Doesn’t it say in ENT that the transporter had only just been approved for transfer of biological matter?

Seems very normal for him to be sceptical of it, given that. Especially for transporting his own crew, for whom he is responsible for their safety.

I imagine he really didn’t want to tell families that he told [crew mate] to use the transporter and it killed them in some gruesome way, or to have that memory torturing him at night.

And it’s not like he wasn’t vindicated, either. Weren’t there multiple instances of transporter incidents in ENT?

I swear some people want Linux to be exactly how it was in 2003, forever.

So constant 360° surveillance?

Already widely used in the western world, glad we’re catching up. This will save lives, hopefully lessen strain on the NHS, reduce waiting times, and reduce the misery of kids silently suffering without proper support.

Goes without saying, but this data should remain with the NHS, and the only time it should leave is when appropriately anonymised for medical research purposes (which already happens, the NHS helps a shit load of international researchers).

It’s something Americans say.

In effect, yes.

5 years minimum software support after the device is no longer on the market.

Presumably this phone will be on the market for two years (in the EU at least).

Theoretically it could be less than 7 years if they only sold it for one year, of course, but even OEMs that release phones each year like clockwork tend to keep their previous model around for a while.

Haha, we can expect to see similar announcements from other manufacturers, because the EU now mandates software support for new devices.

Even if you’re outside of the EU, you’ll benefit from this. Since the OEMs have to do it anyway, they’ll likely push the updates to all markets and market it as if they’re being nice. Nope. They’re just complying with the law to the bare minimum.

Starting on the 20th of June 2025 (just two days!), the EU is enforcing a minimum of 5 years of updates on all smartphone/tablets sold after they are withdrawn from the market.

I.e. if a model is sold for 2 years, it must receive software support for 7 years. Just like this Nothing Phone.

Source.

On the one hand, this is possibly dubious in that things that aren’t generally considered to be part of defence will be used to inflate our defence spending numbers without actually spending more than previous (i.e. it’s just a PR move)

But on the other hand, this could be immensely useful in telling the NIMBYs to fuck right off. What’s that, you’re opposing infrastructure improvements, new housing, or wind turbines? Aw, diddums, that’s too bad. This is deemed critical for national security, and thus the government can give it approval regardless. Sorry Bernard, sorry Mary, your petition against any change in the area is going nowhere.

Ultrasonic fingerprint sensors aren’t optical like the older under-screen ones. They don’t need to go bright to get a reading.

This will not blind you, it shouldn’t boost brightness at all.

The right advice but with the wrong motive lol

Good. This was one of the many things from the Tories that was kinda fucked up. Glad to see it dropped.

They listed Flatpaks first, then Snaps second.

I imagine they did it to avoid listing 10 different packaging formats, only to have comments saying “omg you forgot about XYZ package type”

I don’t like Snaps either, but it’s undeniable there’s a lot of Ubuntu users out there, and most of them use Snaps.

Americans say “86 [thing]” to mean “get rid of [thing]”

I mean people eat crocodile, and they have to be regularly culled anyway because their populations in some areas are a bit out of hand and they present a danger to humans and to ecological balance in the area.

If they’re being killed anyway, why not utilise the skin?

Of course, animals being farmed in poor conditions is a different matter entirely. That should absolutely be banned (and for fur trade, it is).

I thought Trump and Elon had a major falling out?

Actually now that I think of it, news about that fizzled out very quickly. Did they silently kiss and make up behind closed doors or something?

Best episode of DS9 season 1, IMO, and it’s all because of his character.

FFS an air fryer is a heating element, fan, and thermostat.

Why are any of them being built with online connectivity and data harvesting capabilities in the first place?!

Warmer weather means more riots. There’s been multiple times where days of rain or a cold wind has put an end to riots, and they almost never happen in winter.

I can afford to pay the protection racket, I just choose not to.

I guess there’s no reason not to post to other sites as well?