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New comment by johen8 in "Source code of the Estonian online voting system"

johen8 — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:12:07 +0000

It's a shame the technical discussion behind our voting machines has been completely ruined by political discussion. The paper trail bill is an objective improvement over the current system and unfortunately (why?) it has been denied.

New comment by johen8 in "Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude"

johen8 — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:14:20 +0000

Chat, create a new landing page for the company!

"Sure! And since you were asking me about lobsters yesterday, I'll make it red and seafood themed!"

New comment by johen8 in "List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games"

johen8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:47:44 +0000

Yeah I'm not sure what they are trying to argue with that defense. It's also clear that this is not the point that the plaintiffs are trying to make. We don't care if you call it a license or whatever, if we purchase something (like a digital movie), we should be able to at least maintain access to it for an indefinite amount of time. "oh but that's not feasible", that's not really my problem, you are the ones ditching physical

New comment by johen8 in "SteamdDB Joins Nexus Mods"

johen8 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:07:45 +0000

Damn, good for him, I guess, but what a bummer, I wonder how they'll enshittify the site. Also a reminder for everyone to disable or at least keep an eye out for updates on the extension. They say in the FAQ they won't change it, but i've been burned before by such promises

New comment by johen8 in "FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels"

johen8 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:19:49 +0000

Yes, yes, that's what I meant. The current glucose monitoring manufacturers don't have the incentive, we'll have to wait for someone to disrupt the market with something more permanent

New comment by johen8 in "FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels"

johen8 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:09:03 +0000

I also think there's no financial incentive from incumbents to develop something like this. Why would abbott develop something that works "forever" if they can milk people buying new sensors every 10~14 days.

New comment by johen8 in "Google will expand age checks on Android worldwide till the end of the year"

johen8 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:35:06 +0000

I never thought about that and I find it might actually be the right way for a solution... I was just looking into the Google Play Store now: in Brazil apps need to have an age rating, facebook and instagram for example are 16+, but browsers like firefox, chrome, etc are rated for 'all ages', even though you can access the whole internet through them. If we actually did what you said and inverted the logic: restrict everything to 18+ and specifically mark what is allowed to under-18s it would make parental controls much more effective.

New comment by johen8 in "Europe's Ultra-Rich Could Fund a Substantial Part of the EU's Budget"

johen8 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:02:14 +0000

The same principle of "just one more lane, bro", can be applied to "just one more tax, bro". You give the burocracy more money and they will find new, inefficient ways to spend it between them and their cronies, until it is not enough, and a new tax has to be created.

New comment by johen8 in "Back to Kagi"

johen8 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:42:49 +0000

What made me leave Kagi was the abysmal offer of widgets, plus the repeated assertion that they were working on them and at least until recently, no progress has been made. Brave search has maybe worse results and I miss the bangs to change result location, but at least during the world cup, for example, I used its widgets frequently, plus the financial, weather widgets... I wish they would actually go through with their promises with those

New comment by johen8 in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

johen8 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:47:02 +0000

> if you didn't put belts on, back seats included.

I don't drive/don't have a car, but it drives me mad when I take an Uber, I go into the back seat and put my backpack beside me and the car keeps beeping because of it (I obviously put my seatbelt on). For some time I didn't understand what was that beeping until a driver told me, now when I hear it I know to put the seatbelt in my backpack seat, and remove it when I get off the car.