PSA: Nova Launcher added Facebook and Google Ads tracking
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/35049920
The latest update for the popular Nova Launcher app includes Facebook Ads and Google AdMob.Compare 8.2.4: reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/…
With 8.1.6: reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/…
From 2 trackers to 6 trackers. From 30 permissions to 36. And two of the "trackers" are for ad stuff, like Facebook Ads.
I believe the owner also changed. It's no longer Branch, but something called Instabridge Sweden.
Report for com.teslacoilsw.launcher 8104 (8.2.4)
Known trackers, permissions and informations about this specific version of this applicationεxodus
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“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/41983123
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Jan 20, 2026
On Sunday, January 18, the text of a reported agreement between the Syrian central government based in Damascus, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began circulating on social media and local news channels.The agreement was intended to be signed after a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi in Damascus that would avert a long-feared, all-out war between the two sides.
It was wishful thinking. The meeting, and along with it the tenuous ceasefire, collapsed. The government had demanded full and immediate handover of SDF-held territory to its control, the disbandment of the SDF as an armed force, and liquidation of independent civil institutions—steps the SDF was unwilling to take. Instead, local Arab tribes formerly allied to the group, which had recently switched allegiances and joined the government, pressed forward with attacks on SDF positions. SDF officials accused Syrian government aligned forces of executing captives and vowed to resist the onslaught, with officials sharing a video that they said depicted the partial beheading of SDF fighters.
“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
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Jan 20, 2026On Sunday, January 18, the text of a reported agreement between the Syrian central government based in Damascus, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began circulating on social media and local news channels.The agreement was intended to be signed after a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi in Damascus that would avert a long-feared, all-out war between the two sides.
It was wishful thinking. The meeting, and along with it the tenuous ceasefire, collapsed. The government had demanded full and immediate handover of SDF-held territory to its control, the disbandment of the SDF as an armed force, and liquidation of independent civil institutions—steps the SDF was unwilling to take. Instead, local Arab tribes formerly allied to the group, which had recently switched allegiances and joined the government, pressed forward with attacks on SDF positions. SDF officials accused Syrian government aligned forces of executing captives and vowed to resist the onslaught, with officials sharing a video that they said depicted the partial beheading of SDF fighters.
“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
The Syrian government has been pressing forward with an offensive against the SDF alongside tenuous negotiations for a ceasefire in northeastern Syria.Drop Site News
“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
Drop Site News
Jan 20, 2026
On Sunday, January 18, the text of a reported agreement between the Syrian central government based in Damascus, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began circulating on social media and local news channels.The agreement was intended to be signed after a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi in Damascus that would avert a long-feared, all-out war between the two sides.
It was wishful thinking. The meeting, and along with it the tenuous ceasefire, collapsed. The government had demanded full and immediate handover of SDF-held territory to its control, the disbandment of the SDF as an armed force, and liquidation of independent civil institutions—steps the SDF was unwilling to take. Instead, local Arab tribes formerly allied to the group, which had recently switched allegiances and joined the government, pressed forward with attacks on SDF positions. SDF officials accused Syrian government aligned forces of executing captives and vowed to resist the onslaught, with officials sharing a video that they said depicted the partial beheading of SDF fighters.
“Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Prepares for Showdown With Damascus
The Syrian government has been pressing forward with an offensive against the SDF alongside tenuous negotiations for a ceasefire in northeastern Syria.Drop Site News
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KuKluxKlan States of Amerikkka simply being honest for once
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7394978
Wow the Country founded on Slavery and Genocide is bad???
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The Amerikkkan ProgreSSive$
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American democrat "socialists" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani love to denounce Palestinians and supporters protesting against genocide but remain silent on Zionist land sales on the west bank by American Zionists on the USA
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Israel launches large-scale military operation in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7394187
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2115…
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced on Sunday, January 18, the launch of an extensive military operation in Jabal Johar area, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron.The IOF claimed that the operation aims to “dismantle terror infrastructure sites, eradicate illegal possession of weapons, and enhance security in the area”. It also added that the campaign will continue for several days.
The move was interpreted as an attempt to abort any resistance actions by Palestinians from Hebron before they may be carried out, and as part of Israel’s comprehensive efforts to crack down on Palestinian resistance groups in the occupied West Bank.
The fresh assault on Hebron came less than two months after the IOF began its second sweeping onslaught on the northern areas of the West Bank in the span of one year.
The successive brutal campaigns of the IOF alongside the non-stop violent setter attacks across the occupied territory resulted in the deaths of at least 240 Palestinians, including 55 children, according to a report released by the United Nations on January 7, 2026.
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Humanitarian Situation Update #352 - West Bank - Question of Palestine
Between 17 December 2025 and 20 January 2026, one Humanitarian Situation Update is being issued every week.Question of Palestine
Iran rejects Washington's "false accusations" and continued attempts to fuel tensions in the region : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7394189
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2115…
On Saturday, January 17, the government of Iran claimed that the United States is making false accusations against the country in its latest attempt to “fuel tensions” in the region. It dismissed the US allegation of attacks on American bases in the region, warning that any move to militarily target Iran would be retaliated. The comments were made by the spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmail Baghaei, in a press conference in response to a post on the US Deparment of State’s Farsi page, claiming Iran is preparing to launch attacks on its bases in the region.The US Department of State reiterated threats of striking Iran, saying that “all options remain on the table” and warning Iran not to “play games with president [Donald] Trump.” Trump has been issuing threats of strikes on Iran since the beginning of the year, after protests broke out in the country over economic suffering.
President Trump has also repeatedly threatened the Iranian government not to use force against protesters, whom he even encouraged to occupy institutions, promising “help on its way”. On Sunday, Trump went so far as to accuse Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei of misrule and excessive use of violence against the protesters to stay in power. He also repeated his call for change in the country’s leadership.
The US president’s open support for Iranian protesters and threats of military intervention has invited strong criticism from top Iranian officials, who have claimed that this encouraged the protesters to turn violent, attack public and private property, and to turn the movement into a regime-change mission.
On Saturday, Supreme Leader Khamenei reacted once again to the allegations, claiming that Trump was the main culprit behind the killings and destruction during the protests that took place over the last two weeks. Although official data is yet to be released, it is speculated that hundreds of people were killed after the nationwide protests over growing economic hardship turned violent in the first two weeks of January.
Trump is responsible for the death and destruction in Iran
Speaking during a religious ceremony on Saturday, Khamenei said that “the US president is responsible for casualties, damages, and false accusations directed against the Iranian nation.” He claimed that the US has been trying to incite violence against the Iranian state for decades. Previously, this was done through misuse of the media and the backing of low-profile politicians. However, this time it was different, he said, as “the president of the US himself intervened, made statements, encouraged the rioters, and even spoke of providing military support.”
Read more: Iran condemns US attempts to exploit protests for political gain, as Trump seemingly backs off military threat
Khamenei said this approach was pursued because “the US cannot tolerate a country with Iran’s characteristics, capabilities, vastness, and scientific and technological progress.” He asserted that authorities would not lead the “country toward war, but we will also not let domestic and international criminals go unpunished.”On Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged that Iranians are facing economic hardship. In a post on X, he claimed that this is a result of sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. Pezeshkian also warned the US and Trump against attempting to target the Iranian supreme leader, claiming any attack on Khamenei would be treated as an attack on the whole country.
US withdrawal from Iraqi base welcomed
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Iraq on Sunday. During a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, he expressed satisfaction at the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq’s Ain-al Asad airbase after years of presence. He called it good for regional peace and stability.As per the agreement reached with the Iraqi government in 2024, US troops pulled out of the airbase last week, handing over control to Iraqi troops. US forces first occupied the base after the 2003 invasion and until 2011. They reoccupied it in 2014 upon returning, in the wake of the emergence of ISIS in the country.
The presence of the US forces in Iraq has been one of the major points of contention with Iran, which has been campaigning for a complete withdrawal of US and foreign troops in the region, describing their presence as a threat to regional peace and security. Iran has often claimed Ain-al Asad was used by the US to launch attacks inside the country. It had also fired several missiles on the base in January 2020, after the US assassinated General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad.
Araghchi noted that stability in Iraq is a guarantee of security and peace in the region.
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“To die for the freedom of a brother people is the highest form of living”: Cuba honors 32 killed in Venezuela : Peoples Dispatch
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/7394646
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/2097…
Nearly half a million Cubans marched through the streets of Havana to honor the 32 Cubans who were killed in combat during the US military incursion into Venezuela on January 3, 2025.The Cuban military personnel who were in Venezuela were carrying out collaborative activities previously agreed upon with the Caracas government. The thirty Cubans killed were personally protecting Nicolás Maduro before he was kidnapped by the US military and brought to the United States, where he is currently on trial.
In Cuba, the revolutionary government has given the remains of the 32 Cubans killed every possible honor. Several days of national mourning were declared on the Caribbean island, in addition to official tours in which the fallen were carried through the streets of Cuba before being laid to rest with all the country’s military tributes.
The large demonstration was led by Cuba’s highest authorities, including members of the government, representatives of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), senior officers of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and various social and political organizations that accompanied the victims’ families in their grief.
Patriotic slogans marked the voice of the crowd that rejected the murder of their compatriots: “Down with imperialism,” “Cuba yes, Yankees no,” and “Justice for the fallen” were some of the cries heard in the streets of the Cuban capital.
Yudelkis Ortiz, one of the top representatives of the PCC, said in her speech in the Plaza de la Revolución: “These heroes have raised the name of Cuba to the heights of the firmament. To die for the freedom of a brother people is the highest form of living … Our heroes knew, as every Cuban knows in the depths of their conscience, that on this island we are not born to live on our knees, but to die standing up if necessary, defending justice.”
Díaz-Canel warns that they will not surrender
For his part, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel told hundreds of thousands of students, workers, scientists, and artists: “On January 3, 2026, in the darkest hour of the early morning, while its noble people slept, Venezuela was attacked in its entirety on the orders of US President Donald Trump. Once again, now in his homeland, Bolívar’s visionary statement that ‘the United States seems destined by providence to plague America with misery in the name of freedom’ was confirmed. And Ernesto Che Guevara’s warning that ‘imperialism cannot be trusted even a little bit, not at all’.”On the death of the 32 Cuban soldiers, the Cuban president declared: “The sacred remains of our 32 compatriots arrived yesterday in their homeland, as eternal soldiers of the integration we owe ourselves. They are the only possible measure of the courage and character of Cubans loyal to a brotherhood forged since the time of Bolívar, exalted by Martí, and now legendary thanks to the close relationship between Fidel and Chávez, leaders of regional integration who in just a few years brought literacy, restored sight, and provided medical and educational services to millions of Venezuelans and other inhabitants of our Latin America and the Caribbean.”
He also emphasized that there was indeed combat between US forces and those stationed in Venezuela, despite attempts by much of the international media to promote the idea that there was no confrontation: “No matter how much they insist on glorifying their soldiers camouflaged with helmets and bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, overprotected by planes, helicopters, and swarms of drones amid intentional blackouts, the Delta terrorists’ assault was not the walk in the park they have sold to the world.”
“One day, we will know the whole truth, but even Trump has been unable to deny that several attackers were wounded. Our brave fighters, with conventional weapons and no vests other than their morale and loyalty to the mission they were carrying out, fought to the death and beat their adversaries,” said the first secretary of the PCC.
Regarding Washington’s actions and a possible attack on Cuba, Díaz-Canel stated: “The current US administration has opened the door to an era of barbarism, dispossession, and neo-fascism, regardless of what that may mean in terms of more war, destruction, and death … They would have to kidnap millions or wipe us off the map, and even then, they would be haunted forever by the ghost of this small archipelago that they had to pulverize because they could not subdue it. No, imperialists, we are absolutely not afraid of you. And we do not like, as Fidel said, being threatened. You will not intimidate us.”
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Cuba en Marcha del Pueblo en honor a combatientes caídos y de compromiso con la Patria - teleSUR
La movilización envió un poderoso mensaje a la Administración Trump: Cuba no les teme y defenderá su independencia y soberanía.Javier Dueñas (teleSUR)
ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief
ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been pulling guns on off-duty officers of color while illegally demanding their citizenship papers.David Edwards (Raw Story)
Local Police Chief Says ICE Agents Drew Their Guns On One of His Officers: ‘It Has to Stop’
Local Police Chief Says ICE Agents Drew Their Guns On One of His Officers: ‘It Has to Stop’
"If it is happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day. It has to stop."Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
New legislation would make Maine’s polluters pay
Printing Paywalled Sites
I'm trying to find an extension that will allow me to print pages such as the one I've linked. When I attempt to do so, the page goes black and I'm prevented from snagging the content. I've also tried screenshot tools, including a few grab & print style extensions. I've messed around with the inspector console, tried disabling javascript, more or less all of the things you might futz with to circumvent this. No joy.
Does anyone have a solution or tool they use for this? I'd like to have this on paper so I don't have to stare at a screen when I'm playing. (I'm a shit jazz musician and need tab. I blame rock and roll.)
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Wes Montgomery - Four On Six (Guitar Pro)
INTERACTIVE TAB (ver 2) by Wes Montgomerytabs.ultimate-guitar.com
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Fujifilm reportedly working on 180MP medium format camera
Fujifilm reportedly working on 180MP medium format camera
The next medium format camera from Fujifilm is expected to offer an even higher resolution than the expensive Phase One XF IQ4.Hannes Brecher (Notebookcheck)
Labour’s warm homes plan is all carrot and no stick for UK households
Labour’s warm homes plan is all carrot and no stick for UK households
Grants, loans and ‘innovative finance’ will fund green technology, with insulation no longer the main objectiveJillian Ambrose (The Guardian)
Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT
https://x.com/sama/status/2013703158459978076
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Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT
https://x.com/sama/status/2013703158459978076
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Michael Saylor Freaking Out As Stock Price Collapses
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/10440776
Skip to 9:00The Bitcoin company exec really gets angry with a simple and reasonable question asked. He calls the host myopic and one of malicious intent.
Did you see it?
"Companies are just [there] to create value..."
What nonsense.
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
ICE Has Stopped Paying Contractors for Detainee Medical Treatment | Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.Mother Jones
Washington's largest climate polluter shuts down despite federal order
The Pacific Northwest’s largest pollution source has shut down, and Washington state officials want to keep it that way.John Ryan (KUOW Public Radio)
“There's no emergency,” said attorney Kelly Wood with the Washington Attorney General’s Office.
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EXCLUSIVE: OnePlus Is Being Dismantled
This conclusion comes from a three-continent investigation—current and former employees across R&D, Business, and Marketing at headquarters in China and regional offices in the US, India, and Europe. It’s confirmed by four independent analyst firms whose market data verifies what OnePlus won’t say. And it’s informed by 15 years covering OnePlus and the smartphone industry’s business dynamics—watching Samsung and Apple rise while Nokia, BlackBerry, HTC, and LG followed this exact pattern into irrelevance.The evidence is damning. Shipments in freefall. A premium stronghold that collapsed almost overnight. Headquarters shuttered without announcement. Partnerships ended. Western teams gutted to skeleton crews. Product cancellations—the Open 2 foldable and 15s compact flagship have both been scrapped; neither will launch as planned. And every major decision now flows from China—regional offices don’t strategize anymore, they take orders.
EXCLUSIVE: OnePlus Is Being Dismantled
An investigation into the business collapse of a smartphone pioneer OnePlus, as you know it, is over. The brand is being dismantled—wound down and put onAlexander Maxham (Android Headlines)
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Federal judges demolish U.S. attorney pretender Lindsey Halligan - Democracy Docket
Federal judges demolish U.S. attorney pretender Lindsey Halligan - Democracy Docket
Federal judges have toppled embattled Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan in a ruling accusing her of ignoring court orders and a separate move aimed at stripping her of her self-proclaimed U.S. attorney title.Democracy Docket
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Meet The Wealthy Private Firms Controlling The Democrat Party
Financial Investment Corporation and Apax, along with subsidiary Bonterra, gained control over much of the American left's infrastructure.Logan Washburn (The Federalist)
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Someone must have clicked "I'm in this photo and I don't like it".
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B’Tselem says at least 84 Palestinians killed in Israeli torture camps
Israel’s prison system has become a “network of torture camps” targeting Palestinians, according to new findings released by B’Tselem.
The report details widespread abuse, deaths in custody and what the rights group describes as a deliberate state policy of violence.
It said on Tuesday that at least 84 Palestinians, including one child, have died in Israeli detention facilities since October 2023.
B’Tselem stressed that the real figure is likely far higher, as many cases remain unverified or concealed.
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DIY, Full-Stack Farm Automation
DIY, Full-Stack Farm Automation
Recently, [Vinnie] aka [vinthewrench] moved from Oregon to Arkansas to start a farmstead. This is a style of farming that focuses not just on a profitable farm where produce is sold at market, but …Hackaday
One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers • North Dakota Monitor
A limited history of Trump’s expansion of presidential powers includes:
- The unilateral capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro and deadly U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-running boats off that nation’s coast, as well as a threat to acquire Greenland.
- The targeting of Democratic-led cities with federal immigration agents — most recently Minneapolis — and National Guard troops.
- The threat to cut congressionally approved funding from institutions, including universities, that do not align with the administration’s ideology.
- The prosecution of political opponents and attacks on the free press.
Those actions and others, coupled with a cooperative GOP Congress, have created an unprecedented shift away from the United States’ democratic tradition and founding principles that establish a system of checks and balances, States Newsroom was told in extensive interviews over recent months.
A Child Welfare Agency Doubted the Accuracy of Drug Tests Used in Court. The Testing Company Dodged Questions.
In 2020, a foster care supervisor in Montcalm County, Michigan, messaged her boss with concerns about drug testing. A father who was working to reunite with his children had tested positive for methamphetamine with the lab the state had a contract with, Averhealth, and the results contradicted tests ordered by other law enforcement agencies, she wrote.
“Judge indicated on the record that the issue of Averhealth’s testing results was a state-wide issue and that probate court judges all over the state were having similar problems.”
Months later, another official with Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services wrote to colleagues about similar worries. “We are struggling to do casework with Averhealth and don’t trust them,” supervisor Sara Winter wrote. “We are making BIG decisions, including having parents leave home or removal, and that’s scary to do when you don’t trust who you’re getting services from.”
A Child Welfare Agency Doubted the Accuracy of Drug Tests Used in Court. The Testing Company Dodged Questions.
Averhealth’s lab practices have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
US citizen in St. Paul, MN says ICE held him at gunpoint, led him outside in underwear
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his daughter-in-law woke him up from a nap Sunday afternoon and said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were banging at the door of his residence in St. Paul. He told her not to open it. Masked agents then forced their way in and pointed guns at the family, yelling at them, Thao recalled.
“I was shaking," he said. “They didn't show any warrant; they just broke down the door."
US citizen says ICE held him at gunpoint, led him outside in underwear
A St. Paul U.S. citizen says ICE broke into his home without a warrant, held him at gunpoint, and detained him in the cold before realizing their mistake.AP via Scripps News Group (News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF))
Non-connected MP3/MP4 players
I want to leave my phone at home or not have it on me most of the time. Most calls I get are meaningless spam and I rarely need to answer my phone for real calls outside my home (though it does happen on ocassion). One thing I do want and am accustomed to is having music, however.
I was looking at Amazon and Aliexpress for devices that can play mp3/mp4s, some can do that and even have ebook readers which is great. I don't see any connectivity on them or microphones save for the one that is included on the earbuds or Bluetooth.
And that is one question I have: can Bluetooth compromised your privacy? I know Bluetooth hacking is real but how bad is it?
I guess if it has a microphone it is ok if I dont have any connectivity. What do you guys recommend?
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Old phone which is supported by (even an old version of) LineageOS, kept permanently in airplane mode.
Can be extra cheap in countries which have switched off 2G+3G networks, and old phones are more likely to have a headphone jack. You might even have one kicking around in a drawer.
Audio output quality and headphone driving capability varies -- research on audio forums for what might be good. LG v-series were very good.
If you're feeling adventurous you could crack it open and remove/short antennas & microphones and cameras.
If it's usb-only or the audio section is poor quality, apple sell a cheap usb-c dac that's pretty good. (get it from a reputable source -- most are counterfeit).
Micron to boost DRAM output with $1.8bn chip fab buy
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/24313827
Seriously, what the fuck is going on with fabs right now?
Micron has found a way to add new DRAM manufacturing capacity in a hurry by acquiring a chipmaking campus from Taiwanese outfit Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).The two companies announced the deal last weekend. Micron’s version of events says it’s signed a letter of intent to acquire Powerchip’s entire P5 site in Tongluo, Taiwan, for total cash consideration of US$1.8 billion.
Micron to boost DRAM output with $1.8bn chip fab buy
Seriously, what the fuck is going on with fabs right now?Micron has found a way to add new DRAM manufacturing capacity in a hurry by acquiring a chipmaking campus from Taiwanese outfit Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).The two companies announced the deal last weekend. Micron’s version of events says it’s signed a letter of intent to acquire Powerchip’s entire P5 site in Tongluo, Taiwan, for total cash consideration of US$1.8 billion.
Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase
: Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billionSimon Sharwood (The Register)
Sicurezza, DPI, DPC, costi e IVA
Quando sento parlare di sicurezza, io intendo la sicurezza personale e collettiva fatta di misure di sicurezza come i DPI (dispositivi di protezione individuale) e i DPC (dispositivi di protezione collettiva). Non penso alla sicurezza militare, al riarmo, alla sicurezza informatica o cybersecurity.
Siccome la sicurezza individuale e collettiva è importante, tanto che i politici e i legislatori benpensanti se ne riempiono la bocca emanando leggi e regolamenti, mi accorgo che al lato pratico poi si fa ben poco. Quando mi occupo di sicurezza, mi imbatto in leggi e normative poco chiare. Peggio ancora mi imbatto nei costi assurdi dei dispositivi di sicurezza e nei loro prezzi elevati, talmente elevati da disincentivarne l'acquisto e l'utilizzo. L'IVA collegata ai dispositivi di sicurezza spesso è ancora al 5%, quando dovrebbe essere azzerata. Ma poi la normativa è arzigogolata. Per esempio, in questo articolo si fa fatica a capire quando applicare l'iva al 5% per i DPI non in ambito sanitario:
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Per esempio, i DPI per l'uso in sicurezza della motosega come i pantaloni e i giubbotti antitaglio certificati classe 1 hanno costi assurdi da 250€ a 350€, rientrano nell'iva al 5%? Pensa ad una azienda di boscaioli che deve dotare i propri dipendendi di tali dispositivi, quanto va a spendere e quante seghe mentali si deve fare per capire se i DPI rientrano o meno nell'iva agevolata. Anche perché il dispositivo di sicurezza non è eterno, ma ha una scadenza oltre la quale lo devi sostituire anche se ancora in buono stato. Quanti sono disposti ad affrontare tali costi e tali seghe mentali? Idem per quanto riguarda i DPC come parapetti, linee vita, ponteggi ...
DPI e IVA 5%: guida pratica 2025 - Commercialista.it
Scopri quando puoi applicare l’IVA al 5% su mascherine, guanti e DPI. Requisiti, rischi fiscali e vantaggi per imprese e distributori.Mariana Maxwel (Commercialista.it)
Fun tidbit,
Sheeps, wanting to hold up to their fame have made a number on engineers trying to get them to live with solar panels :
The solar panels are fixed in the ground by posts,and when one sheep decides he's goign to walk between two posts, every sheep in the pasture wants to do the same.
The whole herd trying to squeez in there puts such strain on the posts that it ended up bending them in early tests
In the end they had to strengthen the posts and space them out more.
With cows on the other hand, they are too smart and end up tinkering with any wiring left unatended and will hapily rip out cords off of your solar panels. Better keep your wiring clean !
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