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California says AT&T can't shut down copper DSL network
  • Same in Australia. The libnats (right-leaning) broke the fibre-optic rollout by claiming it would be too expensive, and replaced it in non-metro areas with wireless, claiming 25Mbps was adequate. They didn't mention that slow internet would benefit the Murdoch -owned Foxtel satellite services. And here we are now with internet services worse than some poorer countries.

    I chose Starlink because I will never get fibre optic, my only broadband option is geo-synch satellite, with speed and data caps, and 600ms latency.

  • Is there a way to keep Linux responsive when at ~100% CPU usage?
  • Firefox on my raspberry pi grinds the thing to a halt, so I created a shortcut:

    systemd-run --scope -p MemoryLimit=500M -p CPUQuota=50% firefox-esr

    You say it doesn't top out on memory, so you don't need the -p MemoryLimit=500M parameter. Set your compiler CPUQuota to maybe 80%, or whatever you can work out with trial and error.

  • Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions
  • "canceling annual plans could trigger fees amounting to 50 percent of their remaining subscription cost" You cannot unilaterally change the T&Cs without an option to opt out of the new conditions, but still insist on the old T&C terms. WTF is wrong with Adobe, are they stupid?

  • Dystopian ass bullshit
  • This is not a new concept. That was a plot line in an episode of an obscure British dystopian-future tv series called "1990" starring Edward Woodward - made in the late 1970s. The general premise was that the public service bureaucracy had taken over and lives were lived according to a great deal of surveillance and oversight.

    Prisoners had the "option" of misery pills to shorten their sentences. Designed to reduce the prison population by getting prisoners through their sentences faster.

    Quite an interesting show IIRC - I haven't managed to find it while out sailing.

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    Is lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?
  • I really enjoyed various communities on usenet. But most of my favouites moved to FB and usenet is now a cesspit of spam. I learned a hell of lot from alt.solar.pv and alt.energy.renewable, and made some great connections via aus.motorcycles. But I wouldn't bother going there today, even in one of the few remaining feeds.

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