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This seems a wildly inappropriate prejudice. What do afrikaners (a group of 3million people) have to do with this dude?

Also, try duckduckgo!

There was an interesting NPR Planet Money about libraries and ebooks, and I found it insightful (e.g., why should an ebook expire after a certain number of reads? Turns out hard copy books do the same, through wear-and-tear!). View...

Cool article, but a random walk "maximizes the likelihood of success" in the same way that randomly mashing a keyboard maximizes the likelihood of writing a best-seller. Given temporal constraints (such as moving shadows) a guided strategy should easily beat an open-loop random walk. Of course...

I had to laugh out loud when I read this defense by Google. Are they saying that their efforts to counter the problem is to say to uploaders "please don't be a terrorist"? Seems a stretch to say that this is "already working" on the problem...

The problem is that aircraft emit way up high; while our ability to capture CO2 is very low to the ground. The atmosphere doesn't mix well, so e-fuels aren't a silver bullet either.

FWIW, I've lived in multiple countries across three continents, and the US system has been the least stressful for me. Single datapoint, yes, but contradicts your thesis so one datapoint should suffice.

There's an older app (fully open-source, too!) called TrackerControl, which I think does the same thing. I've been using it for ages, and it seems to work very well -- https://f-droid.org/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/

For all the problems with US immigration -- kids born in the US are simply americans (it's in the constitution!), it's irrelevant what the status of their parents is. There's no "by all accounts". Of course, this doesn't help the parents, who may still face deportation in spite of their...

For what it's worth, the name Ubuntu means something like "I am because we are" or "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy or the inimitable Desmond Tutu -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaiKX5VdfVE ).

Side note -- "Fiat money", according to wikipedia, "is a type of currency that is not backed by any commodity such as gold or silver". In other words, bitcoin/ethereum/whatever shitcoin *is* fiat money (inasmuch as it can be considered money), since it's backed by no commodity. We should just...

I'm not sure, but I get update notifications quite frequently.

Yes, thunderbird + oauth2 works for me. I remember it being slightly annoying to set up, but it now works well.

Check out "fairemail"; it is open-source, and works with Oauth (I don't think K9 does, which is why I switched). For Oauth, you need fairemail via playstore, not f-droid. Edit -- no affiliation beyond being a satisfied user.

Wow, if the stock trades at $39, and he can be forced to buy at $54.20 a share, that hurts to the tune of $12Bn. Alternatively, the market is willing to bet $12Bn that Musk can't be forced to buy at the agreed upon price?

OK, I stand corrected!

Why "apartheid"? I think he's an idiot, to be clear, but I'm assuming that you're labeling him "apartheid" because he's white, of a certain age, and from South Africa? Isn't that the definition of racism on your side (would you have called him Captain Apartheid if he weren't white?). There's...

What is meant by "radiation"? Is this EM radiation (light), or particle radiation (or everything together)?

Can you clarify what is meant by megaton? Is this in TNT? How much is this in W?

A recommendation: Squardle. Also free, and a new twist combining a crossword (first time takes a while to parse the rules). Allows some interesting strategy, as correct letters are saved even if the word is wrong. ETA: https://fubargames.se/squardle/