>but not having root as the default makes it less of a secure FOSS OS and more of a closed down toy.
I don't get it, it's "less of a secure FOSS OS" to not have root by default, but it's secure to run random apps as root and breaking android's security model? What's the threat model here?
Your Qubes OS comparison doesn't really work because Android distributions need extra work to support each new device, whereas for Qubes OS, they're probably using some virtualization framework that makes it pretty trivial to add support for CPUs without virtualization. There's nothing stopping you from starting a new fork that supports your motorola phone, for instance.
I understand that supporting new phones is a lot of extra work. My only question is whether the developers of GrapheneOS would accept patches from community for such support without full set of security features.
"accepting patches" is still a lot of work and often means taking on the maintenance burden; i suspect that if qubes had to do extra hardware enablement work/maintenance for VT-d-less devices they might've had the same position
>You may distribute the software or any part of its source code only if you do so free of charge for non-commercial purposes.
Semantic arguments over what "FOSS" means aside, for most people, calling it "not FOSS" probably makes them more confused than if you just said "it's FOSS", even if the latter might not be technically correct.
>The researchers estimate that the increase in the retail price to consumers was about 6.9 percent. This was on the $23 pre-tariff retail price, so it amounts to $1.59, which, in dollar terms, exceeded the tariff revenue collected.
Is seemingly contradicted by goldman sac's report, which claims consumers only paid 55% of the tariff increase.
>In particular anyone who does 'mileage runs' and emits huge amounts of CO2 just so they have the 'privilege' to sit in a slightly nicer chair in a dull airport lounge.
I doubt anyone is doing this? At best they're grinding out flights so they can get free first/business class seats later.
People do this to meet minimum requirements for mileage tiers, e.g. I know someone who was close to Diamond status on Delta and went to Miami and back without leaving the airport area just for the miles.
Look on the Flyertalk BA forum 2005-2020. Was a huge thing and not always for upgrades, because BA have been stingy with upgrades for a long long time. Lounge access/baggage/priority boarding etc was a huge part of it
Popular mileage runs were London to Honolulu with lots of sectors on the way iirc !!
>But all they are doing is updating a financial instrument that suggests an increased likelihood, and getting massive bank for not providing the information that would make everyone else bet the same way.
That's the incorrect way of thinking about this, at least according to how US insider trading laws work. If a hedge fund has reason to believe oil prices will spike due to some secret info (eg. they paid some intern to camp out at US airbases and spot outgoing flights), and then they made massive bank on that trade, that's not insider trading. It's not a crime to hoard material nonpublic information and trade on it (ie. "updating a financial instrument ... and getting massive bank for not providing the information that would make everyone else bet the same way"). Now, if they paid off some guy inside the base, that might be breaking a bunch of laws around national security, but still not insider trading.
That’s 100% insider trading. If you use material non-public (including confidential) information to perform the trade it’s illegal. Paying someone to provide confidential info is still insider trading. Paying someone to observe planes (public information) is not insider trading. Researching using publicly available information (even though you don’t share your research) is not insider trading. The key point is the channel from which you receive the information.
The distinction isnt public private information.
If I am a farmer and I know harvest will be poor, buying futures isnt insider information. I pay to conduct a confidential survey of farmers, that still isnt insider trading.
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