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One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives

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You're going over the speed limit, says the shitty sign recognition that missed the one outside that says otherwise.

You're tired, says the racist eye closure camera that can't deal with Asian eyes.

Your seatbelt is undone, says the sensor that can't discern between your backpack and a person. (To be fair, this one is just for the power of threes. Buckle in heavy objects. Secure your load.)

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YOLO

Separate /home is such a scam. Never have I run out of home space, but boy is 27GB not enough for a root partition that runs any kind of service.

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Vroom vroom!

That train will just keep coming. Once such a freight train is going you better get out of the way. The amount of kinetic energy that's coming towards you is dwarfing compared to a measly tank.

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Why the banks want a cashless society

I know the part about the government will be unpopular in some circles, but

Imo it's the government's job to facilitate trade and provide currency. Nowadays, digital trade is the norm, so the government needs to facilitate a digital currency that is functionally identical to cash. No fees (neither transaction nor accounting), no tracking, no restrictions on how to use it. Ideally, it works offline.

I'm eagerly awaiting what becomes of the digital Euro wallet.

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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

Been contracting for the Swiss government for years, namely ASTRA. They have 0 concept of how that should happen. It's their IP, but they don't want to take it, host it, maintain it, or do anything else with it once the project is done.

Do they just expect others to foot the bill? Sure, free GitHub exists, but everything else? Open sourcing without maintenance is abandonware and usually useless.