Yes, fuck Israel and fuck Russia. Not sure why I'm responding to this dumb bait, but here we are. It's not a straw man argument when both countries are run by literal human feces

This is sad. Google Play should never hold this much weight in the self hosted community. For Android users dedicated to open source software, F-Droid is the target.

I don't think SyncThing users would have much issue with the app disappearing from Google. Doing away with Google is the goal.

Hal Finney, no?

The software engineer, cryptography expert, and cyberpunk who received the first ever Bitcoin transaction and had a neighbor named "Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto"?

This problem desperately needs to be fixed, but the solution isn't some expensive, over-engineered laser LED matrix. The solution is basic headlights that don't blind people. You know, like every headlight that existed in the US until a few years ago.

Surely it's not an insurmountable task to use a cheap LED bulb with the optics to give the beam proper directivity—i.e. not direct the beam into the eyes off oncoming drivers. Maybe even make it replaceable with a screwdriver. Call me crazy.

Who exactly was hyped about this?

Personally, I typically want my interactions with technology to be quiet. I don't want it talking, and I don't want to be talking to it.

Not to mention the privacy implications of an always-on camera and microphone connected to the internet

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Yeah, no. Here is a direct link to the article:
https://scitechdaily.com/practical-quantum-devices-now-closer-to-reality-scientists-unveil-room-temperature-photonic-chips/

And a link to the paper:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03672

The best part is that this whole thing is about having the "opportunity" to purchase reddit stock at its IPO price. This user generated content farm wouldn't dare give away equity for free to users responsible for the site having any past, present, or future value.

I'm not a finance person, but the only gambling I'd do on this company is hope that Wall Street pumps the price post-IPO so I can short it.

My understanding is that the value of each reddit user is priced roughly at $2. A Facebook user is priced at roughly $40. Their only options to maybe be profitable are more enshittification, more users, or both. Or, you know, not paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the execs of an RSS feed with voting and comments.

NewPipe has been my go-to for years. Available on F-Droid with regular updates.

Can we let this platform die quietly and stop bombarding the feed with Elmo spam?

I think this is fair, but man the retaliatory tariffs for NSA backdoors would be atrocious

"Known MBTA security flaw remains unpatched after being publicly disclosed 15 years ago. Boston mad. More at 11."

Sounds like the solution is to say, "Yes," then never show up onsite. Make them fire you, so you're entitled to unemployment benefits and any severance.