Whilst I didn't always agree with their pronouncements, having a fact checker at this time seems to me a very important thing.
They include reference to "a new in-house verification reporting team, ABC News Verify", but that sounds like they'll only be verifying their own news, which is nice, but not the point.
The US get to show just how tough they are on whistleblowers and their associates.
Assange gets to go home.
If I was him, I'd keep my head down and try to get to know my kids.
This requirement is designed to be hard, and as such is a major red flag to me.
What else is this company going to be difficult with?
Can i only get customer support or cancel my account in person, between 9-4 on the 2nd Friday of the month?
I would consider alternatives, if possible.
Only Google can make an RCS app
Yes and no.
You don't need to make your own OS, but you do need to implement support for the RCS protocol within your app, rather than piggyback on Googles APIs.
I don't like it, but there's no legal requirement for google to provide those APIs, like they did with SMS etc.
Windows XP is basically firmware at this point, and has been for over a decade.
Lots of proprietary hardware that works perfectly, will not work on newer versions of Windows due to lack of drivers.
I see it constantly in factory situations with scales, scanners and robot controllers, it would only be worse for million dollar x-ray machines.
Think about your audience and the specific features that will potentially appeal to them.
Depending on who that user is, the same feature/quirk can be either a pro or a con.
There's lower user numbers here compared to something like Reddit, but the people involved tend to be of an average higher tech literacy.
So there's not as much noise, but there's also not as much signal.
As a user, you can spin up your own instance, which gives you complete control... But it also introduces a financial and moderation expense, not to mention inherently leading to fractured communities.
Just look at the Android discussion, it's occurring on at least:
Android@lemmy.world
Android@lemdro.id
Android@lemmy.ml
etc etc
I don't think it's strictly compliant, although they claim to have based it's syntax on Korn shell, which is the strictest definition of POSIX shells.
You can do pretty much everything in powershell that you can do in something like bash BUT, it will be done slightly differently, so trying to make a script cross compatible is pointless (you might as well just write it natively in powershell etc).
Powershell isn't inherently bad, unlike bash for instance which just allows piping out text output, Powershell can pass around true .net objects.
But if what you're looking for is cross OS compatability, you're pushing shit uphill.
99.9% of the time, I open powershell and just ssh into a "real" linux box.
I'm not denying your story, I lived in rural SA for a long time and saw the services get peeled away.
But I stand by my broader point of what should be the case, because it's certainly not what is.
TNG had some movies (bald guy on the poster) and they were written by people who didn’t like the show for people who didn’t watch the show.
So many of my undefined feelings of sadness about TNG movies just snapped into focus.
I HATE how true this is.
No, I’m saying it’s weird to ask everyone to care more about someone’s health and safety than that person does.
Now do "provocatively dressed women are asking to be raped..."
I don't think they're divisive as such, I'm not friends with anyone who would have problems with acknowledging that the land we are on was once XYZ tribe land.
But everyone is annoyed with the rote recital of stuff like this:
"City of Adelaide acknowledges that we are meeting on the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land."
We don't start every meeting with "God Bless the King".
We don't start every interaction with a reminder "I'd like to acknowledge that this office and the building within which it resides remains the property of Peregrine Corporation."
It's become rote noise.
At the start of a large public event, where an MC is introducing speakers or the AFL grand final is about to kick off, it makes a lot more sense.
In certain places like India, WhatsApp is the default means of communication for everyone.
You can use it without phone data if you are on wifi, it supports better quality than sms for sending images, you can video chat with it, it's cross platform, etc etc.
What's more amazing to me is that it's not more popular in western countries.