[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 7 months ago

Oh god it’s DDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

It's not about the material in question, it's about if a state employed teacher has the right to override the curriculum. They do not.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

Just because Trump may be out of the picture, doesn’t mean the folks who watch Fox suddenly disappear into the ether.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago

IMO, it’s more a consequence of a black & white morality. Nuance isn’t even a blip on the radar. I guarantee they aren’t considering the ramifications, and wouldn’t understand them if explained.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago

Does cruel and unusual punishment apply here?

My limited understanding of the topic is that ‘cruel but usual’ and ‘unusual but not cruel’ can invalidate the charge. And unfortunately, the mistreatment of the homeless could be seen as usual.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

I find it fascinating how there are so many high profile POIs in that list. Like, specifically that they’re high profile and not from the same line of work.

If you’re working in Hollywood, you’d expect to know stars, but only incidentally politicians. If you’re in DC, the reverse is true.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

Well, they are natural enemies, but if you raise them together as pups…

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

Safari is a very thin wrapper around the WebKit rendering engine. Oversimplifying, but it basically only handles bookmarks and tabs. The actual webpage is handled with WebKit and all web browsers on iOS use WebKit.

So if Safari is acting slow, then you can presume that all browsers on iOS would act slow in those same situations.

In practice though, Safari/webkit slowdown tends to be one of two things:

  1. Poorly designed website: Think tons of trackers, ads, and analytics that bog down the website for no benefit to the user.

  2. Browser Extension issues:

Some extensions can speed up websites, mostly in the form of blockers than prevent unnecessary resources from loading in the first place…

On the other end of the spectrum, there are extensions that slow websites down that need to read and inject content into the source. It may be prudent to examine your extensions and see if there are conflicts.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

I suspect there are two key deterrents to using dating apps:

1: Folks that are dating material ultimately leave the pool… leaving those that… aren’t. The longer the cycle continues the more undatable fill the population of date app users. So, by no fault of the dating app itself, the vast majority of potential dates suck.

2: Then we get into the conflict of interest. Dating apps don’t want you to find your true love. They want engagement and subscription fees. It’s in their best interest to give you a substandard experience.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

I doubt it…

Someone dying in an Apple car isn’t the sort of headline they would embrace.

It’s also why Apple doesn’t run their own MVNO—better for a carrier to take the fall for phone issues; and let Goldman Sachs handle the banking.

I don’t see Apple doing their own car unless they feel like big auto is holding them back… like how Intel’s lack of momentum prompted the semi-recent processor transition.

Right now, CarPlay is not doing outstanding—GM in particular is flicking a big middle finger—but it is certainly reaching more customers right now than if Apple did their own car.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

They should. They came alarmingly close to overturning democracy. Imagine a round 2 where there’s more organization.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

It’s a major hole with regards to spam, but in a hypothetical whistleblower scenario it makes it hard for a single entity to silence and remove all evidence.

There are simply trade offs, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.

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