purrtastic 5d ago • 100%
I haven’t read wired in a few years, and it looks like I haven’t missed anything.
purrtastic 1w ago • 100%
Daily Mail?
Brass Eye was incredible for shining a light on media and political hysteria. Their episode on drugs was hilarious and tragic.
purrtastic 1w ago • 80%
I have no idea why you’re getting down voted. It’s essentially true.
The arrangement is vital for Mozilla. According to the Mozilla Foundation’s 2021–2022 financial statement, which is the most recent one published, $510 million out of its $593 million in revenue came courtesy of Google’s search payments. https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-potential-loser-google-antitrust-search-ruling/
purrtastic 2w ago • 83%
This is just wrong. None of those will prevent server side ads.
purrtastic 2w ago • 100%
Ah, the war on drugs. What a colossal policy failure.
purrtastic 2w ago • 100%
I don’t think it’s earned by Murdoch, but otherwise agree with the sentiment.
purrtastic 2w ago • 100%
It’s not fine. They are not archiving the internet.
I had to ban their user agent after very aggressive scraping that would have taken down our servers. Fuck this shitty behaviour.
purrtastic 3w ago • 100%
2027 is a sunrise date, meaning retailers are expected to have updated their checkouts to support scanning the 2D Barcodes.
Industry has set a date to make the transition to accepting 2D barcodes at point-of-sale (POS) or point-of-care (POC) — referred to as Sunrise 2027. By the end of 2027, retailers would need to ensure their POS systems are equipped with scanners capable of reading both traditional barcodes and 2D barcodes. The shift has already begun with the new technology being tested in 48 countries across the world, representing 88% of the world’s GDP.
https://www.gs1us.org/industries-and-insights/by-topic/sunrise-2027
I sell GTINs in multiple countries that are already trialing 2D barcodes.
purrtastic 3w ago • 100%
Oh, it is. GS1 are driving it and by 2027 all retailers around the world are expected to be able to scan the QR code at checkout instead of a traditional barcode image.
GS1 call it 2D Barcode. It’s a QR code that embeds a GTIN https://www.gs1.org/industries/retail/2D-barcodes
the embedded link goes to a resolver, the functionality of which they have released so anyone can build their own resolver system.
purrtastic 3w ago • 100%
They’re replacing the ol’ EAN / UPC barcode on products too starting in 2027. IBN Link
purrtastic 3w ago • 100%
I bet there's influence from Peter Theil in this, too.
purrtastic 3w ago • 100%
Indeed. Then he blathers on about how Kamala would introduce more “red tape” and Trump would have a freer energy policy (coal I guess?). Overall, just a very weird, disconnected thought process from Key.
Key: "Donald Trump is driving very much an America First and a more isolationist kind of view. Actually, it's quite different, it's a very different foreign policy than we've ever seen. So that probably doesn't help New Zealanders much. But on balance, I think he's probably better for the economy.“
purrtastic 4w ago • 100%
On a high dose of mushrooms, blindfolded in a dark room, and with earphones on, you won’t even know you’re a person who’s taken a drug
purrtastic 1mo ago • 100%
Isn’t this only affecting their very low downforce rear wing spec?
purrtastic 1mo ago • 80%
Are they? The Subprime AI Crisis
purrtastic 1mo ago • 100%
It seems a cool trick. Why don't they all do it instead of having it banned?
purrtastic 1mo ago • 100%
The charges this guy is facing are insane.
> "Is this one motorway really worth one-tenth of our entire country's spending on schools, hospitals, houses and public transport infrastructure?"
> "More people are going to have to rely on cars and trucks to get around because we don't have a pipeline of alternatives like rapid transit, inter-city passenger rail, public transport and safe walking and cycling in our communities”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24722797
> ***A push to legalise all drugs in New Zealand hasn't come from stoners and the strung out - it's backed by 155 academics and experts who say the current regime doesn't work *** AKA common sense
> Jones is a controversial force in the new Government, with his nakedly pro-mining stance criticised for being anti-environment. His meetings with industry heavyweights, including those in the commercial fishing sector, have led to [accusations of conflicts of interest](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/13/seafood-industry-donors-lobby-jones-over-wine-and-oysters). In one instance, Jones, also the Fisheries Minister, asked officials to develop a Cabinet paper on overhauling cameras on boats, after a request from a fishing boss who is [one of his biggest campaign donors](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/14/minister-reviews-cameras-on-fishing-boats-a-key-donors-ask). Under the new Government, New Zealand has backed out of a proposal to [restrict seamount trawling](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/05/govt-kills-proposed-south-pacific-trawling-restrictions) in the South Pacific.