More accurately, there has never been a EU law that forced people to create cookie banners.

The EU law required websites to have the users’ consent to use personal data and tracking. The law never even mentioned the word “banner” but this is what the industry chose as a solution.

Furthermore consent is not needed for functional cookies. So all websites that enforce cookie banners upon users do really use tracking/data sharing or their partners (such as Google Analytics) do.

Problem is USB lock connectors are not standardized. So these are only sporadically used, much more expensive and hard to replace by end users.

For many professional use cases, USB-B suffices. Most professional devices don’t need the speed of USB 3.0 and aren’t plugged in and out all the time, they just need to be reliable for a decade or more.

If you really want sturdy, fast and standardized then different protocols are used entirely in the industry. Such as Profinet, Ethercat, Ethernet or DE9 with CAN or RS485. These can cover larger distances, can be used in networks and the protocol is often more deterministic.

Same here, we make diagnostic devices used in factories. These are shipped with USB A to USB B cables.
USB C was considered but it doesn’t have enough withdrawal force

Try Qwant

Seems Dutch. The price includes all taxes including VAT as is mandatory in Europe but still it’s very expensive. Price seems about 3 times too high for a novelty beer from a small brewery. My guess is that this fridge photo is taken not in a shop but in a drinking establishment, such as a bar or food court.

Massive attack is awesome, such a great experience to see their show. Much better than you would expect from a 35+ year old band.

Hmm. Can’t remember that we used to go outside and walk to a clock tower just to set the time.

In the past, there was a phone number you could call on the landline which would tell you the exact time.

Also, the browser engine needs to be maintained anyhow. Moving to something like Waterfox or Librewolf doesn’t change the necessity to support Mozilla.

These are American stats. US is generally more Apple minded.

Worldwide Windows is at 71%, Apple at 20% and Linux at 8%.

In Europe Windows is at 74%, Apple at 18% and Linux at 6%

It’s not, the article is about update 24H2 of Windows 11. If you install updates you already have a newer version installed.

PS3 / Xbox 360 / Wii era

• acceptable price
• boots straight away
• physical media you can collect and trade
• offline multiplayer friendliness
• games never expire

Tried Ecosia but they want you to turn off an adblocker as they are ad supported. I don’t like ads as they contribute to overconsumption.

Tried DDG and it was solid but it wasn’t very good in local search results (I live outside of the US).

So I’m using Qwant for the time being.

You can actually find them in many European countries. They are often used for ecological reasons (maintaining vegetation in difficult to reach areas). They are independent and can withstand rain and cold.

China is the biggest exporter in the world.

Therefore, if you study in a well known US university and gather international experience, it will increase your career prospects. Also, they want to perfect their English. It’s hard for them to speak proper English, just like it’s hard for us to speak proper Chinese. It’s best learned by being exposed to it every day.

I personally like Lumo. There aren’t many other services that offer privacy out of the box. And it’s not some integrated solution so that I don’t have to worry about data being shared with other services.

I accidentally saw them live at a festival and I didn’t find their songs to be all that catchy either, but the performance was pretty good. Seems like an authentic and sincere band, hard to hate.

Gif is perfect for showing small animated icons and simple pictures, not complete movies. The problem is more on the user side, expecting too much from a 37 year old standard.

It also takes away the pleasure of tipping and gives it a more demanding nature by specifically asking for it.

Prefab parts are actually very common here in West and North European homes. Complete prefab houses too, factory made, very well insulated, using heat pumps and underfloor heating, built in plumbing and electrical systems. They do not use bricks but a combination of wood, steel, insulation materials and cladding and are built for a lifespan of around 75-100 years.

Not really, it was actually Apple that introduced an emoji picker in 2013. The Windows one works since 2017 and KDE has it since 2020.