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  • "A privacy breach on a scale never before seen": Google's "sentence" for its antitrust conviction is to share all the data it gathered on users with every company that wants it

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  • Nobody deserves more contempt for Joe Biden’s loss than Joe Biden himself.

    I know you're pissed at losing but wtf is this shit?

    This is how you're going to lose the next election again. If you can't even rally yourside then wtf are you even doing? We're almost one year into the second Trump admin and you still haven't figured out the basics of politics.

    The Republicans can hold their nose and vote for a candidate exactly opposite their values. And yet you can't even support Harris as a valid alternative even as Trump wrecks our country for a year. And you expect me to stand by you and rally with you in the next election?

    In any case: Harris (or Biden) would have broken up Google. Period. Quit complaining about things if you can't even fucking rally or do the basics of politicking. You ain't helping now.

  • "A privacy breach on a scale never before seen": Google's "sentence" for its antitrust conviction is to share all the data it gathered on users with every company that wants it

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  • Elections matter people.

    Biden admin was pushing for a breakup. Trump admin does this

  • What anime pleasantly surprised you the most?

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  • Apocalypse Hotel from last season.

    A bit of a depressing start but pivots hard into 'thinking' comedy and philosophy. It's got your over the top anime characters but the overall situation demands the thinking parts of your brain to activate.

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  • Itch.io is currently saying the problem is Stripe, and maybe Visa.

    Historically (ex: https://otakuusamagazine.com/visa-and-mastercard-refuse-to-work-with-another-doujinshi-retailer/), I'd say Mastercard and Visa are both to blame. But the jury is still out on wtf is going on here.

    I'm not sure who pressured Steam. But Itch.io (https://aftermath.site/steam-itch-porn-censorship-collective-shout-visa-mastercard-paypal) is claiming Stripe and Visa are pressuring them.

    (Speaking with Aftermath, Itch's founder, Leaf Corcoran, specifically cited a notice from Visa as an incident that led to the sudden deindexing of so many games).

  • 8 bit rule

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  • While Hercules is impressively wrong, I knew Aladdin was a fun original read when it began with 'In the Far East Kingdom of China....'

    Hercules, for all of its faults, actually takes place in Greece. Which is kinda sorta close to Rome (Hercules is his Roman name lol. Heracles is his Greek name).

    On the other hand, Aladdin might be a fake story all together. As in, some French Guy may have made up Aladdin as part of his translation of 1001 Arabian Nights. IIRC, Arabs don't know wtf that story is doing in the (French) book.

    So Aladdin might be an entirely fake addition to the 1001 Arabian Nights novel. Canonically fake. So it's in the true spirit of Aladdin (and 1001 Arabian Nights) to screw with the story anyway.

  • 8 bit rule

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  • Btw: the original Aladdin story had no three wishes rule.

    Aladdin just spammed the heck out of wishes. Got everything he ever wanted.

    The only part of the Disney movie that's accurate is when the sorcerer returns, teleports the Sultan (of China) palace to Africa, and Aladdin needs to use the weaker Genie of the Ring to steal the Genie of the Lamp back through trickery.

    The princess of China (yeahhhhhh) helps Aladdin out a bit IIRC.

    But yes, palace teleportation, sorcerer wishing to be Sultan, that's the legitimate part lol

  • Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io

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  • Remember that Discover is self-banked (unlike Visa/Mastercard that banks sign up with). This means that every credit line needs to be backed by... well ... A bank.

    Bigger banks mean more credit opportunities, better interest rates (etc. etc). Deeper credit lines.

  • "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal

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  • Discover seems to be the best bet to me so far.

    Discover is on the JCB, UnionPay, Troy and RuPay. (japan, China, turkey, and India respectively). Probably many more.

    Similarly, a JCB card should work wherever Discover is. It's a billateral alliance.

    Oh, and all Discover cards work on Diners Club International because those two networks completely merged.

    Alliance members are not 100% acceptance. It seems like 95%+ acceptance though (most JCB will accept most Discover cards and vice versa, though you will get confused looks from the locals). It sounds like there's a lot of old equipment around the countries that break compatibility but cities and other urban areas with new equipment shouldn't have any problems.

    I'll probably get a Discover card and start testing this out. I already have Visa and Mastercard but this new censorship issue seems serious enough to make me start supporting a 3rd place competitor.

    Between Discover vs AmEx, it seems like AmEx is about elite club / customer service / returns etc. etc. nice features but I'm not sure if it's worth the price.

    Discover is free of annual fees, reasonable cash back, mediocre costs for the merchants (better than AmEx anyway and comparable vs Visa) and a surprisingly huge offering of international compatibility (RuPay, JCB, UnionPay, etc Etc). It seems like the winner to me as a 3rd card to experiment with.

  • Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io

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  • What's wrong with Capital One? I feel like Discover/Capital One / Diner's Club network is a good thing for Discover customers.

  • Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io

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  • Discover and Diners Club merged a few years ago btw. Discover also has an alliance with JCB.

    So Discover network is actually really, really big.

  • Steam Users Rally Behind Anti-Censorship Petition

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  • Discover has an alliance with JCB. So that's just Discover in the USA.

  • Steam Users Rally Behind Anti-Censorship Petition

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  • Ummmm.

    ACH is how you get your paycheck, and it's being updated to FedNow.

    Zelle is an independent network as well.

    And of course, there is Discover and AmEx.

    There is also cash, check, money order. They still work today, just people largely forgot how to use them.

    IIRC some Brazilian network was getting very popular off of this. If you want to look at non-US options.

    There are plenty of competitors to Visa/Mastercard/Paypal.

  • be gay, do computers

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  • Alan Turing, the father of modern computers, has an incredibly depressing ending.

    Chemically castrated due to being an illegal homosexual, he died in dishonor over bullshit homophobia and new drugs that the 1950s possessed.

  • Why doesn't the Trump administration simply edit the Epstein files and release them?

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  • If there are that many mistakes here, then it's likely malicious compliance. Someone was ordered to edit, so they edited in the most obvious manner possible.

    This is quite ridiculous how shoddy of a job this was.

  • Why doesn't the Trump administration simply edit the Epstein files and release them?

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  • They already did.

    There's that 'Raw Edit' video that is missing over a minute of footage because they forgot to edit out the timestamps.

  • Sad but true

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  • I point out that in the USA, a dude can literally shoot an unarmed teenager with skittles in their pocket (likely 2nd degree murder or worse) and a Jury of his Peers will acquit him.

  • Sad but true

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  • What the fuck in the George Zimmerman are you talking about? Did you fall asleep through the entirety of Black Lives Matters?

  • Sad but true

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  • Wtf?

    • Premeditated Intent: Murder
    • Intent without premeditation. Heat of the moment: 2nd degree Murder
    • Doing something you weren't supposed to and killing someone: involuntary homicide
    • Failing to do something you were supposed to and killing someone: negligent manslaughter.

    Who made this meme (and topic) and why is everyone so ignorant of the law? This almost certainly is vehicular manslaughter case or... If it can be suggested that it's the pedestrian maybe was partially at fault it might be negligent manslaughter (ex: failed to stop when someone jumped out).

  • Elon Musk says he has formed a new U.S. political party, the 'America Party'

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  • Why would an American tech millionaire believe in the power of money and become subservient to a Billionaire?

    I dunno. Good question.

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering @lemmy.world
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    Radios, how do they work?

    lcamtuf.substack.com /p/radios-how-do-they-work
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    Smart Analog Sensor Interface for Smoke Detection With Ambient Light Cancellation Reference Design (Ti MSPM0L Reference Design)

    www.ti.com /lit/ug/tiduf52/tiduf52.pdf
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    Lies, Damn Lies and Analog Inputs (comparing ADCs on ESP32, Pico and Arduino)

    www.doctormonk.com /2024/01/comparingadcs.html
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    Building a USB SNES Controller

    blog.chybby.com /posts/building-a-usb-snes-controller
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    Faking Bluetooth LE

    dmitry.gr
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    The Art and Science of PCB Design

    pcb.mit.edu
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    There exist power over fiber components that can provide 3v 180mA from 1.5W of 800nm infrared light coming through a standard multimode optical fiber.

    chaos.social /@f4grx/111697027153656114
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    AVR340: Direct Driving of LCD Using General Purpose IO

    ww1.microchip.com /downloads/en/Appnotes/doc8103.pdf
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    Bit Banging a 3.5" Floppy Drive

    floppy.cafe
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    Wurth Elektronik Group

    Webinar: Introduction to the capacitor technologies and how to use them

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    Beginner Series IV: Deep Dive into Microchip's AVR EA

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    Capacitor nonsense: ESR vs Tan(delta) / aka Dissipation Factor

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    Signal reflections in electronic circuits

    lcamtuf.substack.com /p/signal-reflections-in-electronic
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    Flash Translation Layer (FTL) data-structure inspiration? Are there keywords I need to look up?

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    Embedded System Lecture Notes and Presentations by Prof. Phil Koopman

    users.ece.cmu.edu /~koopman/lectures/index.html
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    Personal Project Review: AA Tester v3 (aka: Coulomb Counter Project)

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    Visitors to /c/ece: What is your skill level?

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    OSHPark's 6 layer service: ~0.80mm Pitch BGAs are good. Not much room for anything smaller....

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    AVR341: Four and five-wire Touch Screen Controller

    ww1.microchip.com /downloads/en/Appnotes/doc8091.pdf
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Entry Level Microprocessors: Linux, 600MHz and 128MB of RAM