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Hirom

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2w ago

EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
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Hirom @beehaw.org 2w ago
Shredding is better than burning.

2w ago

POV: You maintain a JS library that 80% of modern web infrastructure uses as a dependency.

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Hirom @beehaw.org 2w ago

YAGNI

2w ago

Exclusive: Stellantis resurrects diesel cars across Europe amid EV retreat

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Hirom @beehaw.org 2w ago

reintroduce diesel versions in Europe for models ranging from various passenger vans to the Peugeot 308 and premium DS No. 4 hatchback.

Those models are NOT on the smaller nor cheaper side, and burn fossiel fuel. I don't see how this would help them compete against small and cheap EVs.

Last year it added a petrol hybrid version of the Fiat 500

This model makes slightly more sense, but still burns fossiel fuel.

Still looks like stellantis is going to produce less EVs, multiply the number of models/assembly lines. It's not obvious how that'd help compete with cheap chinese EVs or reach economy of scale. Please try producing SMALLER and cheaper EVs models with less connected/electronic gadgets, to cather to those who care about pollution and their budget, not so much about expensive shiny gadgets.

2w ago

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'

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Hirom @beehaw.org 2w ago

Putting less restriction on social workers seems like a step in the right direction.

The Welsh government isn't the only one in Europe focusing on tweaking rules and on reorganisations, rather than putting resources where most needed.

Let's hope there's more to come to make housing more afforable, eg better regulation of airbnb-style rentals, use tax/insevtives to make housing less attractive to speculators but more accessible to residents.

Public money for social housing can help too, but by itself it won't fix the disfunctional housing market.

3w ago

Windows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to do

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

You're talking of an attacker with physical access. This can indeed defeats secure boot, but physical access defeat most computer security. In an evil maid scenario even LUKS can be defeated. An attacker with physical access can clone the drive, install a keylogger (hardware or software) and capture the passphrase the next time the machine boots.

Secure Boot can be useful to prevent malware from inserting themselves into the boot process, preventing them from elevating privilege or gaining persistence https://www.xda-developers.com/secure-boot/

Secure Boot isn't perfect but it's widely available and is an useful extra layer of protection, on top of disk encryption (eg LUKS).

3w ago

Windows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to do

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

Would Linux have the same issue if secure boot is enabled and the certificate expire?

Secure boot is a useful security measure. But users should have the ability to install and update certs. If hardware (vendors) don't allow this, it's going to cause trouble for both Windows and Linux users.

3w ago

Rule

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

Sea slugs also are the result of ~14 billion years of cosmic evolution.

3w ago

G7 ‘falling behind’ China as world’s wind and solar plans reach new high in 2025

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

That population figures surprises me. But Wolfram Alpha says it's roughly correct, ie 44% https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=population+of+USA+vs+population+of+G7+countries

3w ago

Oil exports have been a cash cow for Russia. But revenues are dwindling, thanks to sanctions

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

on Jan. 21 the EU began banning fuel made from Russia crude

Better late than never.

3w ago

OOP at home:

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

Separating data structure from implementation has benefits.

In languages with classic OOP classes and objects, it's often necessary to write wrappers or adapters to allow new operations on existing objects. This adds overhead and require more code.

3w ago

European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chief

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

More banks and businesses should support Taler.

If Visa/Mastercard get replaced by another company's centralized payment system, what prevent a large foreign corp from buying it, like they regularily do? Then we're back to square one.

3w ago

Whoops: ‘AI’ Toy Company Leaks Chat Logs, Personal Data Of 50,000 Toddlers

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

Bad ideas all the way down

3w ago

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

XMPP, Conversations is a Nice Android client.

3w ago

Updated Measurements from NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Suggest That Jupiter Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought.

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

3w ago

EU Charges Meta Over WhatsApp AI Lockout, Threatens Interim Measures

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

We don't need another centralized messaging service in the EU. We need a secure and decentralized one. Such protocol already exist such as XMPP, Matrix, Briar, Ricocher, RCS, ...

3w ago

Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

Yes, this is fucked.

I doubt a sane society would aim to replace as many jobs as possible with automation, or necessarily be happy with it. Making this a goal mean trying to remove humans and unions out of the equations.

A sane society may seek to decrease workplace injuries and be more efficient, ie wasting less resources while producing stuff. That could involve better workplace conditions, better product design, and maybe automation. Automation may incidentally replace some tasks, even though it's not the end goal.

3w ago

ML-LIB: Machine Learning Library Proposed For The Linux Kernel

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Hirom @beehaw.org 3w ago

The headline and/or article is confusing. It says "machine learning library for the Linux kernel" but goes on to say it's going to do ML in userspace.

It sounds like it's going to be a process that lives outside the kernel and tunes the kernel via some interface. In which case there would be no need for any ML-specific bit in the kernel. Rather a generic interface to collect stats, tune thing. Processes would use those however they want, using ML or astrology or classic algorithms for their internal logic.