Google Play Store is becoming less and less viable for OSS. Thankfully F-Droid support sharing apps to nearby devices.

A significant hairdresser budget goes a long way toward making Strange New Worlds. The federation wouldn’t stand a chance without the captain’s magnificent haircut.

Drone issue? Have you tried more drones?

In addition to not connecting stuff unnecessarily, connected devices that consume/produce lots of power need safeguards.

Like a random 0-60sec timer for remote power on/off operations. 50000 panels powering down over 60sec is easier to handle than if they do that simultaneously.

Shooting a rocket into the sun would also be a waste of energy.

Temu sure wish they didn’t, but they do in fact need to adhere to local laws in juridictions where they’re doing business.

There already are complaints against Temu for noncompliance to EU regulation. For instance https://www.beuc.eu/sites/default/files/publications/BEUC-X-2024-046_Temu_Why_the_fast-growing_online_marketplace_fails_to_comply_with_the_DSA.pdf

It may be trickier to enforce law against Temu vs a more classic and direct seller of goods, so it may take more time, and it may become a game of whack a mole, but there will be some enforcement.

If not the chineese manufacturer, then whoever is importing them .

They should force a recall.

There are hypotheticals precisely because Tiktok is not transparent enough. It sounds like they’re doing an estimate on the best data publically available.

At the very least, this put pressure on Tiktok to be more transparent. Tiktok could prove the study wrong by publishing more about their energy and resource use.

Always remember you’re driving a large metal thing that weight 1-2 metric tons and carry a lot of energy. Increasing speed by x2 means increasing braking distance by x4.

To get a sense of the energy in a moving car, cut the engine, put it on neutral on a flat parking lot. Try pushing it forward with your bare hands. Now imagine the energy needed to move or stop a car at full speed.

Medias and part of the public pay more attention to CEO’s welfare and wellbeing than random people’s wellbeing, making some crime even more high-profile.

This put extra pressure on law enforcement to focus on some crimes at the expense of others. Police doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

Police need to better protect average people, but this probably require both changes in police and in culture more broadly.

That’s both smart and worrying.

Disabling interconnexion shows what still work, and what breaks when only the country’s own network is accessible. Doing multiple short tests allows gradually building a more isolated network while limiting disruptions.

Is there a server component, or is everything running in the browser?

I may further stereotype her, but I’ll point out she was traveling from Florida. The headline could read “Florida woman…”

Supporting SciHub and Archive.org, or just not suing them, would also help.

Publishers decided to sue unfortunately:

• US court grants Elsevier millions in damages from Sci-Hub
• Internet Archive Opposes Publishers in Federal Lawsuit

Several medias report toppling of Assad and rebels entering Damascus. But the plane crash is unconfirmed.

Also, don’t assume the new ruler(s) will behave much better than Assad.

HTS is Syria’s strongest rebel group and some Syrians remain fearful it will impose draconian Islamist rule or instigate reprisals.

Reuters: Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections

Regardless, their government will express outrage.

We’ll see how the trial goals. A judge would probably consider the risk of encouraging vigilante justice, ie letting individuals bypass the justice system to act as judge, jury, and executioner.

I’d be very surprised if a court excuse a vigilante killer because he/her suffer distress or harm. That would be a dangerous precedent, many people would see that as a right to kill for all kind of reasons.

It seems more plausible that such factor lead to that vigilante getting a lighter sentence, rather than to receive complete pardon/mercy.

The killer might have seen a relative die after an insurer denied coverage.

This would explain his motivation for the killing, and the message. That doesn’t excuse violence however.

The mobile standard setter, GSMA, and Google have said encryption will be coming to RCS, but there’s no firm date yet.

GSMA, please don’t come up with yet another poorly designed encryption standard.

The IETF is already working on Messaging Layer Security (MLS), please work with IETF and adopt MLS. IETF have more experience and do a good job at designing secure protocols. And multiple organisations and services are already working on adapting MLS (Mozilla, Google, Matrix, Wire, …)