Gotta love that a fictional character created by a transphobe carries more weight and concern than the further destruction of our biosphere.

Yeah, but he doesn’t have to act like it. IMO I find Chalamet flat with no range.

I miss the excitement of new and better.

From cellphones bolted into cars

To affordable handhelds

To text messaging

OMG you can send pictures!? (Crappy, But yes!)

Free nights, free weekends

Then unlimited texts

Nokias to flip phones, to phones with slide-out keyboards and windows CE on them…

Then most plans slowly became unlimited data/voice/text

Then came the iphone which wrecked everything. They’re all black obelisks now that are virtually mini-pc’s that want to do nothing except track you, monetize you, keep you constantly connected, distract you, and disengage you. Nothing’s new, you just own less, pay more, and fight a retreating battle for your privacy and rights.

It is most certainly not real.

Fake, but funny.

Some people don’t work well with the conditions set by others, or work well with others at all. They want a human, but can’t make it happen. So a robot that doesn’t say no, as creepy as that is, will be what some demand. A self-driven device like a fleshlight isn’t going to fit their desire.

It’s wild how different the symptoms and effects of covid can be. I know people who have been asymptomatic, a few died, or have had major long-term health issues. Even the regular cases of it vary from a light cold to a bad flu.

A virus that really highlights how different genetics and overall heath affect each person who gets infected.

Absolutely. Sometimes the two and three stars are useful, people tend to write more nuanced reviews about what went wrong or other issues with whatever is being reviewed. You might also find someone who has taken the time to find a fix if there is one, or suggest a possible alternative product that does the job. One stars are usually “this (thing) sucks because (reasons) and I’d give it negative stars if I could!”

Because all those other cctvs and stuff are owned by companies that don’t want to get sued for posting people’s images non-consensually online. Doesn’t matter if it’s legal to be recorded in public or not. If someone can say a company caused harm because of said imagery, it’s going to be expensive.

Individual people have no problem at all posting these videos and commenting on people they capture, and people viewing that clip will do so as well.

As for the rest; out of sight, out of mind. But even then some take measures to avoid being tracked.

A set of nice tools, keys to a cool car you’ll have to puzzle out, and a 4080ti card.

AirBnB became too many people’s “passive income”.

They don’t want to take care of the property or have too many to take care of, so they treat customers like house sitters for the luxury of renting the property as well as building equity off them.

Pretty messed up. In the early days Airbnb was ok, we used it a couple times, but I don’t think I’d want to mess with it today.

AI? Absolutely seamless window frame and baseboard trim, like it’s one single piece and completely uniform.

It’s crap. I’ve listened to a little of it. Generic, predictable, and full of issues like “singers” rapping out 30 seconds of high volume lyrics without a single intake of breath. But it fits in with the general overall quality of available music on Spotify. A sea of boring and low-effort junk.

You could shit into a open pit latrine or something.

I mean, there’s only so many ways to contain water and catch waste efficiently.

Some online booksellers will let you download a few pages of a book to read before purchase.

You can do that and decide if you want to buy the physical copy.

That said, fuck this place. The joy of opening a new book and reading some of it is part of the process. I’d never come back.

Please. There are many places in the world with no posted or higher speed limits and far more deadly traffic related accidents than Americans with their “humongous death machines.” Want to bash Americans for stupidly large, numerous, and wasteful cars? Sure. But we’re nowhere near the top of the list for deaths or speed.

Been playing Electronic Arts games since the 1980’s.

Even if they are a shit company, Nice knowing ya.

Why waste the money on paying people to not drive instead of using money to make the reasons they don’t use public transportation better?

Because it’s hard or impossible to fit the grinders in some spaces like inside corners because the guards hit structure. I keep my guards on but it’s a pain in the ass to have to keep swiveling the guard to get into some spots, if it will fit at all. Either way, wearing a full face shield ppe is the minimum when using one of these. Guard or not they do a lot of damage when they let go.

Difference is people in the US are generally not defending negative US history or actions, whereas .ml/hex never admit to Russian or Chinese issues and their entire argument is “No, u suck, imperialist west” and inject it everywhere unsolicited.

E: ah, here comes the brigade.