Andrea Corbellini

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@timClicks the advantage is that Option<NonZeroUsize> has the same size as usize. I think it's mentioned on the documentation somewhere
@mergesort the beginning of the end?
@mjg59 "real TPM" as opposed to a software based TPM built into the EFI/BIOS firmware?

@johncarlosbaez Italian logician Piergiorgio Odifreddi explains these topics very well, including the history behind them and why we're even talking about these things. He does it beautifully and in a way anyone could understand.

I'd link some videos but they're all in Italian.

#Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there - https://walledculture.org/italys-new-piracy-shield-has-just-gone-into-operation-and-is-already-harming-human-rights-there/ a terrible precedent, which is already causing harm #copyright #privacy
Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there

<p>Back in October, Walled Culture wrote about the grandly-named “Piracy Shield”. This is Italy’s new Internet blocking system, which assumes people are guilty until innocent, and gives the copyright industry a disproportionate power to control what is available online, no court orders required. Piracy Shield went live in December, and has just issued its first …</p>

Just received an Amber Alert on my phone. I go to click the link and it’s to …The Site Formerly Known as Twitter… and it doesn’t allow me to see the post because I don’t have an account.

Gee, who could have EVER foreseen that putting all our emergency services social media eggs into a single basket owned by a private company would turn out to be a bad idea?

#WhyStillUsingBrandX?

Also what's up with the #android keyboard capitalizing almost every word I type? This started happening a few weeks ago. Am I the only One with this problem?

Just discovered that a bank does not let me login by typing my password because it's too long (copying and pasting works).

This is not the first time something like this happens to me. What's up with banks and their hate for long passwords?

the most computer industry thing I've ever seen is a message saying "this manual is printed on recycled paper" and the little recycling logo

on an official manual PDF, included on installation CD of the software. what... what paper?

@popey no worries! Yes, I had all the email notifications on when I checked. I guess I turned them on when I created my account (if it's not the default). I was probably expecting a daily digest or similar, certainly not an email for everything.

I think this is something that Mastodon needs to improve on. Definitely not something you need to be sorry about.