Wish I could find mine FFS.

It’s a genetic superiority I’ll have you know, +30 resistance to anaesthetic.

Out of curiosity, what are your views on flutter?

It’s just arch isn’t it?

Playing devil’s advocate here - we know voice information is being sent back to both Google and Apple, if the analysis were done server side dissembling apps isn’t going to show us anything we don’t already know.

While I do suspect they listen, I have pretty solid (anecdotal) evidence they scan text messages. When I bought my house I had no solicitor, I text my buddy to see who he used and he texted me a response.

Started to type into Google to get a number and it was the top suggested search after 2 chars. Nowhere else did I mention this solicitor, hadn’t heard of them before this, have no other searches for this solicitor. It’s not a big firm, it’s not even in my city - only explanation I have is they scanned the messages.

Gears 3

Presumably the demand isn’t there, £1200 is a lot for a consumer drive and spinning rust is 1/3 the price.

Sounds more like a tooling issue. The tech exists, the hardware can run it but the tools don’t exist to make it feasible in a reasonable timeframe/with a reasonably sized dev team. Corners are being cut on optimization or relying on hardware brute forcing it.

Honestly I’d take the utilitarian approach to that, if it’s a net good, then I’m probably for it - but that’s a big if.

Thats a bit tame, first page of the British passport is:

“His Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary”

Oi you, this is my mate and you’re going to look after him, alright.

I’d also imagine Google won’t be prevented from owning a browser indefinitely - if it’s still worth it they’ll create a new browser and try to recapture the market, further diversifying the market.

Alright Stallman, calm down.

I try not to be too Linux fanboish these days, but what in the ever loving fuck is that about? Windows sounds like it’s reverted to 90s/early 2000s novelty crap and browser toolbars.

I just spent yesterday fucking up an nVidia driver upgrade in Ubuntu for no appreciable improvement in transition freezing in the Dead Space remake.

Sometimes I love trawling through logs at speed and making magic happen because it reminds me of my heydays solving L3 support issues when the shit hit the fan.

Then I have to do it at work and it crushes me.

Tbh I’ve only praise for any interactions I’ve had with British govt websites through government gateway.

:x

I’m running Ubuntu and never had an issue with 5120x1440 on a stupid big ultrawide AOC.

I’m not saying you you should or shouldn’t, but if you did, I’ve heard it’s possible to access a backup of the original even if you don’t have an original disc.