"the top destinations for supplemental passports among Americans are Portugal, Malta, Greece and Italy." #visa #passport #portugal 🍜 Rich Americans get second passports, citing risk...
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2024
"This is one impact of media consolidation: Studios can work very hard to hold your attention before deciding, at the last possible moment, that they’re...
"It would be dishonest to simply dismiss the fact that Apple has affected my life in an immensely positive way. But that comes at a...
"Somehow, for a few seconds at a time, it makes sense to me on a very deep level. The “Amanda” part seems essential, too, for...
"Amidst the typical gesture of putting the eclipse glasses on and taking them off, depending on if people were looking at the sky during the...
"a side audio project about photos that we love online, with more in-depth thoughts about composition, lighting, technique and so on." #photography #podcast 🚀 3×2...
"This is your reminder that standing against surveillance that continues to engulf us all is a global responsibility." #Israel #gaza #technology 🚀 Surveillance as a...
"Japan's shrinking population is well documented, but while it's hard to appreciate such societal changes when in and around Tokyo, once away from the capital...
"Right now, though, I would rather pour vinegar onto my eyeballs" #tesla 🚀 I tried Tesla FSD https://werd.io/2024/i-tried-tesla-fsd
"the selling of cheap knock-off goods is an unsustainable business model, the real money is in data." #temu #app #security #spyware 🚀 Is Temu legit?...
"When many modern cities were designed, they were for men to work in. Their wives and family stayed in the suburbs, while the workers drove...
"The city’s socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo has pushed through a great many anti-motoring measures during her two administrations—such as reducing the number of parking places,...
"“I find it very odd,” he said. “I’m a fairly private person who just sits in front of the computer and hacks on code.”" #security...
"A real journalist or a more intrepid conversationalist would have gone up to the couple and asked them to explain the longevity of their marriage...
"Game emulators have managed to sneak onto the App Store several times over the years by using hidden functionality, but Apple has not explicitly permitted...
"The nicest thing I can say about Kagi is that it has fully faded into the background of my life, and that I do not...
"Some people like physical puzzles best, but I found my preferred brain stimulation in being a digital toolmaker." #shortcuts 🚀 Digital Toolmaker - HeyDingus https://heydingus.net/blog/2024/4/digital-toolmaker
"Just learned about Fontshare (https://www.fontshare.com/) and their awesome fonts that are totally free to use for commercial and personal use. Needless to say I am...
"It turns out that "AI" means "Actually, Indians" and it isn't working out." #amazon #AI #wtf 🚀 Amazon's AI-powered "Just Walk Out"checkout option turns out...
"I think it just shows one of the dangers of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision-making in a small...