Texas moved closer to becoming the next state with a right to repair law on the books, as the state Senate unanimously voted 31 - 0 to finalize HB 2963 this weekend. It would require manufacturers to make spare parts, manuals, and necessary tools available for equipment sold or used in the country’s second most populated state.

You’re correct.

As of right now, Revolt does not feature any federation and it is not in our feature roadmap.

However, this does not necessarily mean federation is off the table, possible avenues are:

• Implement our own federation protocol
• Implement a promising up and coming federation protocol, polyproto
• Implement the Matrix protocol (unlikely, obtuse and unstable)
• Implement the XMPP protocol (battle-tested and stable)

For quality assurance reasons, we’ve defined ‘within the app’ as ‘everything on the phone while our app is running in the background’.

I personally agree, but I’m pretty sure WordPress is the architecture behind a bajillion sites. Technical term.

FTFY: Pretends to walk back his statements. Fools no one.

In 2017, I helped develop key recommendations for planning your digital legacy. These include:

• creating an inventory of accounts and assets, recording usernames and login information, and if possible, downloading personal content for local storage
• specifying preferences in writing, noting wishes about what content should be preserved, deleted, or shared – and with whom
• using password managers to securely store and share access to information and legacy preferences
• designating a digital executor who has legal authority to carry out your digital legacy wishes and preferences, ideally with legal advice
• using legacy features on available platforms, such as Facebook’s Legacy Contact, Google’s Inactive Account Manager, or Apple’s Digital Legacy.

Well there’s your other problem.

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Next, you’re going tell me a billionaire’s involved somehow!

Well there’s your problem.

“This call may be used for quality assurance and training purposes.”

Every interaction costs them money, right?

Sounds like we need to put all the AI call centers on a conference call with each other.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell pretends to get a hole drilled into his head for a brain-computer interface.

I’m pretty sure Matrix has both iOS and Android clients.

I wish Signal was as popular. Or that Matrix was as user-friendly.

What technology?

Safety features like lane-keep assist, automatic emergency braking (AEB), and blind-spot detection…

… AI-powered traffic systems that predict and prevent accidents.…

Impaired driving is also solvable. On-demand breathalyzers, smartphone saliva tests, and eye-tracking sensors… Uber is already testing real-time driver sobriety verification…

Why aren’t we using it?

The article doesn’t have an answer.

The article is really lazy about citing its sources.

many cars don’t come with dipsticks anymore. Some sources say

Are these some sources in the room with us?

it’s because automakers don’t trust us to use them, so why make them? (That’s kind of along the lines of rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, right?) Or maybe it’s some kind of conspiracy to keep drivers coming in for oil changes more often.

This is like an eighth grader padding out a book report.

But in actuality, it’s because a lot of things are going digital.

Tl;dr: Here’s a higher quality source: Why the Reliable Dipstick is Sliding into Obsolescence

I never understand what point people are making with these stock price charts.

Back when I still believed, I was excited because I wanted get in my car and take a 90-minute nap until I arrived at work.

With public transportation, you can only be half-asleep or you’ll miss your stop.

Sounds less like “protecting your privacy” and more like “letting you know when the government is violating your privacy.”

Tl;dr: Because we haven’t created a safety standard for it.

The lack of an Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standard is perhaps the biggest obstacle to the adoption of balcony solar. The company certifies the safety of thousands of household electrical products; according to Iowa State University, “every light bulb, lamp, or outlet purchased in the US usually has a UL symbol and says UL Listed.” This assures customers that the product follows nationally recognized guidelines and can be used without the risk of a fire or shock.

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