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You mean Picture in Picture or split app screen?


I can't say which distro grandparent is using on their Pinephone, but when they say split-screen they could very well mean, literally, what one would find on a desktop.

While personally, this sounds cumbersome to me, some people have very unusual ways of using their Pinephones. To me, that's awesome - we've settled on "how one uses a mobile phone" based on what Google and Apple have designed. Having new, off-the-wall ideas will lead to some people doing slightly insane things, and I say that in the most positive way possible.

Finally, as long as we're straying firmly off-topic: What some people are doing with their mobile Linux devices always reminds me of an Apple ad [0], from when "Think Different" was still the motto of an underdog.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjgtLSHhTPg


> You mean Picture in Picture or split app screen?

Please not their implementation of split screen brought to the iPhone. Years of working on an iPad Pro, and I still trigger it accidentally when I don't want it, can never trigger it when I do want it or get rid of it, and always wind up having to Google it again.


Or just use a private crypto like Monero


With most crypto, yeah. Monero happens to be private and anonymous.


Nothing happened?


If this passes, will Apple have to allow third-party apps like Android does?


Yes


Yes, third party app stores are mentioned explicitly.


Or you could use a decentralized and fully private crypto like Monero?


Well, I wouldn't mind a centralized and fully private crypto authorized by EU. They can authorize private construction of digital Euro wallets, so that only I know the key, but require me to give them a single-use view key if law demands it.


There are coins like Monero that are ASIC-resistant and can only be mined with CPU, not GPU.


Can you explain how this does not benefit people who have the capital to set up massive CPU farms, with all the advantages of scale that that implies? After all, you can get discounts on both power and CPUs if you buy in bulk so anyone who starts off with enough capital will only get further ahead.


Incorrect. Monero can be mined using GPUs, and that is the dominant way it is mined.

Source : Mined Monero on an R9 290X until a few months ago.


If by "a few months ago" you mean prior to November 2019, then sure.

Since then the PoW is RandomX which heavily favors CPUs. I'm 99% sure there is no GPU in existence that can profitably mine Monero since then, assuming your electricity isn't free.


Monero's PoW algorithm is RandomX [1], which is optimized for CPU mining. While it is possible to mine with GPUs, it is significantly slower and unprofitable.

[1] https://github.com/tevador/RandomX/blob/master/doc/design.md


>less policing has resulted in a much higher murder rate in 2020 and 2021 than in prior years.

Source?


Sounds like the media really wants people to forget about Gamestop. Shorts must cover eventually. Buy and hold.


Actually most states don't have "Stop & ID" laws, but some do. In states without "Stop & ID" laws, you only have to ID yourself when suspected of committing a crime, or suspected that you're about to commit a crime. Not sure how it works outside of the USA.


> Not sure how it works outside of the USA

In France we explain to the children that when there is a problem, they should go to a policeman. Or immediatly enter the nearest shop, go directly to the cashier and explain they are lost.

Not that it worked with mine. I did twice the test when my kids were 6 or 8 and instead of doing what they were happily recitating in the evening, they started to cry their lungs out.


Huh? I'm confused about what the "test" was. (Also, the poster above wasn't saying never ask the police for help, rather you shouldn't answer them if they are questioning you without your lawyer.)


In my country (South America) people (young people) is aware that police couldn't force to do a lot of things, like stop you, etc. However, due to personal and shared experiences, it is really hard to say no to policemen if they stopped you during the night and there is no one around... cases of polices abusing their power are daily so sometimes the best is to cooperate with them...


So how do they check if you have a driver license? Or do a routine check for drunk driving? That's not allowed in US?


You are required to have a copy of your driver's license, vehicle registration, and insurance information in your car while driving on public roads in the United States.

I believe you can refuse to present these, but this will result in charges.

You are not required to submit to a drunk driving check (we call them field sobriety checks). A cop will tell you something along the lines of:

"If you don't do X, Y, and Z to prove to me you're not over the legal limit (of blood alcohol), then you aren't going home tonight."

This scares people into submitting to the test and in many cases they are then charged with drunk driving. However, you can refuse to submit to the test. Your license is immediately suspended and the cops will then begin the process of securing a warrant for a test under suspicion of drunk driving. Forcing them to do this however can take long enough that you become under the legal limit by the time their search is conducted thus avoiding a charge of drunk driving.

The reason or this stems from our bill of rights protecting us from the state compelling us to testify against ourselves. This includes providing bodily fluids like breath and blood as well as undergoing potentially incriminating tests like a field sobriety check.


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