algorithmae

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algorithmae , to Technology in 224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries

That's horrifying. Why would a potential life-threatening device be controlled by a smartphone app? What functions could possibly not be handled on the pump itself and need to be offloaded? What FDA crook was paid off to allow such a stupid thing to hit the market?

algorithmae , (edited ) to Android in Google's plan is to annoy you relentlessly until you update Messages

Does anyone know the last version that didn't do this?

Edit: trying messages.android_20240123_01_RC04, we'll see if it works

Edit 2: for posterity, no that version also bugs you to update. The search continues.

algorithmae , to Showerthoughts in If you have a bank account or a car, you can never use all your money or all your fuel. If you spend all your money or use all your fuel, you will be fucked.

Understood, it was a semantics issue.

I've finally gotten out of hitting single digits every month, and it's nice to finally not have to micromanage the order my bills are paid to not overdraft

algorithmae , to Showerthoughts in If you have a bank account or a car, you can never use all your money or all your fuel. If you spend all your money or use all your fuel, you will be fucked.

Do you mean "and" instead of "or"?

If you have money but no gas, just buy gas. If you don't have money but have gas, then you're just the average American.

algorithmae , to Technology in Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

That was one of the tamest comments I've seen on the internet. There wasn't even remarks about your mom.

algorithmae , to No Stupid Questions in Which is the best Lemmy app for mobile?

I personally like Thunder. Jerboa felt too limited for me.

algorithmae , to Android in Safest way of using WeChat

Why not another app, such as one that offers end to end encryption?

algorithmae , to Android in Does Graphene OS maintain the privacy of notifications from being recorded by third parties?

Why do we need a server to handle notifications anyway? Why isn't it local to the device?

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