Sotis
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Mostly #random stuff.
Learning #日本語.
Learning #日本語.
This is the most anti-European thing I've ever read. www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/the-eu-...
The EU wants to kill cookie banners
The EU wants to end annoying cookie pop-ups by letting users set their consent once in their browser. If passed, websites will have to respect those choices.
www.simpleanalytics.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is the most anti-European thing I've ever read. www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/the-eu-...
A beautiful day at the Parthenon 🏛️
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A beautiful day at the Parthenon 🏛️
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reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.
September 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.
The EU trying to simplify tech sounds like a joke 🤣
THE HACK: Cookie banners fall under simplification drive
THE HACK: Cookie banners fall under simplification drive
In today's edition: MEPs prep for EU Inc., Horizon Europe, CEOs back EU sovereignty push
dlvr.it
September 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The EU trying to simplify tech sounds like a joke 🤣
In a couple of years, if you use a VPN service to protect your privacy in the EU, you'll be treated like a potential pedo.
July 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In a couple of years, if you use a VPN service to protect your privacy in the EU, you'll be treated like a potential pedo.
Why on earth did the British vote for this?
The introduction of age-verification in the UK this weekend appears to be an unmitigated disaster. Anyone accessing socials now has to upload ID, scan their face or otherwise verify. The outrage is widespread and everyone is just finding workarounds.
The government has gone into defense.
The government has gone into defense.
Starmer defends Online Safety Act as `child protection´
Rules introduced under the Act on July 25 require online platforms to take steps to prevent children accessing harmful content.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Why on earth did the British vote for this?
This will seriously fuel anti-American sentiment and Euroscepticism across the EU. Tough times ahead for Europe! All this time the Commission was deceiving us with its empty threats of retaliation. And Ukraine's next! If you're European, stop buying American products starting today.
We have deal 🇪🇺🇺🇸
Together, the EU and the US are a market of 800 million people.
And nearly 44 percent of global GDP.
It’s the biggest trade deal ever ↓
europa.eu/!gRXhqQ
Together, the EU and the US are a market of 800 million people.
And nearly 44 percent of global GDP.
It’s the biggest trade deal ever ↓
europa.eu/!gRXhqQ
July 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This will seriously fuel anti-American sentiment and Euroscepticism across the EU. Tough times ahead for Europe! All this time the Commission was deceiving us with its empty threats of retaliation. And Ukraine's next! If you're European, stop buying American products starting today.
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"It's to protect kids!"
It's surveillance.
"They tracked my phone anyway!"
And now you attached your legal ID to that.
It's surveillance.
"They tracked my phone anyway!"
And now you attached your legal ID to that.
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"It's to protect kids!"
It's surveillance.
"They tracked my phone anyway!"
And now you attached your legal ID to that.
It's surveillance.
"They tracked my phone anyway!"
And now you attached your legal ID to that.
The EU got this one right.
July 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The EU got this one right.
Fifth Third Bank? Not sure you guys figured out the whole counting thing, which feels kinda important for a bank.
July 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fifth Third Bank? Not sure you guys figured out the whole counting thing, which feels kinda important for a bank.
More banks seem to be buying Bitcoin lately.
July 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
More banks seem to be buying Bitcoin lately.
Moving fast from 1933 to 1934. Some timelines are repeating.
In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it.
theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
theintercept.com/2025/07/15/i...
ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court
ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.
theintercept.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Moving fast from 1933 to 1934. Some timelines are repeating.
So is cash?
Crypto is top money laundering threat, warns new EU watchdog
Client Challenge
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So is cash?
tf is everyone's problem with AC?
July 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
tf is everyone's problem with AC?
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Every person who proposes to write one of these articles should be forced to live a year in Georgia or Mississippi without air conditioning.
Spend a month somewhere where the mean July temperature is ~90F instead of ~70F - heat can kill and even when it doesn't, it shatters productivity.
Spend a month somewhere where the mean July temperature is ~90F instead of ~70F - heat can kill and even when it doesn't, it shatters productivity.
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Every person who proposes to write one of these articles should be forced to live a year in Georgia or Mississippi without air conditioning.
Spend a month somewhere where the mean July temperature is ~90F instead of ~70F - heat can kill and even when it doesn't, it shatters productivity.
Spend a month somewhere where the mean July temperature is ~90F instead of ~70F - heat can kill and even when it doesn't, it shatters productivity.
Because so many people use the word "literally" figuratively, it now means both "literally" and "not literally."
July 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Because so many people use the word "literally" figuratively, it now means both "literally" and "not literally."
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A programming fact that still amazes me is that the HTTP header which containers the referring url is called "referer", because the developer spelt "referrer" wrong and the spell checker didn't catch it, so it made it into the official standards and they just never changed it lmao
July 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A programming fact that still amazes me is that the HTTP header which containers the referring url is called "referer", because the developer spelt "referrer" wrong and the spell checker didn't catch it, so it made it into the official standards and they just never changed it lmao
Pretty soon, coding without Internet is gonna be nearly impossible, and not long after that, no one will need the Internet to code, everyone will have billion-parameter LLMs running locally on their laptop.
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pretty soon, coding without Internet is gonna be nearly impossible, and not long after that, no one will need the Internet to code, everyone will have billion-parameter LLMs running locally on their laptop.
I can't believe access to top LLMs is still free.
July 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I can't believe access to top LLMs is still free.
"There are no ideological reasons behind this," conservative Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said. Truth is, if we start making exceptions in certain cases, it's only a matter of time before it happens to all of us.
Austria could soon be allowed to check suspects’ secure app messages
Austria could soon be allowed to check suspects’ secure app messages
"An excessive, massively overreaching encroachment on our citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms," a lawmaker said about the bill that passed the Austrian lower house of parliament on Wednesday.
dlvr.it
July 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"There are no ideological reasons behind this," conservative Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said. Truth is, if we start making exceptions in certain cases, it's only a matter of time before it happens to all of us.
You guys, remember Xiaohongshu?
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You guys, remember Xiaohongshu?