Interesting Links for 14-12-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Some promising news on the Covid vaccine front

(tags:vaccine Pandemic GoodNews )

2. Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them

(tags:trains drm Poland OhForFucksSake viaPatrickHadfield )

3. Edinburgh City Council considers ban on fuel-powered leaf blowers

(tags:plants waste fuel Edinburgh Scotland noise )

4. Behold: The most Scottish dog of all time!

(tags:Scotland dogs ai art )

5. Netflix releases information on what shows people watched, and how long for.

(tags:netflix tv streaming )

Comments

[calimac]

5. Does Netflix count all the tv shows I don't bother to watch because, every time I do watch one, I watch it for about half an hour and then turn it off?

[movingfinger]

3. I just bought a modest, low-end leaf blower, not even the strongest battery-powered model, and I cannot understand why anyone is still using the fuel ones. Even if you need one for a nebulous job like dispelling tear gas at a protest, the battery ones are probably better.

4. Behold: The most Scottish dog of all time!

[anef]

Is the dog no longer visible because he has collapsed into a black hole of Scottishness?

[movingfinger]

4. These are going to be great covers for a romance series about a clan of dogs in Scotland! Possibly a dog shapeshifter, given the tailed bagpiper...

[matgb]

Netflix: "we believe it's time to [release more info]"
Agreement to end strikes: release more info (not read the final agreements but it was a key demand of both unions that they stop obfuscating streaming success)

I wonder how Polish law handles companies that are willfully making their products worse post sale, I'd jail the CEO myself