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Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
Well that’s disappointing…
Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
My mother had bad knees before dementia took her mentally so always walked slow, we have friends who’s parents had no walking problems and were ‘escape risks’.

A walker might help as slowness is sometimes due to fear of falling.

My mother used a wheeled walker with hand brakes for several years before we switched her to the no-wheel kind.

Comment · 8 months ago
Haven’t followed the recent history of Eddie Bauer, but seems they’ve sullied their brand for a while. Sam’s Club has been selling Eddie Bauer stuff for years. I don’t think a $37 pair of Eddie Bauer hiking boots are going to be quality.
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
Those covers in FL are now fully illegal (Oct 1) along with most license plate frames.

Have a friend who got pulled over recently and given a warning for the clear cover on his plate. Apparently, they can be a felony in some cases.

I recall on an old Top Gear episode years ago, in the UK, people were selling mud in a spray can. You apparently sprayed the mud up the bumper and across the plate so it looks like it’s just slung mud, but it just so happens to block the plate. Plausible deniability in a can…

Comment · 1 year ago
My understanding is Services includes the billions Google pays for Safari search default, reported to be $20 billion a year.
Comment · 1 year ago
Now I’m interested…
Comment · 1 year ago
The Mouse on the Moon… watched it with the kids a couple weeks ago. So cheesy but fun…
Comment · 1 year ago
“ Since there is not a clutch safety switch on the starting circuit, make sure to press the clutch down before you try to crank the engine.”

Growing up, a friends dad would use this as a ‘feature’ on his Datsun to move the car out of traffic when it wouldn’t restart.

Put it in first, release the clutch, crank the starter, and move the car out of the way.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
My understanding is this settlement is about the MANNER in which Anthropic acquired the text of the books. They downloaded illegal copies of the books.

There was no issues with the physical copies of books they purchased and scanned.

I believe the issue of USING these texts for AI training is a separate issue/case(s)

Comment · 1 year ago
How would that work for wood?

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