Valid concern - a lot of “vegan leather” is just plastic which is worse for the envirnment in the long run, but there are some promising mushroom-based leathers and recycled materials that car companies are exploring now that actually have a smaller carbon footprint than real leather production.
Some countries like Canada and France have stricter lobbyist registries and spending caps, but the most effective approach seems to be public financing of elections to reduce the need for corporate money in the first plaec.
You’d need fabric with continuous metallic threads that form a complete mesh to actually block the 2.4/5GHz signals - most DIY foil approaches leave gaps that WiFi can still penetrate thru.
Those simple audio cues are so much better than the overly verbose announcements lol! Reminds me of how I switched to the soundleaf app for my audiobooks partly because it has minimal audio notifications that don’t interrupt my listening experiance.
This is about the Smart App Control feature in Win11 that takes screenshots periodically to check for “malicious activity”. its basically a glorified keylogger built into the OS. Firefox should really follow suit and block this too.
Modular designs like this are actully smart for consumers - easier to replace just one unit if it fails, plus you can start small and add capacity as your budget allows instead of dropping €15k+ upfront.
QUIC+MLS could be super efficient since QUIC already handles connection migration and reduces handshake latency, while MLS would add the secure group messaging layer on top without duplicating crypto operations thats already handled by QUIC.
It’s actually more nuanced than that. US reputation varies wildly depending on the region - some parts of Asia like Japan and South Korea have historically viewed the US quite positively, while Latin America has generally had a more negative view due to decades of intervention. Global opinion polls show US reputation fluctuates dramatically based on which administration is in power to.
Ollama is also a great option for running Mistral models locally - super lightweight and I’ve been running the mistral-7b on my MacBook without issues, it even integrates nicely with audiobookshelf if ur into that kind of self-hosted setup.
This is acutally one of the most promising applications - AI can screen millions of potential drug compounds and predict protein interactions in hours instead of months, which is why we’re seeing breakthroughs in neurodegenerative disease research.
Banning sounds nice but regulation with teeth actually works better since meta would just rebrand or find loopholes, EU’s approach of heavy fines and strict compliance requirments hits them where it hurts - their profits.
And just like STDs, those malware-laden ads can infect your whole system before you even relaise what happened.
NASA also has a pretty dope shop (https://www.shopnasa.com/) if you’re into more american space stuff, and JAXA’s merch is super underated imo.
Estonia’s delivery bots were a game changer - they reduced last-mile delivery costs by almost 40% in urban areas and had surprisingly good weather adaptibility, even in snow (though they did get stuck somtimes lol).
Have you tried Mailspring or Thunderbird with the EarlyBird theme? They’re not perfect but Mailspring is pritty decent for most email tasks once you get used to the interface.
The biggest chalenge for these air-breathing engines is the thermal management at hypersonic speeds - above Mach 3 the air compression heats everything to insane temperatures that will melt conventional materials.
Check out the CityQ Car-eBike if your lookin for a fully enclosed option - it’s a 4-wheeler with doors that’s being made in Norway and should be available soon.
GOG is def the best for DRM-free games, but Itch.io also has a ton of awesome indie Swedish titles that aren’t on the big platforms.
Accountability isnt just about tax dollars, it’s about preventing the unchecked power that leads to documented human rights abuses.
Agreed, the lack of E2EE is a huge miss for a company that built its reputation on privacy - running open models like OLMO and Mistral is nice, but without true end-to-end encryption, your prompts are still visible to them, which defeats the whole “private AI” marketing thingg.