It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38207744
#hackernews #tech
Microsoft won't let you close OneDrive in Windows without you explaining it
Link: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-wont-let-you-close-onedrive-in-windows-without-you-explaining-it-first/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38208568
YouTube's Adblock detection might break the law in the EU
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- URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqhPUmyrfGI
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38210226
- Summary: YouTube's AdBlock detection feature may be in violation of EU law. The feature detects users who are using ad-blocking software and prompts them to disable it before accessing content on the platform. This practice could potentially breach EU regulations on consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies.
#Renewables currently providing the greatest source of electricity generation for the US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (#MISO) power grid.
An #urbex video form this coal mine building: https://youtu.be/5K1PqFN8wMA
Abandoned coalmine building (Puits Sainte Fontaine) France Sep 2022
#abandoned #coalmine #building #France #YouTube #lostplace #photography
Mountaineers' Cemetery in Zermatt, Switzerland
This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.#section-Atlas
Mountaineer's Cemetery
Potential for remittance income to be cut by AI, says Philippines finance minister
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/potential-remittance-income-be-cut-ai-says-philippines-finance-minister-3910901
China's Zeekr reveals wider loss, Beijing influence in US IPO paperwork
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/chinas-zeekr-reveals-wider-loss-beijing-influence-us-ipo-paperwork-3910806
Playbook PM: Another GOP spending bill goes poof (Bethany Irvine/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2023/11/09/another-gop-spending-bill-goes-poof-00126381
http://www.memeorandum.com/231109/p59#a231109p59
Cleaner snowpack could help slow climate change, provide more drinking water
For mountain snowpack to melt slowly, not all of the white fluffy stuff is created equally. Northwest scientists have found reducing greenhouse gas pollution could make snow less dirty. That means it stays in the mountains longer, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
Follow-up info: the University of Alberta has meteorite scientists and a great meteorite collection (I got to visit last year and touch (with gloves) a teeny piece of Mars!). They have good info on their website about meteorite identification: https://www.ualberta.ca/science/meteorites/index.html#identify
And if you are still convinced you have a meteorite, their website has a form you can fill out and a place to upload photos, so an expert can check and see if they agree with you: https://www.eas.ualberta.ca/mrs/
Finally got a chance to process some of my images from the w’end in dark skies - Aurora Australis!
Captured the pretty dazzling lights of excited high-altitude oxygen for the first time. It was spectacular.
A reminder that Earth really is the best spaceship we have. And we should care for it.
Joe Manchin Says He Won’t Seek Reelection in 2024 https://time.com/6333618/joe-manchin-wont-seek-reelection-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
I’ve seen the ad campaign for this:
“Do you have more money than you know what to do with? Do you want to waste it on stupid shit? Are you a sucker for new, useless techn that will dissappear in less than 5 years? Did you buy the original Gold Apple Watch? THEN THIS IS FOR YOU!”
“Exclusive leak: details about Humane’s AI Pin, which costs $699 and has OpenAI integration. It’s like a smartphone without a screen, and it will have a $24/month subscription on top of it.”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23953022/humane-ai-pin-price-specs-leak
A new study finds that massive volcanic eruptions happening at high latitudes caused dramatic, but short-lived #climate cooling periods over the past 2,000 years 🌋
█ Israel donarà quatre hores de treva al dia al nord de Gaza, però rebutja l'alto el foc ▓▒░ La Casa Blanca ho presenta com una mesura perquè la població fugi de les hostilitats del nord de la Franja, però alhora ha de servir per mirar d'alliberar els ostatges israelians #324cat #gaza #israel #israelenvaeixgaza https://www.ccma.cat/324/israel-donara-quatre-hores-de-treva-al-dia-al-nord-de-gaza-pero-rebutja-lalto-el-foc/noticia/3260091/?ext=MASTODON_ONLINE
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.