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For those who wonder - cause of death: "My source says he succumbed to complications following his double-bypass surgery." –Scott Mace (2nd link) Google: The overall risk of death during or …

Just got notice from one of my clients, though I rely on e-mail anyway, they claim Whatsapp/Telegram is blocked in China, though Whatsapp works (my personal experience from last summer) for ordin…

why finally? what's the alternative, how should I get to see my family living 9000+ km away? and the best part is politicians flying in private jets are voting about this, as usual only ordinary …

whole titles which didn't fit: International flights set to pay carbon costs under EU's carbon market review from 2029

I think it's more a mental health or social interaction thing rather than expecting improved school results, some studies even show no short term increase in results. But you don't need stud…

that would be illegal right now, kid/parents can call police you stole their phone and you would be in trouble with police, any school rule isn't above the law, which is why there must be co…

Czechia had per school rules as well (my kids school bans them in school premises, which leads to groups of kids starting at phones in front of the school, sad sight), but as discussed yesterday by mi…

From April 2028: Under the new system, drivers of fully electric cars will face a charge of 3p per mile, while owners of plug-in hybrid models will pay a reduced rate of 1.5p per mile. Both figures re…

As someone who works/worked for all major Chinese smartphone brands (and some major vacuum cleaner brands) over years I can tell you this is no OnePlus specific, 996 is just Chinese standard. I r…

TIL 6 hours of sleep is apparently enough for teenagers anyway quite pointless if it's optional and even if it weren't teenagers can always find easy workarounds

related - recently I learned Microsoft doesn't provide any way to download all your emails from outlook.com in one way to back them up, so Thunderbird was the tool I used to create backup still c…

> Nobody under 20 knows what a "console" is even for, they play games on their iPhone almost exclusively. so which one is it - nobody under 20 knows what console is for or these kids are …

apparently my two primary school kids are nobodies for enjoying their PS3 or RetroArch and they don't have smartphone yet, if they do it will be heavily restricted, they can play games on PS3 or …

not much use for the 5th point in nuclear war, there are better things to burn

I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, which they made impossible through bootloader unlocking process)…

TBH uBlock Origin is better, so why bother

and those who care use Vivaldi it other alternatives anyway I recently switched phone (Pixel 6a with swollen battery to Xiaomi 13 (Shizuku solves most of the issues without installing custom ROM, whic…

Didn't use Maps.me for years, but does it have colored hiking trails for instance? OM does, CM doesn't.

much better UI, does osmand has now colored hiking trails without downloading some extra maps?