It’s literally a generic word for video call.

They might have registered it but in the EU it’s not enforceable in the context of video calls.

If Microsoft tries to defend it in that context they could lose it in all contexts.

Probably not an enforceable trademark in France.

Not even a majority of people who voted. A majority means >50%.

Trump received a plurality of voters who voted. Not a majority.

A plurality did not.

~77 milion out of 265 million - Trump

~75 million out of 265 million - Harris

~113 million out of 265 million - Nether

Getting a plurality of votes cast =/= a plurality of voters

It’s how fascism has risen in the past as well. Chasing a minority of voters because they can win an election should be an alarm bell.

Every democratic system should engage a high turnout and require a majority, not just a plurality.

80% turnout should be a norm.

Personally I am in favour of mandatory voting, with the caveat that the bottom of the ballot should have a “none of the above” option. Australia gets a ~90% turnout.

Single Transferable Vote is the best election method as it avoids wasted votes in multi party democracies.

I’d look at HMD fusion if I were buying now and look for the business edition with longer update support and more RAM.

My Nokia was made by HMD. It’s been great and will be for a while longer as it’s got plenty of support.

You can get an “outfit” (case) with a built in ring light for the 108MP camera which I definitely don’t need. The “outfit” system is basically the phone has a set of pins on the back that allow custom hardware extensions built into to the case.

The HMDs have got to the point I could repair them or replace the battery without worrying about a heat pad and glue. That’s a big selling point.

Unfortunately not. I really looked.

My criteria are:

1. Receives Security Updates for 5 years of more.
2. Has headphone Jack
3. Enough RAM to switch between apps without them closing.

I ended up with a bigger phone than I wanted. A Nokia XR21 which will last me until the updates end.

I recommend the “Quick Cursor”. It lets me use a larger phone one handed.

I miss the 4-5" smart phones. A HTC Desire was the perfect size and form factor for me. It’s not been beaten yet.

Prep occurs before cooking while the meat is raw.

Unless you’re suggesting cooking our fingers after food prep I think I’ll let someone else try that first.

Places in Germany and Denmark are moving not only away from US servers but US software.

The reason is “digital sovereignty”

So they’re investing in open source solutions. If it works there will be a reason and options to move for political reasons.

If it works and saves money expect a bigger shift.

Communism often coexists with Fascism.

Communism is not the opposite of fascism.

Thinking capitalism and humanism incompatible is irrelevant when discussing what is an opposite. Communism certainly isn’t it.

Spotify instantly gives you what the record companies paid for the algorithm to give you.

“Digging” isn’t hard. Give it a go.

But it sounds like you’re listed to “tracks” not albums. Frankly that’s your biggest mistake.

If you like lots of tracks other people don’t, you’ll always be struggling against an algorithm trying to feed you 3 minute songs nobody hates.

Listen to albums and every time you follow a rabbit hole you’ll have 40-80 minutes of music to listen to at least once, multiple times if it’s good.

You’ll find albums that are worth listening to as a whole and some you’ll keep tracks in playlists.

Personally I moved from CDs to Spotify to YouTube music, to buying CDs again, soon to have them on Jellyfin.

Once you get into actually listening to albums, 3 or 4 albums from eBay or charity shops are what I’d have paid for a subscription and if I need to take a break I’ve still got my old music and don’t have any more to pay.

You can of course sail the high seas if you’re strapped for cash or want things instantly. I consider the big 3 labels harmful and have only bought second hand copies. I try to buy from independents and smaller labels when I can directly.

The harm of the major labels is pretty big and frankly streaming has become their most harmful tool. I want to avoid supporting that model or supporting the big 3.

Every android kernel takes Linux and makes it closed source when the code is included to make it work with the hardware.

1. Talk to other human beings about music.

Music is not meant to be a solitary hobby. Share what you like, they’ll share what they like.

2. Like a piece of music? Look up that producer, or record label if it’s small. Look up the session musicians. Don’t just look up the artist.

Generally it’s not just the artist that makes the music top tier. There are other great professionals involved in the background and good people hire other good people to work in the background.

This is easy. Once you start doing this you end up with a queue of albums you want to get round to listening to. It’s easy enough to find too much music yourself without an algorithm. You start finding the artist radio a waste of your time.

The rabbit holes I’ve been down following a producer, guitarist, or bassist, etc. are usually very rewarding and often you pop up in another place you knew already after finding out about some lesser known great music on the way.

Some ideas are considered too stupid to legislate against before someone does the stupid thing.

The world continues for a few centuries without them and then suddenly there are warning labels to “not to operate heavy machinery” on bottles of sleeping pills.

Door handles that don’t work in an emergency are the engineering equivalent.

It’s easy to make a door handle that always works, it takes effort to make a door handle that sometimes works. It’s a special kind of stupid.

I can’t imagine how bad a Tesla would be without the legislation in place to force their hand and make them safe. This problem slipped through the net.

I’m not sure that works. There were 20 shillings to the pound.

So £0.75 a week.

This inflation calculator:

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

£75 in 1843 is equivalent to £8,310.96

So 15s then is equivalent to £83.11 a week, £4321.72 a year.

40 hour week (which is implied to be too low). ~£2.08 an hour

So if he worked over 40 hours you’re talking a sub £2/hour wage. Around $2.70 in US money.

I suspect the stat relies on converting to dollars before applying inflation as GBP to USD was about 1 to 5 then instead of about 1 to 1.33

It’s fun but I wouldn’t want to denigrate Dickens by saying he got poverty wrong to make a political point.

Since they got rid of the headphone jack and started selling disposable Bluetooth earphones I don’t pay any attention to fairphone.

It’s not just the headphone jack quality has plummeted since the 3, yes you can get security updates but the warranty returns mean you’re probably putting more into landfill than buying a Motorola every 2 years.

Hands appear differently in different positions all over the frame in the photo so I maintain the hand pattern is less consistent and harder than lens blur.

But you’re right as the blur is a fingerprint you can match it to a lens and prove a photo is real that way.

It could be a useful tactic as much of AI detection is a way to find and prove AI fake so far.

Just my guess. I could be wrong:

As the lens blur is mathematically fairly simple and spread across the whole image it’s likely already consistently replicated by AI in a similar way to real photos.

It’s easier for generative AI to spot, “understand”, and replicate a mathematical pattern than the number of fingers on a hand or limbs on a body.

Fuck you

With Dijon mustard!

Because Biden paid them with grants to build in the US. It’s that simple.

Beyond that there’s stability and the likelihood of not being invaded or facing natural disasters.

There’s meant to be government, legal, and financial institution stability too.

As well as intellectual property defense, trade secrets and NDAs.

Material supplies are meant to be stable too.

When you’re investing in something as specialised as chip manufacturing, labour is a fraction of your concern. Both short and long term.