pseingatl

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Comment · 3 hours ago
Aren't they in bankruptcy? They have a treasure trove of data and an unenforceable promise not to sell it.
Comment · 4 days ago
Try the quotation dash (U+2015), sometimes called the horizontal bar. Unlike the em-dash (U+2014) it hasn't been hijacked by AI.
Comment · 4 days ago
Half the time the communities were helpful, half the time they were hostile.
Comment · 4 days ago
The communities were helpful half the time and hostile the other half.
Comment · 10 days ago
avif?
Comment · 10 days ago
Well, someone's got to.
Comment · 14 days ago
wsj no longer works: "enable javascript and disable ad blockers" same on archive.is; archive.ph and three different browsers.
Comment · 27 days ago
Where in Florida? It makes a difference.
Comment · 1 month ago
Where in the UCC does it say that? There may be a State regulation or a company policy, but I don't recall anything in the UCC about a "free" 14 day return policy. I can return a used car, no questions asked, after 14 days? Good luck with that.
Comment · 1 month ago
While they're at it, they can bad other medical devices that assist the vision-impaired, but why stop there? Canes and wheelchairs should also be banned. Government buildings are only for the sighted and physically fit.
Comment · 1 month ago
Several years ago, a German company whose name rhymes with "rowdy" sought permission from a Middle Eastern government to collect location and other information (e.g., speed) from its sold automobiles. The government asked them what they wanted to do with the information. They dithered and dawdled and failed to come up with an answer beyond "improved consumer experience." They failed to mention thay planned to sell the collected information to third-parties.
Comment · 1 month ago
You might use such a device if you were vision-impaired and it helped you see.
Comment · 1 month ago
As a medical device for the vision impaired, AVP has a built-in audience that is used to paying top dollar, especially if paying means just a co-pay. It also eliminates popular disquiet about improper recording--no one will complain about a device that helps the vision impaired get around. Why neither Apple nor Meta went down this path is inexplicable.
Comment · 1 month ago
Not so fast...typos are now proof the content wasn't AI generated. AI doesn't make typographical mistakes except when languages are mixed.
Comment · 1 month ago
Those same teens came up with Arabizi so they could text. It consists of the Roman alphabet plus the numbers 3,5,7 and 9. It's written left to right and was created for texting on feature phones. Everyone can read it in any Arabic-speaking country. Given that so little is published in Arabic, a change to this grassroots script is long overdue.

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