joekrill

They don't usually write the legislation for these types of things targeting a specific brand. In this case it looks like Hawley's legislation targets "automated license plate readers", and some other articles mention "AI-Powered Cameras".

Our politicians and legislators lie on camera constantly. But it doesn't really seem to matter much these days. So I'm not sure why this would make a difference.

> Alternatively, you can get an Apple TV and keep the TV off networks or in network jail.

The problem is that a lot of TVs won't even let you use it that way without signing in or downloading an app first. My Vizio wouldn't do anything until I acknowledged a terms of service screen. The only way I could do that was by downloading the Vizio app and connecting it to my network.

Penn & Teller have a Bullshit! episode about this (Season 2, Episode 5). Well, it's technically about recycling, but it makes the claim that landfills are not a bad thing, and much better than the current recycling situation, in most cases.

That episode has always stuck with me, and I've always wondered how valid their argument is.

> a Google Account that isn't tied to anything else.

Isn't that pretty much impossible? You need a phone number for verification, which effectively ties it to that phone number.

I've been using an app on my Android called KineStop. It definitely works.

I also recently picked up an EmeTerm wristband - it's basically a mini TENS machine for you wrist. I was super skeptical, but my sister recommended it so I tried it and it absolutely helps with (though doesn't always total eliminate) nausea I get from motion sickness. I'm not entirely sure how it works, but it seems like it may have an accelerometer and use that to decide when (and at what strength/duration?) to send a mild shock.

> Better Auth checked a lot of boxes right out of the gate: high code quality,

Maybe I have high standards, but I absolutely would not describe Better Auth as having "high code quality". It has certainly been improving, but when I first looked at this project it felt really rushed and thrown together, with little automated tests. There's was virtually no logging last I looked, so there's little options to monitor what's happening. I think they've added hooks now so you can "bring your own logging", I guess. And they finally added audit logs but that's only if you use their managed services.

Having said that, I actually use Better Auth, and I'm a huge fan despite those criticisms. I love that it's open source and extendable (there's a free 3rd-party audit logging addon, actually). It's super straight-forward to implement compared with similar products (Ory Kratos, Keycloak, etc). You don't even need a separate DB if you don't want - you can have it create tables in your existing database. And it _is_ improving quickly.

I don't really think this is fair. I haven't been to SFO in years, and I'm sure it's great. But I don't think PHL is nearly as bad as some people like to make it out to be. (To be honest, I think a lot of people just like to trash Philly.)

But it really depends on the terminal, too. I can never keep track of which terminal is which (other than international), but most of them are quite nice, with nice shops, art work, and restaurants (though, at the end of the day, nearly all airport food is mediocre).

As for "Security checkpoints are spread out, PreCheck is far and no Clear". There are 5 terminals and 6 security checkpoints. They are all quite close together, so I'm not sure why you think they are spread out. Especially compared to other major airports. You can easily walk from one to another. And they all sort of get you to the same basically place once you're past security. You can easily access any terminal, regardless of which entry you used.

It's true we don't have Clear, but personally I've never found it that useful. I've used it mostly in Denver (which, to be honest, I think is way less inviting than PHL!), but Clear has never gotten me through security any faster than PreCheck would have. Often times it's been slower! And I can't remember ever waiting longer than maybe 5 or 10 minutes to get through PreCheck at PHL.

There's a lot of things I hate about PHL, but I think your particular characterizations are unfair. Maybe it's been years since you've been through?

PHL has a verion of this ("Wingmate pass") that I use pretty frequently now! If I have a friend/family flying in/out I usually get one so I can meet them at the gate. It's very nice and convenient. I just wish they would let me use my Precheck, because I have to go through the "regular" security line and sometimes it's just too long and I don't bother.

This SFO version looks a bit nicer, though. You can apply 30 days out vs PHL's 7 days. And PHL makes me choose a specific entry gate when applying. So if you show up and that gate has a long line you can't just go through another gate that has a shorter line (at least that's what they tell you - in practice I've entered through different gates without any problems).

Both PHL and SFO won't notify you whether you are approved until midnight of the day you want to enter, which I find interesting. I guess that's some sort of security feature? I've never been denied, but it could be a hassle if you don't find out until the last minute that you were denied.

I wish there were an easy way to rotate the image back. I can use the inspector in dev tools and manually change the transform style that's applied, I suppose.

Maybe it was changed quickly, but I can't find anywhere that is says "No tracking". It specifically says "We don't track you around the internet." and "doesn't track you across sites" in the terms and about pages.

Also, you kind of have to "track" users to some extent for a site like this - otherwise it would be simply for someone to stuff votes.