From the HN Discussion, by paxys:
I don't think people realize that the US is the only market in the world where phones are carrier locked, and in fact the only market where carriers have so much power over the features and overall experience of your phone. Mobile carriers dictate that a phone has to be sold with a locked bootloader. They decide if/when the phone should get OS updates. They are the ones who fill the phone with bloatware. Up until a few years ago the phone had a more prominent logo of the cell carrier than the company that actually made it.
US carriers have used their government-granted monopolies to influence the market wayy beyond phone calls and data plans, and it's about time it should end.
That's why it sounds weird for the rest of the World.
Will they save all those Thinkpads?
Walkcar vs. Curb
0:1
Maybe will be useful at a warehouse or a long (laminar) corridors?
If you surprised why it has a PowerPC CPU. It's actually a SoC.
From the manual:
AMCC PowerPC 405 32-bit RISC processor core operating up to 333MHz with 16KB D-and I-caches.
Designed specifically to address embedded applications, the PowerPC 405EP (PPC405EP), provides a high-performance, low-power solution that interfaces to a wide range of peripherals by incorporating on-chip power management features and lower power dissipation requirements.
Is there a list for the other continents?
(non-native speaker)
Is there a reason why the English language has "special" words for a specific topic, like related to court (plaintiff, defendant, warrant, litigation), elections/voting (snap election, casting a ballot)?
And in other cases seems lazy, like firefighter, firetruck, homelessness (my favorite), mother-in-law, newspaper.
Not the worst, but funny:
Haker (2002): emacs through sendmail [english subtitles].
As a child, [bootleg] Tamagotchi?
Buying a new (or used) phone every 1-2 years?
Nowadays, they are boring.
Half of all new cars are now SUVs, making them a major cause of the intensifying climate crisis, say experts
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9992203
> Source: https://norden.social/@hart/112513927064083221
After taking a few years off, the Rhode Island DMV is again trying to revoke Kei truck owners' registrations but a Senator is trying to help.
> But why the decision to ban Kei trucks from Rhode Island streets? Because the DMV claims they don't meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).
French company Seabike has developed a swimming device that uses your own leg power to accelerate you through the water at superhuman speeds. This crank-driven pusher prop looks a bit like an underwater unicycle... We'd love to take one for a spin!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/159545
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20502550
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Slovakian MEP pulls dove from bag and frees it as ‘symbol of peace’, prompting criticism from colleagues
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14652477
> Direct link to video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5VUEX6R4lw
Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
The French capital's mayor hailed a 'clear choice of Parisians' in favor of a measure that is 'good for our health and good for the planet.'
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6410136
