Re-rendering 4k videos (or of any other quality fwiw) with ads included would probably incur more electricity costs than they could ever make through the ads. TV could afford to do this since they transmit the same program and the same ads to everyone. Youtube targets them per user, so they’d need to render the same video, in high quality, every time any user clicks on it.

when are they gonna learn that any client-side restriction or hindrance can and will be defeated? sleep(5000) is kinda like them throwing a fit, not actually trying to punish anyone. obviously we’ll find a way to avoid waiting the 5s, do they think we’ll just give up?

I don’t think it’s paranoid to not want any intermediary to know what you’re talking about, even if all you’re talking about is innocuous things like groceries.

Besides, they don’t have to “waste time” on anything. They’ve got computers to collect it all.

Of course, like you said, Signal or Matrix are potential solutions for that, but you still need to get both sides to agree on using them. SMS have the advantage that everyone has a phone number and can thus use them. Upgrading to RCS will secure this insecure-yet-very-popular medium.

Is there zero risk or do you think there is zero risk? Text messages can absolutely be intercepted by your service provider

Why not both? Digital is obviously better but analog is painfully simple hence it’ll probably be the medium used for transmitting emergency alerts

I doubt Firefox will give in. Much more likely is that websites start blocking it until you cannot use the internet without Chromium

What in the name of fuck is that bill. That’s one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve seen in a longer while. Companies and open source communities will immediately catch that an employee is trying to sabotage their system on behalf of the government by means of code review and version control history. The programmer will be questioned, then likely fired or ostracized in case of open source works and the code will hit the bin. This idiotic… thing will accomplish nothing but harm their own citizens who will now be treated like potential therats and denied employment opportunities.

On a funnier note, every time Australia introduces some horrible tech-related bill I remember this beautiful clip summarising just how well politicians understand technology.

Exemplary answer, thanks!

Mentioned in another thread, but There I was and Never again by AOPA. Both of these podcasts cover real stories as told by pilots about when they’ve gotten into a dangerous situation - and how they got out. Never again is particularly fun to listen to since its’ episodes are no longer than 10 minutes most of the time. If you’re interested in air safety (you should be if you’re even thinking about getting licensed ;) ) then this is a must listen in my opinion.

The Fighter Pilot Podcast by Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello (ret. naval aviator) is also interesting if you’re into military aviation.