Departure follows layoffs, project cancellations, and other chaos.
In other words, he doesn't trust Google not to randomly kill projects.
The Nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+ gaming phone sports a huge spec sheet.
Meanwhile my iPhone 12 Mini is doing great with 4 gigs.
The European Space Agency’s new orbiting observatory will scan billions of galaxies for clues about the universe’s expansion.
If you're on Android, that's probably the most important thing to consider first. Just using a phone with Google Play Services gives up a great deal of privacy, even if you think you've turned all that off.
So, consider either an iPhone or if you're really serious about this shit, GrapheneOS. The iPhone is easier for average people, but GrapheneOS is more private and you have more control. Both are better than Googled Android.
For a Google Drive alternative, that's simple. If you're already using Proton, get ProtonDrive.
For Google Docs alternative, that's a bit more challenging. There aren't any direct competitors with full end-to-end encryption that are any good and also cross-platform.
Speaking as someone who lives in the US, the reason why people “prefer” it is because it’s embedded into the culture that public transportation is for poor people- temporarily embarrassed millionaires and all that
It's really not that different from anywhere else. Almost anywhere in the world, people who can afford cars usually buy cars.
Many new cars have start/stop features builtin. If the computer controller detects that the engine may have trouble starting (low temperature, low battery, starter motor failure, whatever), it won't stop the engine for you.
Or that's the theory.
It's not necessarily an issue of fuel, but the overall wear on the components and engine when you start a car. A starter motor only has so many "starts" it can do before dying. The battery too.
Starter motors have gotten a lot better since the "bad old days" and engines start more smoothly thanks to fuel injection and computer control systems, so manufacturers have decided that it's ok to start/stop engines as needed, but the reason for not doing it was never a matter of fuel savings.
The Irish privacy watchdog said the tech giant has given insufficient information about how it will respect the EU’s data privacy rules.
The four-time prime minister bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations.
The reversal is creating tension for workers who adjusted to the flexibility gained during the pandemic and arranged their lives accordingly.
It looks like we’re now getting federated mod actions from lemmy.ml affecting our side. Since we don’t necessarily agree with their moderation, we’ll look at ways of addressing this.
Needless to say, we’re new to this.
The Federal Home Loan Bank system provides billions to banks curtailing mortgage lending, and millions to its executives