not that deep, just the skin.

I feel less than other men , apparently.

There should be laws against poorly maintained office ACs.

there are regulation about this. in decent offices they regularly check things like air flow, speed, quality of the air, temperature , etc

enforcing them is a different story

the article is not a news story, it is a personal analysis. of course it will show the author’s opinion

also I don’t think they offer e2e encryption for what the UK demanded.

afaik they provide e2ee for messages and mail but not photos or drive, which apple did encrypt e2e when ADP was enabled.

the current law does not allow them to no comply. they can go to court, but they would be required to comply in the meantime.

unfortunately the UK law says not complying is a criminal offense, not just an administrative un compliance. so apple employees would be liable to criminal charges.

this is very bad but it’s the draconian UK laws the problem here.

I’m conflicted on what would have been the best course of action.

if they would have fought this (in private) I assume people would assume they were complying. so the only option would have been to break UK law and fight it publicly. I am not sure that was feasible.

but this also just creates a precedent for other countries push apple to do the same

they did define themselves as leeches recently

saying the gulf of Mexico is an US location is like saying the Pacific Ocean is an US location.

it is worse when you notice than other places with two names do not use that schema.

Google maps shows “Rio Bravo” only when in spanish not Rio Bravo (Rio Grande).

It’s reasonable to assume Google has been served that same request. it just has not been confirmed to any outlet.

Most platforms did not had e2e back in 2013. now most offer it (thought sometimes it is optional)

Did you bother checking? You seem very eager for them to STFU.

Just the first one in the list is Rabbi Rachel Barenblat who has been vocal regarding the atrocities Palestine has been suffering. Many others are part of jewish voice for peace. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/rabbinical-council/

The whole list is in https://www.xouthate.org in case there is a little chance you actually care.

I honestly think the issue is that these people want a SmartTV but are annoyed about its downsides. When I bought my current TV I disabled the smartOS but ended up enabling it back because I did find value on its features.

I think the complaints are not well articulated. They do want the smart TV they just want good ones that dont spy on them or show ads.

smart TVs mostly can be used as a dumb TV if you reject the terms of services when you set it up. I understand they are annoying, but people making such a big fuzz about them are clearly just fabricating drama.

they are not live. before they feed the grid they need to synchronize to the grid’s phase

-they detect AC from the grid

-they sync the phase to it

-start feeding

why? they put around 600w max. there are plenty of appliances in a home that put a higher load than that.

they have a “micro inverter” you literally just plug them into a socket in your house.

it’s for the safety of people working on the grid. solar panels in general have either to be isolated from the grid or disconnect if the grid is down. they are not allowed to spill into the grid if the grid has no power.

IIRC they recently lost that google money in august since Google was found guilty of monopolistic practices. that is why they’ve been reducing budget everywhere (except AI….)