Where do you move over to when the whole road is full?

While they call it a department, it’s not a new department. They renamed the “United States Digital Service” and created the “U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization” under it.

The White House has said Musk and his DOGE colleagues are “special government employees.” It has yet to be seen of that arrangement is legal, but as it stands, they are part of the government workforce which is why bureaucrats are “going along with this”.

That’s why I refuse to play with people who are bad sports (bad losers/winners). I understand people who don’t enjoy competition, but that doesn’t sound like your story. I enjoy healthy competition, but that person sounds like someone who just enjoys winning, and that’s just toxic.

Thanks for confirming that. Yeah, I’m also interested to see how this is used. Other comments don’t seem to get that politicians in charge give messages to pass to employees and the top bureaucrats just make it happen, so this seems completely unnecessary. Maybe they’re being paranoid that their controversial messages would be censored?

While this is subjective, IMHO there’s no way 2024 was the first influencer election. It was definitely 2020 and that was turbocharged by COVID.

I don’t understand why they even needed this.

I assume the US Federal Government works like other jurisdiction where the message is passed to all the departments/agencies who then send it to their employees from someone on high (Deputy Minister/Secretary) or a dedicated internal email address.

While this may seem like duplicating work dozens or hundreds of times, it’s not that much work and it’s not used that often. Plus, it has the advantage of not coming from an external email address.

We can try it out since there is both @[email protected] and [email protected]

When I searched for [email protected] on Mastodon (specifically masto.ai), I got the community, not the user. Not sure why, but that’s what I got.

FYI !m is also Google Maps.

I love DDG, but if you want non-AI results, just use a different search, like !s (startpage, which uses Google)

No Gemini (Google’s AI) results.

That sounds awful. We already have trackpoint to use a mouse in a compact device.

The printer would add so much bulk that it would no longer be a compact laptop anymore. I know you personally want one (from your recent post), but just carry a separate device or velcro it to the back of the laptop.

Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)

I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah

Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.

Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don’t think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they’re using it, but that’s pretty painless.

What if we show a picture of parked bikes in US and a busy traffic in Amsterdam?

That wouldn’t just be a random street in the US. I’ve almost never left North America, and I’ve never seen that many bikes parked on a random street on a random day. The only time I’ve seen that many bikes in one place is at an event’s bike valet, or at a school in a super bikeable area.

Gatineau - Quebec - Canada Is not Ottawa - Ontario - Canada

And it’s definitely not Ottawa - Quebec - Canada. That’s extra confusing!

I think “entire” is too strong a word.

Yes, you need charging, maintenance, supply chain, etc. but in very limited quantities at first. Usually, pilots are started with a limited number vehicles, staff, routes, and infrastructure. Similarly old vehicles are often phased out with as the depots, maintenance facilities, etc. are converted to support the new vehicles.

This is not only economically and environmentally efficient, but also operationally efficient. If you simply switch from one technology to another over a short period of time, you’re opening yourself to minor issues causing major havoc.

Could kill me, yes. Easily? No. I would likely roll-over a car with it’s low hood, but a truck with it’s high, upright grill is likely to knock me down and then run over/drag me. It’s a similar situation with a motorcycle.

It’s not how easy they could kill him, it’s how easily they could not see him (for example, at a cross walk).

As for killing, one of those trucks could easily do me in and I’m 6’0" 280lbs.

I’m Canadian and my lower-bound estimate is 25¢/km(~€0.17/km), so 50km would be $12.50(€8.44). And I think it’s a lot more expensive to drive in Europe.

There are levels of bad. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good (or in this case, only slightly better).