Biometrics are an issue because in most jurisdictions (not just the US but globally), you can’t be coerced to provide your password/passcode - but absolutely nothing stops LE from forcing you to provide biometric data to unlock the device.
What Europe needs is its own payment card network to step up against the quasi dupoly of MasterCard and Visa (AmEx and Discovery aren’t that widely used or even available in Europe)
This is categorically untrue with the latest generations of chipsets, CPUs and GPUs. Just look at AMD instead of Intel: AM4/5 cross-compatibility, DDR4/DDR5 combined support and so on.
If anything, today is the day when you can upgrade beyond your current gen hardware component by component.
Used to live in Denmark a good decade ago, “nice” to see that nothing really changed.
Back then there was a quasi-proverb going around - you could sit in the middle of the most public part, butt naked, your girl riding your dick, a bottle of vodka in one hand and a joint in the other, and if police saw you, the worst thing you’d get is a high five. But dare you download a single episode of Game Of Thrones…
I guess the feckin big “NETHERLANDS” bit, aside from the ads obviously not being English wasn’t a good enough hint that it’s not in the US therefore your “standard size shipping label” doesn’t apply…
It’s even more dumbass to show her as an alt, punk-goth girl when pretty much every representative of those subcultures is staunchly against alt-right BS. Especially the immigration paranoia.
Or just use one of the hundreds of other brands that provide smart doorbells.
Basic scripting is hardly programming, and it’s been available in various user-friendly forms for quite a while…
Problem is that most people do seem to treat LLMs as if they could replace a well trained engineer. Including middle managers who want to cut costs at all price.
what a load of bull.
AI doesn’t “democratise” coding. One still needs to understand the basics of computer science, as well as higher level software design, to make use of AI tools and get actually usable results.
LLMs can write good code but they require constant guidance to do so. This is something that people need to understand. AI in coding is like Photoshop to an “analog” artist - super useful IF you know what you’re doing, but as a complete stranger to the topic, all you’ll do is basic tinkering.
You fight government overreach by civil disobedience, not by corporatist overreach in the same manner.
If you give a free pass to corporations disobeying laws just because you personally dislike those laws, soon you’ll find all regulations are pointless because no corporation follows them…
Also, there’s no such thing as “governmental overreach” in a well working system that is FOR the people and BY the people. You elect the representatives, you have a say in what laws get passed. I do agree that we could do with a refresher because the current forms of representative democracy are breaking thanks to (primarily right wing) political false marketing with no repercussions, and nowadays we do have a way to have people give direct input on laws and regulations before they get passed, but that doesn’t negate the fact that the government isn’t supposed to be some shady ruler class but rather a form of communal governance.
Maybe if I lick the boot hard enough, it won’t be on my own neck? Just maybe, just this one time?