TLDR: 3.11 is twice as fast as 3.10 at doing global name lookups, so an old speedup hack of aliasing a global function locally isn’t needed.

For example, when calling len() in a loop, going l=len, and calling l() in the loop was faster in 3.10. In 3.11, moreso in 3.13, it’s almost a wash.

However, the author says this:

Accessing functions through a module [e.g. math.sin()] or a deep attribute chain can still carry overhead. Creating a local alias or using “from module import name” continues to be effective in those situations.

But when I look at the numbers, I would say 3.13 is pretty close to making it an unnecessary optimization in general. A little subjective on how you interpret the numbers.

Great info, but this was like trying to use a recipe and reading the author’s life story to get there.

I’m ootl, what happened to Nova? I have it on my old phone.

But how many layers does it take to get to Adolf Hitler?

This could be a router or VPN issue, or both. Is FitGirl private? They probably have info about port forwarding and seeding in an FAQ.

I guess when your phones suck you need to try to compete on services.

In any case, the headline should say “Free trials” (not OP’s fault.) Useless.

Yeah I think the picture quality from Pixel cameras is better than the Galaxy in certain conditions, but the camera app is just way better on the Galaxy. (I’m currently using a Pixel 6 Pro and an S23 Ultra and I hate the Pixel’s camera app.)

Actually there are quite a few things I like better in the Samsung software, and I can’t think of anything I like better on the Pixel…

I’m not OP, but I would say it’s not a well-written informational article, and the entire argument made by the author is to directly contradict the title.

The author seems to be trying to come off as an investigative journalist, but does so by trying to weave an entertaining story. In the parts where the author does make journalistic points (rather than creative writing) they often aren’t clear about their points. They vaguely mention things without telling you what they think that means. For readers, that means you have to work to glean the actual points from their story, both by deciphering what isn’t creative writing, and by unraveling their unexplained quotations and off-hand statements.

When they finally start getting away from creative writing, you’re subject to a bunch of info and quotations pulled directly from the Repubblica article before finally getting to the meat of the author’s argument (emphasis mine): “The report strongly implies that these sites exist to lure in unsuspecting customers, gather evidence of wrongdoing, then use self-provided names and addresses to issue fines.” There are a couple of quotes that kind of back this up. However the author even agrees that the quotes aren’t really supportive: “It doesn’t state that directly but most reasonable readers seem likely to draw that conclusion.”

But most of the discussion/quotes in this area are just telling you random info from the Repubblica article that is unrelated to this argument anyway.

Then the article takes a left turn and starts randomly talking about sting operation legality in multiple jurisdictions, and some random statements about the (il)legality of IPTV. I think the implication here is that law enforcement wouldn’t do this type of sting since it would be illegal, and what the targets are doing isn’t likely to be deemed illegal anyway. This seems like a weak argument, at best, but it’s the best I can come up with since the author didn’t explicitly tell us their point here.

As a reminder, the title of the article is ‘Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement “Entrap Hundreds”’. That means you’re going into the article thinking you’re going to get a story about Bogus Pirate IPTV sites. But then the author is basing that title off an article they spend their whole article debunking. That just makes it that extra little bit of difficult to quickly read the article. A more accurate title would have been "Italian Journal Claims Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement to Entrap Hundreds (But I Don’t Think It’s True) ”.

All in all, I think it’s a difficult read, and most certainly a difficult scan.

I left a lot of options open for improving the article from my original comment, but if you want some more details:

1. Describe the issue and what forms it comes in to clarify the issue.
2. Do a thorough analysis of posts and comments on Reddit (and maybe some other forums, just a thought) to try to get some numbers to indicate how often it happens and what the different causes are.
3. Maybe create a survey to try to ascertain some numbers. Reach out to a statistician for some help on how to do that.
4. This is a “Senior Editor” at Android Central and they don’t have a single connection to an expert in phone technology. They exhausted all the possible experts out there and didn’t get any responses? Honestly, this means they either don’t know how to write a letter to get an answer from experts, don’t have any compelling data to interest an expert enough to expend their time, or didn’t actually try very hard, or all of the above.

¯_(ツ)_/¯ indeed.

This article is not very helpful. It doesn’t clarify what is meant by the term “green line of death”. Does it brick the phone? Does it make the phone unusable? Is it just annoying? Does it include red lines? Blue lines, black lines, rainbows?

It presents anectdotal evidence of it having happened a lot, but doesn’t give any real numbers. There’s no analysis of the information they do have to say if it’s more often a hardware issue, a software bug, or caused by damage. There’s no indication if there was an attempt to ascertain how often it happens within the warranty period, or if occurrences increase with phone age.

Interviewing a couple friends and a “quick reddit search” is not investigative journalism. The writer didn’t hear back from manufacturers or industry experts, and gave up. So they interviewed a couple more “nerd” friends. Ouch.

I didn’t say I confused it with something else. I didn’t imply anyone would confuse it with something else. Congratulations to everyone who already knew what it was.

Fuck this article for never saying what AOSP stands for.

(Android Open Source Project according to my search)

Could be a legal issue

Why are people joining .world to begin with?

Because how it works when you first join is very confusing, and why you would choose any particular server is not clear at all.

Also, people want to join something that is bigger and more active because it feels like it would be better (more stable, more content, etc.)

Quietly with a blog post: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/02/piloting-new-ways-to-protect-Android-users-from financial-fraud.html

I’d be curious about a private Edu tracker. I have invites for a private tracker to trade.