Maybe I'm blind but I given a diagonal read I couldn't find the sample size. Most of the restrictions were being introduced in the spring and at the same time. This probably leads to some issues: little cross-sectional information to identify the effects of all the different types of lockdowns; limited testing means that we do not know how many cases were there and we only knew of the most severe ones.
It's only standard as Apple was first through the gate with this scheme for online marketplaces. They got to copy the split from brick-and-mortar (without the accompanying costs like restocking) and everyone else followed suit.
Please do not support Onyx or buy any Boox tablets! I'm reproducing an earlier comment[0] below:
They're a lousy company that does not respect the GPL and ships intentionally insecure software (ancient linux kernel with SELinux disabled for starters) that phones home to Chinese servers. The bootloader is locked, so putting pmOS is out of the question and their update files are intentionally obfuscated.
This received some attention in the re--it community last month--the company still does not care [1]. It's a tragedy because their hardware is good, otherwise and they can compete on that.
In other news, I am now a happy owner of a ReMarkable 2 and the first day I was able to SSH in, set up rsync on my local network and customize the hosts file to disable their cloud services. We should not tolerate the inability to run software on computers that we own, especially for devices that are as trusted as notebooks and personal computers, which this tablet is.
I'm not sure if I should sell my Boox Note or relegate it to use as signage. The only problem is that if the battery dies, it refreshes the display to a "battery depleted" screen, instead of leaving up the last image. But you can't customize that because the bootloader is locked.
Edit: Another note about Onyx. At least my Note does not support proper C2C charging. In other words, you can't charge from a Type-C charger, you have to use a type-A charger. My rM2 works just fine with all of my C2C chargers.
Sweden is probably the most advanced in considering an "e" currency and so far the proposals have been of keeping the two-tier system, i.e., you still have an account with a bank.
The riksbank seems to be advocating an "e-krona" where each citizen would use a state-issued digital identity to directly use central bank money as a means of payment similar to physical cash, no?
They have not decided whether e-krona would be a 'account-based' (like you say) and a competing/backup payment system. Or a 'value-based' where it's 'stored on a card'. At the same time they do not want to impact lending facilities of banks so if they go with the first option they will most likely deemphasize it considerably to keep deposits in traditional banks. The 2nd option seems to me like a total fail, similar to what Chipknip was in the Netherlands. The main motivation for the ekrona seems to be the move away from cash, but Sweden has been cashless for a long time now (between Swish and cards).
At some point Netflix will have to stop thinking about how to get 'new subscribers' and focus on how to 'keep current subscribers'. It's all great if you can recapture the interest of burnt customers with new flashy shows, but how many times can you do that before they stop Netflix subscription and go to Disney or HBO instead?
It really does amaze me they are not doing this. How you gain more subscribers is by maintaining a solid track record for Netflix originals now I typically hold off until I see that its past the 3rd season as a show.
If I cancel Netflix the only way I am going back is if they stop cancelling shows. Whats worse is Netflix will be full of a graveyard of shows never finished. If the last time a show has been updated is over two years back I dont click to watch.
Amazon had the better idea to plan for the long term not the short term. I hope Netflix takes a similar stand. Make your customers happy and eventually your shareholders will follow when the numbers work themselves to your favor.
In a previous video on his original channel he talks about the first strike which was made against on of his tutorials by a company who published their tabs a few years AFTER he posted the video.
