguson said Wednesday at Blake House, the first affordable high-rise apartment building constructed in Seattle in half a century, which opened in 2023. “Too many folks are getting priced out, and we can’t have that, right? That’s not an option.”

Rent increases are also prohibited for the first year of a tenancy under the new law. But when a renter moves in, landlords can set the initial rate however they please.

Archive link: https://archive.is/GuAWH

 

Tesla has confirmed its latest bait-and-switch: Cybertruck owners will not get the Autosteer feature they paid for.

Instead, they will get a year of ‘Supervised Full Self-Driving’.

When Tesla started delivering the Cybertruck in late 2023, the software was incomplete, especially regarding its Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) features like ‘Supervised (FSD) Full Self-Driving’, which was included in the price of all early Cybertrucks.

It took Tesla almost a year to start releasing its FSD on the Cybertruck.

After Tesla stopped making new Cybertruck Foundation Series, which are fully loaded with all options, buyers started to have the option of buying the $8,000 FSD package or keeping only the Autopilot package, which is included in the price.

Autopilot’s two main features are Traffic Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer. The first is self-explanatory, while Autosteer is Tesla’s name for active lane keeping.

The vast majority of Tesla vehicle owners don’t buy the FSD package.

As of now, 16 months after Tesla started delivering the Cybertruck, the automaker has yet to deliver Autosteer on the electric pickup truck.

Today, Tesla started reaching out to Cybertruck owners to let them know that it won’t make Autosteer available for Cybertruck owners who haven’t bought FSD:

“As we improve our Autopilot technology, our feature sets will change. Accordingly, Autosteer will not be available for Cybertruck outside of Full Self-Driving (Supervised).“

Instead, Tesla offers a year of free FSD trial to Cybertruck owners.

More details in the article.

My favorite part is how they're now saying both "full self-driving' and "supervised".

Archive link: https://archive.is/1w64R

 

Tesla has confirmed its latest bait-and-switch: Cybertruck owners will not get the Autosteer feature they paid for.

Instead, they will get a year of ‘Supervised Full Self-Driving’.

When Tesla started delivering the Cybertruck in late 2023, the software was incomplete, especially regarding its Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) features like ‘Supervised (FSD) Full Self-Driving’, which was included in the price of all early Cybertrucks.

It took Tesla almost a year to start releasing its FSD on the Cybertruck.

After Tesla stopped making new Cybertruck Foundation Series, which are fully loaded with all options, buyers started to have the option of buying the $8,000 FSD package or keeping only the Autopilot package, which is included in the price.

Autopilot’s two main features are Traffic Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer. The first is self-explanatory, while Autosteer is Tesla’s name for active lane keeping.

The vast majority of Tesla vehicle owners don’t buy the FSD package.

As of now, 16 months after Tesla started delivering the Cybertruck, the automaker has yet to deliver Autosteer on the electric pickup truck.

Today, Tesla started reaching out to Cybertruck owners to let them know that it won’t make Autosteer available for Cybertruck owners who haven’t bought FSD:

“As we improve our Autopilot technology, our feature sets will change. Accordingly, Autosteer will not be available for Cybertruck outside of Full Self-Driving (Supervised).“

Instead, Tesla offers a year of free FSD trial to Cybertruck owners.

More details in the article.

My favorite part is how they're now saying both "full self-driving' and "supervised".

Archive link: https://archive.is/1w64R

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