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  • Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

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  • Years and years ago, they discovered that Google was still tracking your location, even with location disabled. That's because Google created a surveillance network using your friends' phones. Your friends' phones would find local WiFi connections, and report them back to Google, along with associated GPS data. Then Google used this to make a sort of WiFi map. So now Google can tell where you are without ever getting any actual "location data".

  • Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

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  • Whaaat? I definitely use Bluetooth without location services, and always have?

  • linux: Goodbye from a Linux community volunteer

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  • A little bit statics of my kernel-work at the end:

    Signed-off patches: 518 Reviewed and Acked patches: 253 Tested patches: 80

    You might say not the greatest achievement for seven years comparing to some other developers. Perhaps. But I meant each of these tags, be sure.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • Everything on the internet is "downloaded" to your device

    No it is not. You're using wrong definitions to back up other wrong definitions.

    "Download" means to make a copy and store it on your local device.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • You are attempting to split hairs based on distribution

    This is not just semantics or "splitting hairs" or pedantic. How it's distributed is a fundamental property of what a podcast is.

    If it's not, maybe you can tell me what a podcast is, and how it's different from a YouTube video?

    You could argue that calling a live show a podcast is technically incorrect:

    ...why would I do that?

    but thanks to language continuing to adapt to its environment...

    This is not "language adaptation", this is a complete erosion of the meaning of the word.

    We have words for videos, they're called "videos", which are fundamentally different from a "podcast".

    Podcasts were containerized (aka offline) recordings of these.

    Podcast are not necessarily offline. You can stream them.

  • Fun fact: public Bluesky profiles also offer RSS feeds

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  • I like the language exercise of trying to say a complete idea in the less possible words.

    Except people don't do that. They just create these ridiculously long and confusing threads

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • Many radio shows may and do have video feeds but that does not prevent them from being called radio shows.

    Nor does it prevent it from being a podcast. What prevents it being a podcast is not being distributed as a podcast...

  • “I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock

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  • That's what class actions are for.

  • “I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock

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  • They could easily claim damages, considering they may have made sacrifices over the years against other providers in anticipation of the T-Mo guarantee.

  • Boox announces Palma 2 with fingerprint sensor and Android 13

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  • Well, okay, if you're into that, I'd probably recommend the upcoming Mudita Kompakt instead.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • No. It does not. It has podcasts. And some of those podcasts have an optional video component.

    Adding video doesn't make it not a podcast. Not distributing it as a podcast makes it not a podcast.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • Okay, well then, according to your "respected sources", this is also not a podcast, so go on with yourself.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • It's not subjective at all, and it's not just semantics. There is a tangible difference, the implications of which we've seen on this very OP.

  • EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

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  • If a game that once worked on Steamdeck and now no longer works after publisher intervention then refunds need to be issued.

    If it's up to me I would leave SteamDeck out of it altogether. If the publisher changes the terms of sale in any way, it should be refundable. But at the very least, if you bought it on SteamDeck and it later stops working on SD, I would agree and would add that as well. But Valve would have a hard time enforcing that against the publisher since, again, it was never advertised as supported by anyone but Valve.

    Of course, then we have to have a deeper discussion about things like game-breaking updates, so ultimately Valve needs to serve as not only legislator but as the judge, jury and executioner as well.

    It's complicated.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • ...yes? What about it?

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • Are you aware Wikipedia has sources?

    Then cite the sources, there's no reason to use Wikipedia as an unnecessary middleman.

    Cites dictionaries

    Once again I'm going to ask you to appeal to a sense of logic and reason instead of authority. These definitions make zero sense.

    For example your second source says "downloaded over the internet" and since YouTube doesn't allow you to download videos, YT videos would be omitted from that definition.

  • Fun fact: public Bluesky profiles also offer RSS feeds

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  • I think it's worth noting that you could never post this message on BSky due to arbitrary and fucking stupid character limits.

    I'll never join anything with character limits. Like, why?

  • EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

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  • Okay let's have a rational thought experiment:

    On the one hand, BF1 was never advertised as being Linux compatible.

    On the other hand, EA has retroactively changed the terms of the sale in such a way that breaks the game, ruins the experience, solves nothing, has extremely questionable security implications, and you who paid for the game did not consent to.

    Personally I think they should have to refund games for this and Valve needs to put their foot down and be good stewards for the community.

  • Linus Torvalds on the kernel, GenAI, EVs, programming languages and more…[Video Podcast 49:58]

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  • It's often lonely advocating for the right thing.