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Arkanum | 10 months ago | on: Apple and Meta fined millions for breaching EU law

I agree, except the DMA specifically only applies to companies over a specific size. I think if the German newspapers were at FB/Apple scale, in terms of number of users, then the DMA would apply (i.e. they would be designated gatekeepers or similar) and they could also be fined. Although I think pay for no ads is also a violation of GDPR maybe?

Arkanum | 1 year ago | on: Brazilian Electric "Suicide" Shower Heads [video]

I don't think any current flow in the water is deliberate. The heating comes from the resistive heating of the coil. The issue (i think) is the coil being uninsulated, allowing some current to leak out through the water, hence the tingling sensation others have mentioned.

Arkanum | 1 year ago | on: Splatt3R: Zero-Shot Gaussian Splatting from Uncalibrated Image Pairs

Probably not much harder, but you wouldn't get the same massive jump in quality that you get going from 1 image to 2. NeRF/Gaussian Splatting in general is what you're describing, but from the looks of it, this just does it in a single forward pass rather than optimising the gaussian/network weights.

Arkanum | 1 year ago | on: Apple vs. the "Free Market"

I thought, (although the rules might have changed), that Apple explicitly forbids having different prices between your website and the app, and will kick you out of the store if it finds you doing this?

Arkanum | 2 years ago | on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

Oh 100% I agree. My question/point is about how the US system treats monopolistic practices, and I worry that actually that example works in Apple's favour as they would likely argue that consumers are free to switch to android if they want cheaper apps.

Arkanum | 2 years ago | on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

I don't think that's enough though is it? To my mind the strong counter argument is that consumers are choosing to pay higher prices for "higher quality" (i know that often not the case with the scams on the app store) apps and if they want cheaper apps they are free to switch to android.

Arkanum | 3 years ago | on: Apple signs union agreement for Glasgow Apple Store staff

I might argue that the issue is not "having ways for the employees in the stores to communicate their needs to corporate.". But rather having corporate act on those needs, and in the face of larger investors like Buffet and Vanguard, who would probably like more to see dividends and share price increases, unions are a good way to balance the scales a bit.

Arkanum | 3 years ago | on: I've said it all before but here we go again

It feels like you're doing exactly what the article was complaining about: ad hominem attacks, rather than refuting the argument she's making.

I also think this comment is not in keeping with the HN guidelines.

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