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  • Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOS

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  • I do agree that they are very close; maybe I’m an Apple apologist, but I put ICEBlocker in the same class as Tea. They both claimed to be to protect their target audience; Tea was exposed as having been Vibe Coded by someone who knew SFA about user data security and ICEBlocker had a huge honeypot of user data that the government would love to subpoena.

  • Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOS

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  • That is exactly right. But the demographic of Pixel owners likely to install GrapheneOS (or Sailfish or Ubuntu Touch or whatever) and the demographic of GrapheneOS users likely to buy a Pixel probably has a fair overlap.

  • Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOS

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  • Long-term support is never something that Normies (that don’t want iPhones) contemplate. They would rather buy the cheapest phone; they don’t see the value in a software vendor supported phone. That is why Samsung is more of a household name than Pixel.

    Google have also shown that their long-term support is pointless when they pivot and implement their own version of Apples “walled garden” on the Play Store and the Android ecosystem.

    Their implied guarantee of openness is just as facetious as Apples implied guarantee of privacy.

  • Do these look like fake cigarettes or used tampons?

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  • A gold or yellow wash should salvage them.

    A mottled tan “filter” at the other end will also make them more cigarette-like.

  • Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOS

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  • I’m surprised it isn’t more.

    Pixels are the reference platform for a lot of open-source phone operating systems. A disproportionate number of people who purchased Pixels are the type of person who did believe Googles motto of “Don’t be Evil”, even after Google abandoned the motto.

    Now that Google is inarguably Evil (not Musk Evil, but definitely more Evil than Apple), these people are searching for solutions. They are gun-shy and are not likely to get an Evil iPhone, have a large investment in the Android ecosystem so are unlikely to pivot to Linux Phone, and the niche Android variants are more likely to be assassinated by Google.

    GrapheneOS is the obvious choice. I’m surprised it isn’t a higher percentage.

  • This Is Getting (Rule)diculous

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  • Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken

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  • One thing (only good thing) about Vista was that it rationalised Printer (and Scanner) Drivers.

    The UI was consistent between printer manufacturers and everything could be accessed through one interface.

    Then the Printer manufacturers complained to MS because they couldn’t have infinite branding all over the interface and the feature was dumbed down in 7.

    Meanwhile Apple used the same UI for all Printers (based on CUPS) and didn’t even let a company logo appear in the interface.

    Not all the Apple CUPS drivers were available for Linux CUPS so unfortunately Linux (at the time) still had their device compatibility issues.

  • Ultra cheap e-commerce platforms Temu, Shein selling products made from Chinese cotton despite the high risk of links to slavery, Australian Human Rights Institute says

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  • To combat this, we need manufacturing infrastructure to seriously compete with Chinese manufacturing, and the longer we leave it, the more efficient Chinese manufacturing will get.

    Currently, we are handicapped by high quality controls, high labour rates and aging infrastructure. We have the advantage of local raw materials.

    China has the advantage of ridiculously cheap low cost and slave labour and modern infrastructure. They are handicapped by low quality yields and transport of finished goods.

    The logistic networks out of China are improving constantly and quality control is improving.

    When you can buy 10 units from China and see them within a week, or have one unit manufactured locally and see it in 2 weeks, it is more “economically rational” to roll the dice on having 1 good unit and 9 items of eWaste (in the short term).

    To compete, we need local manufacturers to embrace more efficient manufacturing and have government financial support for employment costs. We also can’t just throw money at the problem without proper auditing. (We don’t want repeating of GMH/Ford Australia, or the countless Insulation/LED Lighting/Solar Panels/Solar Battery/NDIS scams currently in play)

  • Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"

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  • In some fields, General Purpose LLMs are useful;

    • Marketting copy that no one reads.
    • Business reports that push an agenda for political reasons.
    • Political analysis that puts an agenda for political reasons.

    That is why they are being adopted wholesale by certain companies; marketeers and analysts for lobbying groups and political movements.

    So yes, they are useless for any legitimate case, but are useful for justification of lies to certain gullible individuals (consumers and politicians).

    That said, the fact that Deloitte was forced to (partially) pay the Australian Government back for a report that was all AI Dross is enheartening. The fact that it was only a partial refund and the company is not being prosecuted for Fraud is disenheartening.

  • They call it Liquid Glass

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  • As someone who’s sight is going as I get older, Liquid Glass, (even with Contrast Up, Transparency reduced and larger text) is Terrible.

    I remember when people complained about iOS 7 being illegible and I sympathised. Now I empathise with them.

  • Man, FB is horridly optimized

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  • It is Optimised.

    Just not optimised for efficiency or ease of use.

    It is optimised for extracting as much personal metadata as possible, feeding as many ads as possible, monopolising users attention and manipulating political opinions.

  • Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"

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  • That is the thing about general purpose LLMs. They really are impressive to people with below average experience and knowledge in a specific field.

    People who actually do know something; academics, professionals and hobbyists realise that they are completely useless for their specific use case.

    Unfortunately then they use it for something they are ignorant about and then they forget how useless they are.

  • Perfect solution

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  • My old workplace had a stain like that just above the reps desk. It was directly below the toilet in the Executive Suite.

    They were too “frugal” to get a plumber in and the stain kept getting bigger and bigger.

    About a month after I left for a better job, one of my former coworkers told me that it finally gave way.

    The manager came in to a huge pile of excrement all over the reps new laptop and splash stains (and accompanying smell) all throughout the phone room.

    So glad I left.

  • Google CEO: When the AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean

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  • They are still in way too much. Every time I go into an Apple Store they try to ram their “Apple Intelligence” down my throat.

  • Should Newcastle to Sydney bullet train really be first link built of Melbourne to Brisbane route?

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  • The F1 (and all Motorsport) was traditionally supported by the Automotive Industry.

    What better way to reciprocate than to replace public transport with parking facilities for private vehicles?

  • 100 years ago today

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  • The best thing about Compulsory Voting was that a Right-Wing politician was scared he would loose the election if The Workers voted and his advisors told him that the majority of his supporters didn’t vote.

    He reasoned that if it was compulsory, The Silent Majority would come out and vote for him in a landslide.

    It was a landslide; it turns out that his advisors overestimated how many supporters he had and he was voted out.

    Also see last election, the Right-Wing media echo chamber and the coalition.

  • An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’

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  • Won’t these religious nut bags just Rapture already.

    We don’t want them on this planet.

  • Powell says that, unlike the dotcom boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’ 🤣

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  • But there will be no demand for their “product”. They may have money in the bank but no future business model.

  • Microsoft killed Win 10 support to rob you of your rights. Fight back by installing Linux.

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  • The main reasons Microsoft and forcing Windows 11 on people are;

    • Recoup sunk costs on CoPilot by training on User Data.
    • Monetising users by data mining through onselling mined data.
    • Forcing customer lock-in through forced use of CoPilot.

    Will someone please pop this AI-bubble so CoPilot, Apple Intelligence and Gemini can just go away!? We don’t want any of it!

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