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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • When they dropped sms support I was no longer able to convince people to migrate to signal.

    Before I could make the argument that you need one sms app anyway so that app might just as well be Signal instead of the one that comes preloaded with your phone. That way people would gradually get more and more secure messaging as time went on. When sms support was dropped, Signal could not replace an existing app and adding another messing app is much less appealing than replacing one.


  • There was an EU rule about ten years ago that stipulated that rear lights are no longer mandatory in daylight. The reasoning being to save on fuel. Which is a ridiculous reason, even more so with today’s LED lights.

    I don’t know about other EU countries but this was the reason that Sweden removed the requirement. All cars in Sweden used to have the rear lights turned on at all time, even if the light switch was in the off position, but that changed around the same time.















  • However, this plan to aid European EV makers faces potential complications due to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) rules, which the EU must follow. Because the WTO prohibits subsidies that unfairly favor domestic producers or hinder international competition, enacting a measure that Chinese automakers cannot also benefit from will be a challenge.

    The article ended with this with no suggestions on how to deal with WTO limitations. Does anyone know what the plan is here?