And while I'm at it, can I have a car that isn't just spyware disguised as a fancy iPad?

I do use Linux at home, but work forces me to use Windows.

That's (a poorly focused picture of) Ripley sitting in the same cat trap.

It seems they work.

xkcd #3289: Highway Signs

Title text:

Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

Transcript:

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3289/

explainxkcd for #3289

Twenty-five years ago today, the world's first webcam was switched off. The 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web and was originally set up to monitor a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge, allowing staff to check whether there was coffee before making the trip.

Amerikkkan century of humiliation continues

https://x.com/MobyDickSpoiler/status/2091663083001323869

Sad news for Russian fans of (apparently no longer) useful idiot Kanye West:

A planned concert by American rapper Ye, formarly Kanye West, in St. Petersburg will not take place after the venue said it had not signed a rental agreement with the event organizers, despite previously promoting the shows.

The Moscow Times reported on August 24 that the concerts had been scheduled for October 10 and 11 at Gazprom Arena, with Moscow-based Say Agency listed as the organizer. The stadium said, however, that it had not signed any venue rental agreements with the organizers and therefore could not host the event.

According to the outlet, citing Fontanka the decision to cancel the concert followed a call “from above” in Moscow.

A recording from The Bulwark's live video

Archived version

If you shop on AliExpress and your Bluetooth headphones stop switching between devices, this is caused by hidden tracking scripts on the site, not broken hardware. Install uBlock Origin and add filter rules to block collina.js and fireyejs.js on aliexpress.com, then close all open AliExpress tabs and reload the site for the fix to take effect.

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AliExpress users report a privacy-invasive tracking mechanism on the company's homepage that interferes with Bluetooth hardware. The site runs hidden audio processes that prevent multipoint headphones from switching between devices. This behavior occurs even when the tab is idle and no media is visible to the user. The issue is caused by Alibaba's security scripts designed for device identification and anti-fraud detection.

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