The EU actually was working on a system described above based on some sort of zero knowledge proof (so verification via your gov’t id, but without the verifying party being able to assert anything other than age > 18 or whatever data you want to verify)

Just about every gadget on Kickstarter these days has the option to add tritium vials. “Find your tool anywhere any time” -kinda thing

Unless you are talking about a future where the surveillance state has outlawed basic privacy your statement is just straight false. Sure they are getting there with backdoors in encryption etc, but we’re not quite there yet.

For getting things done it is indeed the best that’s not even a controversial take. For relaxing activities though… The sun is a major improvement in mood and general feeling.

And here I don’t even like python for its uncertainty. (I’m mostly a C#/ts developer at work, but dabble)

Just because criminals value their privacy doesn’t mean that everyone that values their privacy is a criminal.

Are you open to try or are you open to try

And it’s not a bad feature to have for the functionality of some sites. It’s just that as with any feature/rule/etc it can be abused. So a toggle like (according to a comment above) some plugins add is an unfortunate necessity.

I’m curious on how you plan to retire at 50. Doing that where I live means you basically get no pension so you’d have to have saved up enough to live the rest of your life during those 27 years, so a bit over half your income would need to go into a savings account.

Depends on the private tracker too, most of the ones my friend is in have some sort of bonus point system rewarding for just keeping torrents alive.

The launcher is just an app, but the way it’s set up ensures that different launcher apps cannot offer the same experience as the stock one.

Rabbit hole I dove into trying to figure out why my back to homepage didn’t feel snappy (like the swipe up animation goes and only after it’s done the icons load). Turns out that’s pretty much intentional and the solution is rooting your phone.

But what about if we were to use self driving cars in a virtual chain on a dedicated lane to eliminate congestio… Ah shit did it again