Thursday, November 20
Daily News Stuff 20 November 2025
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Sparkly Edition
Top Story
- The EU is considering scaling back the GDPR rules after learning that every website on the planet uses cookies. (The Verge)
Finally."We have all the ingredients in the EU to succeed. But our companies, especially our start-ups and small businesses, are often held back by layers of rigid rules," said Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president for implementing layers of rigid rules at the European Commission.
You don't say.
Tech News
- Is the detector that detects whether the watcher that is watching the monitor that monitors DownDetector down? (A Site Whose Name Is Too Long)
No.
But DownDetector itself was down during the Cloudflare outage.
- If you need to replace your Nintendo GameBoy - which you likely do since the original came out in 1989 - the Ayaneo Pocket Vert looks like just the thing. (Liliputing)
It's about the same size as the original model, but has replaced the 2.5" monochrome screen with a 3.5" colour model, and upgraded the resolution from 160x144 to... 1600x1440.
Which is better than a whole lot of things.
It has four hidden trigger buttons on the back and turns the blank areas of the faceplate into an invisible touchpad.
No pricing information yet.
- More PowerPoint slides than you ever wanted about the upcoming Snapdragon Elite X2. (Hot Hardware)
The Snapdragon Elite sank without a trace in the PC hardware market because it wasn't better enough - and certainly not cheap enough - to make up for the compatibility issues that come from running x86 software on Arm hardware.
As for this second attempt, the 18 core flagship model looks nice, but unless they've solved the pricing and compatibility issues that may not matter.
- Screw you guys, I'm installing Linux. (The Verge) (archive site)
2026 will be the year of Linux on my desktop, at least.
Musical Interlude
There was an official music video released for Eye in the Sky, but for the life of me I cannot find it online.
Disclaimer: Ptui.
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This one, perhaps? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ZRGzx31iQ&list=RDQ6ZRGzx31iQ&start_radio=1
Live event, clearly not bootlegged. So it's at least legal, but whether it's the "official" version from the band's perspective, I couldn't say.
Live event, clearly not bootlegged. So it's at least legal, but whether it's the "official" version from the band's perspective, I couldn't say.
Posted by: David Eastman at Friday, November 21 2025 02:20 AM (OZKzj)
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I'm trying to imagine a version of linux dumb enough for one of the "special folk" over at The VERGE!
Posted by: normal at Friday, November 21 2025 02:25 AM (LADmw)
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@normal, it's one of those Amazon Android tablets for kids.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, November 21 2025 04:26 AM (IHmO8)
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One of those inflatable tablets? That squeaks when you push the buttons?
Posted by: normal at Friday, November 21 2025 07:08 AM (e0fX0)
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guys
We could make a Linux that that replicates the 'MS-DOS with no software installed' experience.
The security model is that the software installs itself, sets the root password, and never tells anyone what the password is. It also generates a bunch of crypto credentials for contacting the central cloud based management server. After about four boot cycles, and seven days, the server starts 'mailing' 'floppy disks' to the computer, and the user then gets the option of trying to use some of the floppies.
You basically get all of the worst aspects of most alternatives. 1. most of the admin decisions can be controlled by some lunatic that you don't know. 2. command lines, with none of the control or power 3. you also get all the fun of smartphone gatcha games, with none of the actual fun.
Could be an interesting software engineering problem, but I would be less self-destructive if I became an alcoholic.
We could make a Linux that that replicates the 'MS-DOS with no software installed' experience.
The security model is that the software installs itself, sets the root password, and never tells anyone what the password is. It also generates a bunch of crypto credentials for contacting the central cloud based management server. After about four boot cycles, and seven days, the server starts 'mailing' 'floppy disks' to the computer, and the user then gets the option of trying to use some of the floppies.
You basically get all of the worst aspects of most alternatives. 1. most of the admin decisions can be controlled by some lunatic that you don't know. 2. command lines, with none of the control or power 3. you also get all the fun of smartphone gatcha games, with none of the actual fun.
Could be an interesting software engineering problem, but I would be less self-destructive if I became an alcoholic.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, November 21 2025 07:58 AM (rcPLc)
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I was thinking of the ones with the parental controls and the bumpers but sure, that works too. It's like that old Dilbert where they gave the PHB an Etch-A-Sketch and told him it was a laptop.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, November 21 2025 10:09 AM (1zWbY)
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David Eastman - That one is official (and live), but it was recorded nearly 30 years after the original. Alan is apparently still touring right now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, November 21 2025 05:17 PM (PiXy!)
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