stoy
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- Comment on YSK to get a passport in the US, you need to have access to information about your parents and most recent ex-spouse 14 hours ago:
Thank you for clarifying this!
The US badly needs a population database, however, I absolutely understand that with how the US government have abused and fooled their citizens in the past, there is a huge distrust of the government among Americans.
- Comment on YSK to get a passport in the US, you need to have access to information about your parents and most recent ex-spouse 23 hours ago:
Isn’t this due to the US not having a working census database?
Please correct me if I am wrong.
From what I have heard, you need to bring bills with your address to prove where you live in some circumstances in the US.
Here in Sweden, or any sane country, I simply use my personal number to identify myself, and bam, the requesting entity can find the info they need.
- Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret 2 days ago:
The issue is often that the phones take a long time to download the apps the user needs, most of our users are on the go, and can’t rely wifi, so they need mobile data, with a physical SIM we can easily tell them how to swap on their own, it is done in 10-15s, and can quickly be moved back, with an eSIM you have to dig through menus and hope it works, if not, the user is left with two phones without a SIM.
- Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret 3 days ago:
It is also a problem for us IT guys, when we need to migrate users from one phone to another it is super annoying to deal with eSIMs
- Comment on Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region (39C3) 4 days ago:
I live in a suburb to the north of Stockholm, I have experienced the GPS jamming first hand.
There were a few days when my car’s inbuilt GPS thought I was driving around in another suburb on the other side of the city.
Does anyone know if GPS has the abillity to do signed packets?
I mean, I’d rather the GPS fail completely, than giving me false data.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 4 days ago:
When I grew up here in Sweden, milk came in these containers:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra_Brik
The design of milk packaging is quite interesting;
kommerduihag.se/kommer-du-ihag-hur-mjolkpaket-sag…
15 years or so ago the Brik was changed to this:
www.arla.se/artiklar/var-vanligaste-forpackning/
It was apparently done for two reasons:
- EU regulations started requiring that milk packages were sold in resealable containers.
- Customers had requested the same to enable storing the packages lying down.
A smaller version of the tetrahedron style package is still in use for coffee milk.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 5 days ago:
Ever since the start of internet connected vehicles this has been on the table, before it wasn’t really possible to manage subscriptions like this, now it is as easy as changing $SUBSCR_INF_ACP from a 0 to a 1 on your account to enable CarPlay, once you have paid.
Though, to be fair, I would like better integration with the onboard systems, something like Carplay lite.
It would basically present the content on the phone, music, podcasts, audiobooks, maps, etc. to the onboard infotainment system.
Apps with audio media would appear as audio sources, inside the audio sources, any menu would be presented in a standard UI.
Basically, the phone would simply send something like an XML file of how the menu should be displayed, and the infotainment has a rendering engine to render the UI in a style that is integrated with the car’s UI.
That would solve one of the biggest issues with CarPlay/AA, the forced touchscreen.
In my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback, I have a fantastic steeringwheel, it has plenty of excellent controls, regarding media, I have a volume wheel by my left thumb, I can also press it to pause the media, on the right side of the steering wheel I have buttons for skip/previous.
If I could interact with the menus in CarPlay using the thumbwheel and a separate back button, that would be amazing.
The wheel clicks when moving it, so if you could simply have it move the selection on the menu with every click it would be brilliant.
Though I would need another thumbwheel to set the volume…
My point is that if deeper integration of phone media in the infotainment system could enable a UI less dependent on a a touchscreen, I would love to try it.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 6 days ago:
Lucky for you, I don’t judge people for replying to the wrong comment.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 6 days ago:
I sort of assumed that these days design patents are mostly ignored by smartphone companies.
After a while it just makes sense to drop the legal stuff and stop wasting money on constant lawsuits.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 6 days ago:
People who judge other people based on nothing other than what technology brand they use instantly are instantly lower on my respectometer.
Fuck off with that shit.
I used Symbian for years, then I used android tablets as a complement to the Symbian phones for years, then I got an iPhone for work, and when my last Symbian device died I got an iPhone as I knew the OS from my work phone. A few years later I tried an Android phone for a few months, but when the display got totaled in a drop, and I had to send the phone away, I just got back to my iPhone as it was easier to fix on the spot in local repair shops.
I am an IT guy, I don’t care about blue or green bubbles, if you are on Android, that is fine, that probably works better for you, for me iOS has so far served me well.
Stop judging others for their preference of tech brands. Apple and Google are both evil.
- Comment on Uphill both ways in the snow, too! Ong, no cap! 1 week ago:
Not in Sweden, we use proper sugar in our ice creams
- Comment on Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense 1 week ago:
I can see myself dumping €2k for a foldable iPhone/iPad device, but then I would need to keep it for 5-6 years
- Comment on Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense 1 week ago:
I am still on an iPhone 12 Mini, I bought it in 2021, and have finally resigned myself to buying an iPhone 16 this winter.
- Comment on NSW police unlawfully arrested and choked man then tried to delete footage, watchdog finds 2 weeks ago:
Is there a law for abuse of authority?
In Sweden we have a crime called “Tjänstefel”, which translates to “Misconduct in public office”, which is used to prosecute government officials, usually police and security guards, for not following the rules.
- Comment on life hack 2 weeks ago:
This reminds me of the northern part of the current Prästgatan, “Priests Street”, in the Old Town in Stockholm.
Before 1885 that part of Prästgatan was called Helvetesgränd, “Hell’s ally”, which is an amazing street name in Swedish, and a brilliant metal album name in English.
The entire block was known as Helvetet, “Hell”.
This is the location:
maps.app.goo.gl/DGCAT98vZ7e8HwDUA
This is where the gallows were located.
- Comment on Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried 2 weeks ago:
But these laws are not anti immigration, they are anti freedom in general.
- Comment on Woke up this morning pondering THIS question 2 weeks ago:
Almost, it is more like they hear it, they don’t see it.
- Comment on Woke up this morning pondering THIS question 2 weeks ago:
That has actually been answered.
Beavers react to the sound of running water.
Researchers put a speaker playing the sound of running water in an area with beavers and came back to find the speaker buried in a beaver dam structure.
- Comment on Always wear protection, folks 3 weeks ago:
I keep a pair of ear defenders and a large pack of ear plugs in my car, just incase I decide to go planespotting, then I can also help friends who forgot to bring theirs.
- Comment on Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source 3 weeks ago:
They do this every few years, when the contract is up for negotiation, M$ will make a way cheaper option, and they will switch back
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Sigh, I truly meant it as a a way of saying that I don’t care if I am being monitored, I will keep protesting and posting about them.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
I am happy to accept being the most in the wrong, it is not unreasonable to read it that way.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Only due to a mistake, my intention was to to try and show solidarity with the people actually affected by ICE, by saying that I didn’t care if ICE monitored my posts, that it would not prevent me from protesting further.
As I woke up this morning, I realized my mistake and have tried to rectify it.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Fair, my comment was rude and arrogant, though I maintain that it was a (failed) attempt at showing contempt toward ICE, telling them that I will keep critisising even if they monitor my account.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
I am fully aware and horrified about chat control, I am doing my best to work against it, please see my other responses to understand what went wrong with my comment.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
This entire comment chain is a just a mis understanding, I made a bad attempt at being edgy and note that I would not stop protesting ICE just because my account may be monitored.
I can now see how it fell flat, and I am sorry for the miscommunication.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Ok, clearly there has been a miscommunication here.
I was trying to say that I don’t care about if I am monitored, I will keep protesting ICE.
I did try and say it a bit edgy which was wrong, I can see that now.
I am sorry for the miscommunication.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Ok, clearly there has been a miscommunication here.
I was trying to say that I don’t care about if I am monitored, I will keep protesting ICE.
I did try and say it a bit edgy which was wrong, I can see that now.
I am sorry for the miscommunication.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
No?
I thought I was pretty clear,I was trying to say that I don’t care about if they monitor my account, I will keep protesting ICE on social media
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 3 weeks ago:
Don’t really care, I am a Swede in Sweden, with no desire to visit the US in the forseeable future.