Skipping past the usual deserved ‘fuck Oracle’, what reason do universities (or most organisations for that matter) have to ever use Oracle’s Java? The likes of OpenJDK seem to provide identical functionality for anyone who isn’t specifically supporting Oracle Java customers, and I doubt unis are raising many JDK bugs that warrant paying for support.

Downvotes aren’t federated but you still see all the downvotes sent from just your own instance

Passwords? A relic, and an insecure one at that.

instead of scanning your face (which can be spoofed) or fingerprints (which can be copied), these systems scan the ‘pattern’ of the veins running inside your palm – something that’s unique to you, and absolutely can’t be faked.

Consider me sceptical.

They don’t want you viewing content from friends, they want you viewing content from the brands that pay them

It is and always has been as far as I’m aware

Interesting, I’ve been wondering how OSM deals with malicious changes

Libel if it’s in print, slander if you say it in person

It’s not like it gives you questions in a particular order, it just puts a pin on the map everywhere there’s missing information. For instance if your neighbourhood only had house numbers missing then that’s all you’ll see nearby, other places could be completely different.

Prime opportunity for some evangelising!

Definitely ticks the “something interesting to do out on a walk” box that pokémon go did

Street Complete is definitely the gateway drug here, very simple and beginner-friendly way to get started

In the traditional sense of losing about 10% of its users? Seems about right.

I just go with “corpo social media” - is there a company trying to get infinite growth and profit behind the website?

Nautilus was torture-tested with poor aim scenarios, erratic flow rates, and simulated misfires

reducing splashback by a staggering 98%

Seems like they did this properly, and while it’s not perfect it handles sprinkler mode pretty well

I don’t know how the purchasing power differs across the pond but converting dollarydoos to pounds that sounds like a bargain for a new functional EV

Whatever happened to the hololens? I used an early one and it was genuinely an incredibly cool bit of kit. Could they just not think of a way to make money with it?

March 29, 2025

I’m not so sure

Google will continue to publish the source code for Android’s Linux kernel fork, as it is licensed under GPLv2, which mandates source code releases, and is separate from AOSP.

This is about AOSP, which apparently is separate and uses the MIT licence.

I can’t see it making a huge difference, Android has always been in that “OSS but not FOSS” area of basically being completely owned and controlled by Google.

I think once you’re in the leadership role you get to decide what people are allowed to do

Worth a read, one TL;DR is that Zuck is just as weird as all those unflattering pictures of him make him look