Daniel AJ Sokolov

Recently I had an elderly visitor. Her mobile phone rang. Unknown caller. She didn't take it. A few minutes later, it rang again.
I coerced her to take it. "Bit it could be criminals!", she said. "So what are they going to do to you over the phone?", I asked. Reluctantly, she took the call.
It was the police, offering her that she can move her illegally parked car right now or pay for a tow.
Picking up that call saved her hundreds of dollars.
I guess you win some, you lose some.

2026-05-28 22:44:16 GMT

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Oxygen masks don't drop in case of fire or smoke. That would be asinine.
Think about what oxygen means to a fire.

2026-05-11 19:56:35 GMT

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Ich hege den Verdacht, dass das kurzfristig funktionieren wird. Langfristig werden sich die Tiere an die Warngeräusche gewöhnen und sie ignorieren.
So kenne ich das zumindest von Knallkörpern, die Bären abschrecken sollen. Das funktioniert ein, zwei Mal, aber bald pfeift der Bär drauf.

2026-03-24 00:06:03 GMT

It is not fun to live right above a meth lab.
Ask any #Canadian .

2026-03-22 15:40:57 GMT

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Brauchst Du https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Google-pur-Suchergebnisse-ohne-KI-Text-dafuer-weniger-Werbung-9729005.html

2026-03-21 16:51:49 GMT

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Das Fire Phone war langlebig! Eine Freundin von mir hat es bis Ende 2025 verwendet (ohne Datendienste). Sie würde es noch heute nutzen, aber der Netzbetreiber hat 3G abgedreht und es gibt keine VoLTE-Unterstützung.
Jedenfalls war das Fire Phone gute Qualität, damals.

2026-03-17 14:17:51 GMT

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The irony is, that Iran probably poses more of a terrorism danger to the US now - as a result of the war
The US has bombed a desalination plant in Iran. That crossed a red line.

2026-01-13 06:14:46 GMT

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Mein persönlicher Eindruck ist, dass Paramount Skydance das gewinnen kann, wenn sie ihr Angebot auf ~120 Milliarden USD aufstocken. Ob WBD diesen Geldberg wert ist, müssen die Kreditgeber entscheiden.

2025-12-22 20:37:11 GMT

Haines Junction, the second largest community in the #Yukon outside Whitehorse, has been without #electricity for over an hour. There is a local generator for backup, but it's not working. This is dangerous, as it is very #cold. The Federal Government's #weather station in Haines Junction has been defunct for at least a week, but the forecasted high for today is -43.
#PublicSafety

2025-12-10 08:33:59 GMT

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In some parts of the world it is totally normal to bring a live chicken along. Even goats.
In Halifax, they sell live lobsters at the airport to bring along as hand luggage.
So it's not as unreasonable as it sounds.

2025-12-01 20:17:51 GMT

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One difference is that the West Bank is technically not annexed, as no fully recognized country is laying claim to it. Ukraine however, is fully recognized, and even the Russian Federation guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrity. That's the legal side.
The journalism side is that these are headlines, and likely there were several alternate headlines in an A/B-test. You can't conclude much about the author's point of view from looking only at those headlines which won out.

2025-11-21 07:07:08 GMT

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Wird sich das so imposant durchsetzen wie der Visitkartendatenaustausch zwischen Handys?

2025-11-18 15:50:37 GMT

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Ich hab das schon ausprobiert. Das Ding ist erstaunlich begrenzt.

2025-11-18 14:06:22 GMT

Weil Ihr dank kaputter Clouds gerade Zeit habt, lest doch Mal was über Forschung über ein anderes System mit Schwierigkeiten: #Whatsapp
https://www.heise.de/news/3-5-Milliarden-Konten-Komplettes-Whatsapp-Verzeichnis-abgerufen-und-ausgewertet-11082660.html
#Datenschutz

2025-11-07 19:16:37 GMT

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Bitte jetzt Mindestalter 14.5 in Österreich und 15.36 in Tschechien, aber mit Reduktion um 12 Wochen bei Zustimmung eines Erziehungsberechtigten, 22 Wochen bei Zustimmung zweier Erziehungsberechtigter.

2025-09-30 21:11:07 GMT

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I don't see how removing subsidies is an attack.
I would like the subsidies to continue, and I would like to see car prices (but also parts & maintenance costs) to come down substantially (and I have ideas for that), but stopping to hand out cash is no "attack".
Removing protectionist measures against Chinese EVs will not bring more European models to Canada.
Renault/Dacia is available in Mexico, why not here? Nissan only owns 15%. Why is Fiat not selling more models here?

2025-09-30 20:14:37 GMT

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Apart from tariffs against Chinese EVs, the article does not mention protectionist policies. I know that it is illegal to import used vehicles (except from the US). What else?
The current government is the first working towards reciprocally recognising vehicle homologations with Europe. I see progress.
But maybe you are right and Carney is secretly trying to kill the EV industry. Then why are Europeans not selling combustion vehicles here? Where are the Dacias, Citroëns, Vauxhalls?

2025-09-30 07:01:35 GMT

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Nobody is keeping any of those brands out of the Canadian market. Only the Chinese are kept away for now, but the rest could open shop any day.
Here in the Yukon, all public chargers are by the government. The electricity has been free for years (that is going to change). There are subsidies for private chargers.
The BC gov is investing significantly in chargers, too.
I don't know all the programs nationwide, but I see a lot of money for chargers.

2025-09-30 04:36:50 GMT

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The Dacia and the Toyota would have a chance. I don't know about the Chinese ones, but I would be worried if those other European small ones would fair well in Canadian conditions. Roads are just not as good, snow clearance is not as good, it's more demanding on the vehicles.
The Europeans could offer their cars in Canada if they wanted to. And the Germans do, but look at VW's overall market share in Canada...

2025-09-09 01:58:49 GMT

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Hey @npub144j…j683 :-)

2025-09-07 07:14:40 GMT

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Also, the idea that the number of all shares multiplied with their most recent price represents the "company value" is absurd. Rarely could you sell all shares at that price in the open market.
The stock price tells you the value of that last bunch of shares, not of all the shares.
There is value in liquidity. A stock buyback program provides extra liquidity. So that (and the lowered number of shares) is why you may see an uptick of the stock price during buybacks.
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2025-09-07 07:08:14 GMT

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What is missing from that piece is that the stocks which the company buys are deleted. So no, the "company value" does not go up.
Stock buybacks are usually undertaken by companies which print new shares regularly to pay for services. In the long run, that dilutes each stock holder's share. Stock buybacks are a way to undo (some) of that dilution.
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2025-08-19 20:43:34 GMT

Anyone known this senior lady from #Toronto who speaks Portuguese? She has memory loss. Maybe she's your neighbour?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-lost-senior-1.7612722

2025-08-19 17:25:58 GMT

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Vielleicht hätte man ja junge Syrer ausbilden können.

2025-08-07 18:42:09 GMT

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Thank you. Would you happen to know what the legal name of Reflect Orbital is?

2025-08-07 18:17:55 GMT

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Would you mind sharing the source of this information? I can't find it on the FCC website.

2025-07-31 22:46:53 GMT

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No more sx.

2025-07-25 08:29:56 GMT

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L7 ist ein super Name für einen Roboter. :-)
#square

2025-07-06 17:42:39 GMT

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Und am Ende werden auch noch Arbeitsplätze geschaffen! Furchtbar.

2025-07-02 18:00:56 GMT

See another example of #AI making #Google #Search worse:
Tesla has not reported second quarter earnings. That second quarter only ended yesterday, it takes weeks to do the books.
https://social.heise.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/784/938/576/761/778/original/83cd341a0b9e8489.png

2025-06-02 07:18:11 GMT

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Hat Microsoft vergessen, was der USP des Notepad ist?

2025-05-10 11:37:06 GMT

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Es wird nur noch anerkannt, wenn der Beförderungsfall auch sein Pony dabeihat? ;-)

2025-05-06 15:05:04 GMT

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Ich muss da an
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Googles-Kamera-verfaelscht-Links-in-QR-Codes-6332669.html?seite=all
denken.

2025-04-27 15:54:01 GMT

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Zehn Jahre sind in Immobilienbereich ein Klacks. Da werden Millioneninvestitionen vernichtet. Nicht nur für die Hardware, der Austausch kostet ja auch etwas.

2025-04-25 09:41:45 GMT

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Kein Wunder. Das meistverkaufte Handy der Welt war 2024 das Samsung A15 (mit und ohne 5G). Und das läuft bislang mit Android 14. Auch Nachfolger A16 (5G) hat Android 14. Mehr Leute haben den Vorgänger A14 (5G), und da dürft Ihr dreimal raten, welche Android-Version da läuft. :-)
In diesem Segment spielt der Weltmarkt.

2025-04-21 05:04:38 GMT

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Jerry Harvey, I think

2025-04-16 09:52:10 GMT

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Besser nach #Kanada fahren!

2025-04-08 20:43:12 GMT

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Als #bonus für das Fediverse hier der Link zu offiziellen Ankündigung von PD-DOS (heute FreeDOS) aus dem Juni 1994:
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ?pli=1
#DOS #FreeDOS #OSS

2025-04-08 18:30:07 GMT

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Die haben alle das Internet vor uns erfunden.

2025-04-04 07:07:07 GMT

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https://social.heise.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/278/423/370/118/760/original/a2fd3cf1f5bb1efe.jpg

2025-03-07 17:05:34 GMT

Never have I received so many invitations from #PR agencies to, please, attend a #conference in the US. #Flight and #hotel paid for.
This tells me: I am not the only #journalist who is not #traveling to the #US at this time.

2025-03-07 14:15:11 GMT

US House #Ethics Committee blocks search engines
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/02/11/house-ethics-committee-matt-gaetz-website/

2025-03-07 08:14:10 GMT

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Nein.

2025-02-27 07:37:32 GMT

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regelmäßig erzwungene Passwortänderungen

2025-02-21 10:05:38 GMT

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Too little too late

2025-02-21 00:04:46 GMT

We need #ethical #principles, #logical #reasoning, and #scientific #literacy to make sound #moral #decisions and lead a flourishing #life.
https://bigthink.com/mini-philosophy/why-you-must-be-logical-and-scientific-to-be-a-good-person/
#philosophy

2025-02-18 21:55:52 GMT

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Does that mean we should not use RCS or iMessage?

2025-02-03 05:39:15 GMT

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You should participate in the consultation for the second, bigger wave of tariffs.

2025-01-13 22:23:02 GMT

Some 10% of men are "colour blind" in some form, most often red or green insensitive. Did you know that #GIMP has a display filter to simulate #colour #vision deficiency? It is a big help for #design .
Go to the View menu, pick "Display Filters", then add the "Colour Deficient Vision" filter.
#Accessibility

2025-01-08 09:58:27 GMT

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Ich hätte gerne einen Löffel aus Kupfer. Damit sollen Speisen auch anders schmecken. Leider habe ich noch keinen gefunden. Ist wahrscheinlich zu low tech.

2025-01-08 08:26:06 GMT

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Schade, dass das in Kanada nicht erlaubt ist. :-(

2025-01-06 20:45:23 GMT

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Ist das Standard oder Premium für mich? Nein, Base Für Max.
Dell schafft es Marketing gleichzeitig langweilig und verwirrend zu machen.

2024-12-30 05:04:14 GMT

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Actually, if everyone offered privacy settings like Google does, the world would be a much better place.

2024-12-20 22:34:02 GMT

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It surely isn't. But do you know of ethical examples of generative AI dealing with vast amounts of unstructured, real world information from the internet?

2024-12-20 17:53:30 GMT

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Mr. Pichai defined Google as an AI First company over a decade ago. So it's not *that* surprising.

2024-12-19 08:29:55 GMT

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Nein.

2024-11-13 08:21:53 GMT

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Das zeigt wie schlecht Verbraucher rechnen können. Die Ersparnis steht in keinem Verhältnis zur mit Reklame verschwendeten Zeit.

2024-10-27 20:27:38 GMT

#RIP Big Brother Awards Austria. Zwei Dutzend mal, bis 2022, hat der Verein Quintessenz die ärgsten Feinde des #Datenschutz ' an den Pranger gestellt. Doch das Format wurde alt.
2021 ein Eklat mit Themenverfehlung:
https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Die-Big-Brother-Awards-Austria-werden-alt-6228385.html
2023 sollte ein neuer Veranstaltungsort neues Leben eintauchen, doch gab es zu wenig Gäste. Der Lokalbetreiber stornierte kurzfristig, und kaum jemand hat es bemerkt.
Seither ist Funkstille. Die #BigBrotherAwards #Austria sind #Geschichte.

2024-10-26 02:12:51 GMT

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No. I'm not in Germany, and I'm not German either, in case you're wondering. :-)

2024-10-26 01:00:19 GMT

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Bezos has long left Amazon for more interesting pastures.

2024-10-26 00:53:49 GMT

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I dunno. Endorsements by newspapers are not a necessary ingredient in a democracy. Many democratic countries don't have them at all, such partisanship would be met with askance.
The situation at the WP seems to be more a question of management rights vs owner rights.

2024-10-24 19:54:11 GMT

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Nein, der zweite Satz lautet "Das sieht der neue Entwurf für eine Reform des Medienstaatsvertrages vor."
Es geht um Texte, nicht um Podcasts oder Videos. Ich würde davon ausgehen, dass auf Instagram gepostete Fotos von Texten so wie Texte behandelt werden, aber das wird womöglich ausjudiziert werden.

2024-10-16 09:52:14 GMT

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Abstoßend.

2024-09-08 01:48:51 GMT

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This thread
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60556/book-where-all-electricity-stopped-working
suggests Proprio como ieri, maybe there's an English translation you've read?

2024-08-31 00:43:04 GMT

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It's a vice for sure. But banning it just makes it worse.

2024-08-30 13:46:53 GMT

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I disagree. Gambling is a human thing. It will always be there, legal or not. So I prefer it to exist with oversight. Better than without. For example, Maltese online Casinos have to pay out 85% as winnings. Try to find that in Las Vegas! Or in a gov lottery.
My advice is: Stay away from online gambling. And there should be rules about advertising. But I don't think it should be generally illegal, because then all that's left would be organized crime gambling.

2024-08-27 01:05:08 GMT

Bad news for the #oil industry: Use of oil to make #gasoline will drop by 2050. Commercial use of oil will increase, but global oil consumption will not be much higher than today, maybe even just the same, expects #Exxon, "based upon internal data and analyses as well as publicly available information from many external sources including the International #Energy Agency."
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/sustainability-and-reports/global-outlook

2024-08-15 21:58:56 GMT

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In Nordamerika werden sie inzwischen wieder rückgebaut. Der Personalaufwand ist erstaunlich hoch (ich brauche jedes Mal, wenn ich mehr als 3 verschiedene Produkte habe, jemanden der irgendwas freischaltet oder abnickt) und die Ladendiebstähle nehmen deutlich zu. Außerdem sind die Selbstbedienungskassen nach anfänglicher Begeisterung inzwischen verhasst.

2024-06-30 18:13:51 GMT

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Oh, the #Chevron reversal. That was a long time coming.
It does not mean that everything is going to court all the time. It means that, when you challenge an authority's decision in court, the authority's reasonable interpretation of law is no longer deemed correct by default. Courts are now able to check if the authority's interpretation of law is actually correct.
(Law, as used above, refers to law specific to the authority's realm, auch as aviation law for the FAA.)

2024-06-30 17:54:55 GMT

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Why do you think so?