circuscritic

Big ups to Smart Audiobook Player, definitely worth the $2 to upgrade as well. Not required, and you get a 30 day trial, but well worth it.

Voice is a decent FOSS audiobook player, you can find it in the FOSS repo managers (Droidify, Neo-Store, etc.)

I agree with your sentiment, and maybe this is a minor quibble, but I don't see how complex electronic implants can be designed to function on the same timelines as "inactive pieces of metal".

I do think that your bashing of privatized medicine is on the right track though. There needs to be some sort of regulatory framework, and possibly public funding, to maintain warranty and replacement stockpiles for implants that are too dangerous, or complex to remove, or unique in the medical niche they fill.

However, I'm just spitballing out of my ass and depth here, so there's a real possibility that everything I just said is nonviable, or otherwise idiotic.

Let me preface by saying that I myself am not making a political statement, just a quick retort/correction:

"...Seems they [biologists] have achieved something like a consensus on the matter [trans women are women]. I don't see anything inherently political"

No, that's not a scientific question or statement, it's a sociological one, which makes it intrinsically political.

We, as a society, or a large enough group, can come up with a consensus belief that trans rights are human rights and that we can collectively treat other people by the gender role of their choice.

But biologically speaking, being trans doesn't change one's chromosomes. Which is why I think it's misguided to say that trans issues are actually questions that hard science should answer, they aren't.

Which, ironically, is why Elon's moronic AI gambit is failing (by his metrics), because the online culture he used to as a dataset to train it, has collectively agreed that trans women are women, amongst other social and political opinions that his sycophants can't stand.

He probably should have trained it with TruthSocial's cesspool instead.

I can't wait to see Tay AI 2.0 level reincarnation after they "retrain it". It's going be to hilarious.

Less RF interference, sure, but a lot more wall and physical object interference as the higher frequencies aren't able to go through them nearly as well.

Overall, it's great to have more spectrum available, especially in a less crowded range. More options means more optimal solutions to be had.

Some subscriptions make sense for the consumer, or at least justifiable.

IMO a music service like Spotify is absolutely one of them.

Turning heated seats in a subscription? Burn in hell.

This is great news... for business customers, as they're those are the only channels they'll be available through.

Well, unless you don't mind spending $200-$400 per unit to scalpers, who magically never seem to run out of stock.

The Pi foundation screwed over its original customer base by diverting practically ALL available inventory to business customers. Good riddance.