This is like when Dr Evil asks for $1 million dollars after being unfrozen. These courts need to get with the times.

Too much optimism and hype may lead to the premature use of technologies that are not ready for prime time.

— Daron Acemoglu, MIT

Preach!

You get a gold star today. ⭐️

Understood and have seen the comments. I don’t blame you for being upset. It’s a crappy situation.

Damnit! I still like and respect the Ars Technica staff but Condé Nast can piss off.

I feel for you KingThrillgore. I was thinking of supporting the site with a subscription but not after this. Still if enough people stop subscribing we may loose them altogether. This is a double edged shit sword.

This is atrocious. Coincidentally Disney is planing to open a park themed with villains. Seems like they can save time and money by renaming the whole place Villain’s World.

I’ve been a few times in my younger years but have zero desire as an adult. Sure they have some nice rides and attractions but the Disney culture is a huge turnoff to me, as are the very high prices of everything there. If I were to take a vacation that costs similar I’m off to a national park or maybe international travel. I prefer real culture over fantasy land.

The Lounge is where you were given access. That subreddit was ok on its own but really it was a good place to hang out, be friendly and helpful which sometimes resulted in being invited to other private sections of Reddit.

Some of those private subs have a true sense of community who are truly kind, respect each other and fun to interact with. Before the awards went away there were many games with prizes and multi-day parties with lots of engagement and fun. Not anything like the regular Reddit.

Those places still exist but activity has declined since most third party apps and the awards/coin system were taken away. That decision not only damaged the public Reddit subs but also the private ones.

“In the year two thouuusaaaaaannd, in the year two thouuusaaaaaannd”

I’m not one to praise Google often but I think their Popular Times feature can be handy to see how busy a place might be. This live feed video stuff is way over the top and invasive.

The child from the article got the phone in sixth grade. If she bought a large bag of candy with her own money is it right to let her eat as much as she wants without boundaries?

Setting healthy boundaries and discipline at a young age is a good move. From how she was behaving with the phone I would have done the same.

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Yes, PixelFed is awesome! Currently in TestFlight but will be available in App and Play Stores by the end of the month.

Yep

Robble robble!

One of the better uses I’ve heard of is in search and rescue type situations. Using AI to find specific items, people or anomalies on a map or video feed can be helpful.

An example regarding wildfires:

California turns to AI to help spot wildfires

Here’s a list from a Best Buy search. Even if you prefer to shop elsewhere it gives a list of several pink headphones and earbuds.

Pink headphones

If she does any gaming Astro (owned by Logitech) used to have pink versions of some headsets.

Yes, ram and storage upgrade prices aside, I agree.

The event is scheduled the night before Halloween. I’m an Apple fan that was trying to make an Apple/Halloween joke which clearly didn’t go well. :)

You thought our prices were high before? On the evening of October 30th we’re going to shock the $hit out of you and we think you’re going to love it.

Will the iMac finally get an M2 or will the first M3 computers be revealed? Rumors are kind of all over the place. I think Apple’s internal plan to trick the leakers is working to an extent. I’m not in the market but still interested to see what’s coming.

“Dongle experts I spoke to told me that the world’s dwindling vintage dongle supply is a real, actual problem that threatens to make vintage computing much more difficult moving forward”.

I had no idea there was such a thing as a dongle expert. :)

Totally understandable, it’s a great app. Nice to know they gave a little extra to existing customers.

Some subscriptions are fine, I’m not against them completely, but the as you said the cost of this one is steep. For my use it’s not worth it but to some others it might be.