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Apparently the UK Government has a consultation going on about the extent to which evidence generated by software should be considered reliable in court.
Given the number of developers and sysadmins there seem to be around these parts I thought it was worth sharing here for anyone who might have something constructive they'd like to submit.
https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/use-of-evidence-generated-by-software-in-criminal-proceedings/use-of-evidence-generated-by-software-in-criminal-proceedings-call-for-evidence
(via: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za_LgrHIBGc )
The deadline is the 15h of April.

2024-12-25 17:57:00 UTC

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Do they have plug to plug connectors so that other cars can help out a stranded motorist?
@npub1j9l…jvxt

2024-12-15 17:26:07 UTC

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I used to use bittorrent sync til that got broken by an android update. I used syncthing on a previous phone and I've heard on here that that's back working again but haven't had the chance to try setting it up again.

2024-12-15 17:02:44 UTC

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possibly, I know they've got progressively more anti-user as time has gone on and something must have changed between May and today which changed the storage location.
It's a total PITA when you're trying to copy files out using your USB connection and it just isn't where it was last time.

2024-12-15 15:20:39 UTC

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OK, so while the "external" storage folder used to be
... \Internal shared storage\osmtracker
It is now:
... \Internal shared storage\Android\data\net.osmtracker\files\osmtracker
because _of course_ every android app has a different idea about what the file path is, why would anyone ever need to know where something was or why there are now two copies of it?

2024-12-15 15:02:30 UTC

oh osmtracker ... where have you put the files?
I know you exported them somewhere because my phone complained about storage space. But where?
The old folder hasn't had a track added to it for 7 months, so where are the new exports?

2024-12-08 21:22:24 UTC

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Any lawyers about that can say whether that's defamation?
I would not be happy about that at all.

2024-12-07 19:24:33 UTC

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Does your dictionary also include the word condescending?
Saying that sites can't see Mastodon's ability to generate traffic and so will be disinclined to support it doesn't imply that that's its "sole" use. It's just saying that its use is harder for them to see.

2024-12-07 18:12:30 UTC

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I don't think the scant text here makes that implicit.

2024-12-07 16:53:28 UTC

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I think the point is that this policy makes it completely impossible for orgs to see the utility of Mastodon* and so it will be scrubbed from the things they're willing to spend time on.
*Unless they have enough control to add tracking IDs to the URL (which they don't for organic mentions).

2024-11-23 15:11:16 UTC

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Is this the 2022 changes or something more recent?
The things it's talking about seem to be the two year old updates?
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022

2024-10-17 19:01:01 UTC

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Hmm, I'm torn between a desire to see if some research can turn up any Irish brands that quietly have British owners and my desire not to have my account suspended.

2024-09-29 12:49:18 UTC

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Most options would void the definition of plain.
Selective use of Tab and | could work in some situations if the tab size is set big enough.

2024-09-13 18:17:23 UTC

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Wasn't the posterior breathing meant to be working toward a gentler way to help people with lung damage than traditional ventilators?

2024-09-12 16:55:18 UTC

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Can the EU parliament even amend the legislation it's considering?
I was under the impression that it can only approve or reject whatever the Commission hands it.
If the Commission are the only ones that get a say in the wording they are the ones that need to be convinced.

2024-09-04 11:01:54 UTC

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Given the difficulty Excel has had with malicious macros this seems like it could be asking for trouble.

2024-08-30 16:53:28 UTC

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On the web view they say:
"This app promotes or depends entirely on a non-free network service
This app depends entirely on a certain instance of a network service"
If you know which mystery link to click on¹ it will tell you this: "AntiFeatures:
TetheredNet:
en-US: Map download service (cdn*.organicmaps.app).
NonFreeNet:
en-US: Hotel widget includes a link to kayak.com not contained in original map data."
1: Hint: not the initial warning text.

2024-08-06 19:41:00 UTC

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Is that an actual thing?