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Comment · 14 days ago
Or worsening food choices when you're high and get the munchies.
Comment · 4 months ago
Interesting that Larry Ellison owns 95% of one entire Hawaiian island (Lanai) and no one seems to notice.
Comment · 5 months ago
Blocking your tv on the local network is great in principle. However, didn't Amazon Fire devices start using Sidewalk to establish a route to the mother ship for a while? All it needed was a default config on your neighbor's ring doorbell and it was gtg
Comment · 5 months ago
"We have received reports..." Is factually true and plausible given the accompanying photo and statements from city officials.
Comment · 6 months ago
I have no Meta or Amazon apps on my phone. It's been this way since I quit buying my phones through my carrier where all their crap and "partner" apps required jailbreaking to remove.

This isn't perfect but I feel better.

Comment · 6 months ago
Is there any click-bait news site that DOESN'T do this? You hit back and land on a list of their click-bait articles and add links instead of the page you expect.
Comment · 8 months ago
This is one of the foundations of GTD. Basically, everything in its place, everything has a place. The linchpin is trusting your storage and recall systems.
Comment · 9 months ago
I got a strong ChatGPT vibe from that article.
Comment · 9 months ago
I have heard for years that this is a common tactic used by TSA when you get selected for special screening. Basically, they couldn't force you to divulge your unlock code. However, if you left your phone in a vulnerable state w/r/t biometrics, they could unlock your phone on your behalf without permission.

Mine gets a quick reboot for going into a checkpoint. This disables biometrics until I enter a passcode.

Comment · 9 months ago
Calling them broken files might not be correct. However, I can see where if you are not diligent about watching commits to those git repos, you end up with a Trojan Horse that introduces a vulnerability after you've vetted the model.
Comment · 9 months ago
Great. So on top of everything else, now we have to worry about Godzilla.
Comment · 10 months ago
Even though the author trivialized the problems he had getting his laptop up and running, there were enough obstacles to keep 90% of non-techies from actually getting it working. How many normies have a USB ethernet laying around and understand enough to uninstall drivers that are interfering with the UI?
Comment · 10 months ago
I don't understand why you couldn't just use up the balance and then pay the balance due via another method. I do it all the time.

I believe the real scheme is how many gift cards never get redeemed at all.

Comment · 10 months ago
I always understood bookmaking as the house making money on the vig. They don't care who wins or loses. They just want to make sure there's an equal number and they take their percentage off the top of all the bets. Too many people betting the over? Move the line.
Comment · 11 months ago
Most of my South American buyers on Bricklink have me ship to one of the freight forwarders in Miami. Not complicated for me as a seller and it probably makes things simpler for the buyer too.

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