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CogitoCogito commented on Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need   theregister.com/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/rntn
scarface_74 · 14 days ago
I can’t defend the Apple Card. But having a persistent notification to turn on iCloud is good for the user so they don’t lose irreplaceable pictures.

Now the fact that fifteen years later that iCloud is only 5GB for free is inexcusable

CogitoCogito · 14 days ago
> But having a persistent notification to turn on iCloud is good for the user so they don’t lose irreplaceable pictures.

Are you saying it's not okay for a user to decide they just plain don't want it? Why shouldn't be they be allowed to dismiss it permanently?

CogitoCogito commented on Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets   scmp.com/news/asia/southe... · Posted by u/belter
petcat · 14 days ago
The EU negotiates as a bloc. If the trade deal includes $750 billion in energy purchases and $600 billion in investments, those commitments came from the EU's negotiating mandate, not from separate members acting on their own.

Maybe some of the EU member states don't like how the "union" operates. In that case, they should pull a Brexit. We already saw it happen once.

CogitoCogito · 14 days ago
I'm not sure where you're getting your information, but this is a quote from the European Commission itself:

> The political agreement of 27 July 2025 is not legally binding. Beyond taking the immediate actions committed, the EU and the US will further negotiate, in line with their relevant internal procedures, to fully implement the political agreement.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_...

You might consider updating your mistaken prior beliefs.

Edit: I see another comment made the same point. I'll have to presume that after you've been presented with this new information, you'll realize that you are in fact very wrong.

CogitoCogito commented on Debian 13 “Trixie”   debian.org/News/2025/2025... · Posted by u/ducktective
sgarland · 20 days ago
I can’t fathom why anyone would be surprised that a directory named “tmp” is ephemeral.
CogitoCogito · 20 days ago
Then I think you just don't have much imagination. I have recovered files in /tmp after turning off a machine by booting it back up in single-user mode and accessing the data before it would be cleared in during bootup. Given that "turning off a machine" can also mean "the machine lost power", I can definitely see why people would be surprised by this change.
CogitoCogito commented on Debian 13 “Trixie”   debian.org/News/2025/2025... · Posted by u/ducktective
thiht · 20 days ago
Curious, why not use your phone for both these use cases? Seems like it would be even more convenient
CogitoCogito · 20 days ago
I can't speak for the other poster, but I like the idea a lot. Having tools with specific purposes means I can avoid using my phone for everything. No matter what games I play to remove notifications/interruptions/etc. it's always a distraction and easy to be distracted from whatever I originally intended to use the phone for.
CogitoCogito commented on A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 processor's ceramic package   righto.com/2025/08/intel-... · Posted by u/robin_reala
userbinator · 20 days ago
I'm against war but it just says nothing more than stupid virtue-signaling when you do stuff like this.

What's ironic is that the ones doing this crap are usually the first to cry about internet censorship.

CogitoCogito · 20 days ago
> What's ironic is that the ones doing this crap are usually the first to cry about internet censorship.

I believe most people against internet censorship are against _government_ censorship. I fall into that camp. I don't support government censorship of the internet, but I have no problem if individual website operators decide they don't want to serve a certain country.

CogitoCogito commented on US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief   notebookcheck.net/Despera... · Posted by u/voxadam
fuzzylightbulb · 24 days ago
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CogitoCogito · 24 days ago
Why would this post be flagged? It could of course just be automatic due to disingenuous flagging by users, but any administrator could see there is no reason to flag this and then unflag it afterwards.
CogitoCogito commented on Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel   lwn.net/Articles/1027289/... · Posted by u/ksec
CogitoCogito · 2 months ago
Reading through Kent Overstreet's comments, it seems totally correct to kick bcachefs out of the kernel. His comments demonstrate very clearly that he's not able to work under the constraints of the current kernel development process.
CogitoCogito commented on U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated   ishn.com/articles/114776-... · Posted by u/z991
ourmandave · 2 months ago
Laws and regulations are part of the free market system.

I thought we've known since well before the 1952 Cuyahoga River fire that sparked the formation of the EPA.

Although TBF, there's never been a lot of demand for literal burning rivers.

CogitoCogito · 2 months ago
I'm pretty sure we've actually known this since time immemorial. Property, contract, etc. are all legal constructs. Talking about free markets (or whatever approximation to "free" is meant by that) without laws and regulations doesn't make any sense.
CogitoCogito commented on Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests   cnn.com/2025/06/09/politi... · Posted by u/sapphicsnail
averageRoyalty · 3 months ago
As someone outside the US, I find this strange. You have a democratically elected president, elected in part on a platform of removing illegal immigrants. He is now removing illegal immigrants. That is democracy at work, is it not?
CogitoCogito · 3 months ago
The presidency is only legally afforded some powers. The issue here isn't Trump's fulfilling of campaign promises. The issue here is if Trump is following the law while doing so.
CogitoCogito commented on Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests   cnn.com/2025/06/09/politi... · Posted by u/sapphicsnail
thaumasiotes · 3 months ago
But, again, Ken White seems to be having trouble seeing it in retrospect. Is that not weird? The tweet is phrased to suggest that the Marines are using unusual terminology. They aren't.
CogitoCogito · 3 months ago
"Apparently..." would have been the perfect way to describe my reaction. I didn't realize that "cover me" meant "lay down suppressing fire" to Marines. I guess it makes sense, but that's not the meaning I would have expected. So I would probably have been just as confused as the cops in the story. I wouldn't be surprised if most cops would have been similarly confused.

So yeah in conclusion, I don't really understand the point you're trying to make.

u/CogitoCogito

KarmaCake day3560March 22, 2017View Original