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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC
  • Doubt it. Would be a repeat of when Trump got COVID, where he kept saying it was nothing while getting massive medical help to recover from it.

  • Samsung mocks Apple’s crushing iPad Pro ad with its own ‘UnCrush’ pitch
  • It is a bad thing as it happened just at a transitional period in chargers. If it was just another USB A connector, then it wouldn't have been an issue. But we are now in the transition of USB C chargers and most people don't have a "box of them".

    Newer devices are advertising that they have ever faster charging options, but these need the newer USB C connectors to reach these advertised speeds, which as I mentioned, most people don't already have. So you are stuck buying another thing to use what they were advertised as having.

  • ASUS breaks your ROG Ally if you don't pay $200 for warranty repairs: SCAMMING COMPANY!
  • Online gaming for certain games. Proton doesn't work with some online DRMs.

  • EA gonna EA
  • Market size has also gone up. 30 years ago and selling a million copies is mind-blowing. Today it's on the lower end of big game launch. Lower profit per unit, but many more units sold which really helps balance out the difference.

  • Churches don’t have to be accessible. That’s a voting rights problem.
  • But then all the home skooled Republicans would complain that it's against their parental rights to have to deal with public edukation and their children's might end up hearing about those evil "A-B-3"s.

    "It's 'always' been this way and I don't think we should change" (even if it hasn't always been this way)

  • A snapshot of heaven
  • Violation of the Geneva Convention.

  • After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it
  • WebMD isn't the FDA, neither are the millions who eat it.

    Only the FDA can say if something is GRAS or not. No one else matters in this context. And this contest wants to follow the FDA guidelines.

  • After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it
  • It's even worse than that. The makers aren't even sure what was in their product to begin with.

    Zahn says the kokum butter shouldn’t be an issue anyway: The company has since replaced it with cocoa butter, which does have GRAS certification. Initially, he told the Post the cocoa butter version was what he submitted for the awards, but after this story was published he said he determined that it was in fact the kokum butter version. (According to Weiner, Climax submitted an ingredient list that included kokum.)

    So it might have been labeled with having kokum butter, it might not. Who knows? Seems to depends what answer is needed at the time.

    Also,

    Climax, it turns out, wasn’t just a finalist — it was set to win the award, a fact that all parties are asked to keep confidential until the official ceremony in Portland, Ore., but was revealed in an email the foundation sent to Climax in January.

    If I'm reading this correctly, out of all the contestants, only they knew they won. Makes it a further stretch that it was a dairy company that "out" them as they wouldn't have known that the vegan cheese won.

    My guess for the change about GRAS was it most likely was assumed everyone would only submit GRAS items, and since someone broke that non-spoken rule then they had to make it a clarified rule. It is something you'd just assume everyone made sure their food was most or less FDA approved (which is a logical assumption).

    The Washington Post article is much clearer about this whole issue (which is linked to in this badly written Boingbonk article.)

  • Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today
  • We don't believe in controlling you and your games. Here, you won't be locked out of titles you paid for, or constantly asked to prove you own them - this is DRM-free gaming.

    From the GOG website.

    You'll need to show some proof for that claim.

  • Net neutrality rules restored by US agency, reversing Trump
  • So the choice is vote for Biden who has acknowledged and stated that the violence in Gaza needs to stop. Or vote for Trump who declared that Gaza should be blown to hell.

    Sorry, who was kissing Israel's ass?

  • ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in U.S. if legal options fail, Reuters sources say
  • They have the app stores ban it from being downloaded if you are in the USA. This is already done, and app stores aren't affected by on device VPNs, so it wouldn't be that easy to get around.

    For example, you can't download this app since (I'm guessing) you live in the USA, similar enough. It's geolocked. Same will happen with Tiktok.

  • Grand jury indicts fake electors who falsely certified Donald Trump as 2020 winner in Arizona
  • Don't worry, if these kinds of people can get Trump in regardless of the will of the people, Trump will pardon them for this crime.

  • Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content
  • The emulator is more likely that the Switch 2 was supposed to be released this year and ended up getting pushed to next year. This means they have to support the Switch fully for another year and it's a harder sell when it's easy for customers to make a choice between:

    • A Switch and 3ish games

    Or

    • A Steam Deck that can play all the Switch games for free

    When these are both the same price. The fact that instructions were easy to find and follow didn't help.

  • South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns
  • Seems everyone jumped to conclusions about this article.

    Yes, iPhones are blocked because they lack security. This is military, so they aren't worried about basic malware. They are worried about government level security issues (Pegasus, etc...). And let's be blunt, on this level, Apple keeps showing that they lack security in the real world situations. Yet the latest of a long list of iPhones being targeted and hacked.

    Now, where people seem to be badly jumping to conclusions is that the article points out that "many" devices will be banned, so no, I doubt the latest Samsung Galaxy phone will be allowed. They are most likely going to require people use a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone. These are designed for military usage and prevent phones from being secretly turned on for recording private conversations by hacks like Pegasus. These phones have been around for a few years now, and have likely been thoroughly tested and approved now.

    This isn't some knee-jerk patriotic requirement, but a real understanding of what is and isn't a secure device, combined with the fact that Korea has to deal with a more and more aggressive China. They need real security for real world military.

  • South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns
  • but also informal communications such as private phone calls (within military buildings).

    They are worried about iOS being insecure as it's been shown time and time again that iOS devices keep getting hacked and this kind of thing happens. Here is the latest issue with it from 12 days ago.

    When dealing with the military, you need to make sure your devices are secure, not "well basic users most likely couldn't break into it."

    Now, the title is terrible because it does point out later in the article that many devices will be banned, so it's most likely not just iPhones, but also off the shelf Samsung phones as well. They will most likely want a secure smartphone like a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone, as those are secure and have military designs.

  • South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns
  • You mean the Samsung "Tactical Edition" smartphones?

    They've been around for years. They were originally built for the Korean military. And it didn't cost them an "astronomical" amount of money.

  • Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
  • Restarting phone as well so the same thing

  • Best deck games for a flight? (as in...possibly running on batteries)
  • Which long flight have you flown that had them? I've flown a few over the last five years, and only one had USB. Air Canada, WestJet, RyanAir, Korean Air, and Aer Lingus didn't have one, all for international flights that weren't short.

  • Canonical and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Ubuntu to Qualcomm Devices
    www.webpronews.com Canonical and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Ubuntu to Qualcomm Devices

    Canonical and Qualcomm have announced a collaboration to bring Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm devices, with the latter joining Canonical's silicon partner program.

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    Canonical and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Ubuntu to Qualcomm Devices
    www.webpronews.com Canonical and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Ubuntu to Qualcomm Devices

    Canonical and Qualcomm have announced a collaboration to bring Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm devices, with the latter joining Canonical's silicon partner program.

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    Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrek
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