br3d

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[–] br3d@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While I agree we should also be putting in place effective structural interventions, this is a good example of how people are held to a completely different standard of behaviour once they get into a car. Speeding is illegal. Feel free to lobby for that to change, but right now it's against the law. We wouldn't suggest the enforcement of any other crime should be avoided in case it "infuriates" the perpetrators, and speeding should be the same. Motor crime is crime.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

It also inadvertently reveals that practically anything is faster than driving in the city too

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Back in the Cold War somebody commented how apt it was that if you wanted to call Russia from the UK you have to dial 007

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Reform UK seem to be funded by fossil fuel interests, so they'll always promote more driving and less alternatives to driving

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Should scale their worries around... once they reach a certain age, given everyone dies eventually. Younger people should worry about those cars and guns. And Americans' baffling tendency to poison themselves, it seems

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're right. I could believe these data might be explained by a lot of businesses being in a "wait and see" phase, hiring conservatively while they see how the AI thing shakes out

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Having tried it: choosing an instance is too confusing for a typical user (especially as a minor bit of research suggests there's a risk your instance could disappear at any moment) and there's a culture of policing content and style amongst users that's quite offputting

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The article says that it was a Meta chatbot writing this. Nothing to do with Proton

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not working for me in Summit

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Air travel is heavily subsidised, especially through very very very favourable tax rates on aviation fuel

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

What a terrible article. It literally says little more than "I should be able to live how I like no matter what the consequences are for others", as though we haven't had literally centuries of liberal thought showing how you can't run a society that way.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I've only skimmed the abstract, but it makes me think antibiotics aren't effective. I'm basing that on combining two findings that are explicitly stated there: cranberries don't work, and cranberries are no different to antibiotics. Transitive inference would imply that this means antibiotics don't work, although I'm surprised the authors haven't been more explicit about this, given they've left it ambiguous and it seems like an obvious question

Edit: there's slightly more detail at the bottom where it says "Cranberry products were not significantly different to antibiotics for preventing UTIs in three small studies." It looks like cranberries and antibiotics were only compared in a very limited set of studies, so perhaps take the comparison with a pinch of salt

 

Looks like another very strong line-up

 

Gboard is getting visibly worse almost on a daily basis, especially autocorrecting perfectly legitimate words, presumably based on dubious analysis of other people's writing. So what's worth trying? The ability to swipe type is a big plus

 

There are several roads near me where it's legal to walk - but where I know that walking would be extremely dangerous because of no footways, narrow carriageways and fast traffic. Is there a way to flag these that would help OSM-based routing services like Strava and Komoot stop recommending them? I know the local area well enough to ignore Strava when it suggests I run along these roads, but I fear for people who don't, and assume the route will be okay

 

I've got an older machine that I'd like to give a second life. I've always been an Ubuntu fan in the past, but checking their site for a lightweight distri it looks like they've gone all 64 bit. Is that right? Can I still get a recent version for a 32-bit processor?

 

I noticed today I was having to use fingerprint unlock every time I wanted to access my 6a, even though normally I use Smart Lock to keep my phone unlocked when it's near my Bluetooth watch. I just checked through the settings and Smart Lock has disappeared, as has on-body detection. Has this happened to anybody else?

 
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