This. I go on a solo backpacking trip every year that for some reason coincides with my birthday… Weird how that works out.

I tell everybody as soon as they ask me if I have kids and I live in a very, very conservative area. Fuck em.

Well I’m not going to vote for Biden after that “garbage” comment he made. Such violent rhetoric.

Is there a sim card buried in there somewhere that can be removed or is it soldered in, potted, etc?

… Or your car bricks if you remove it wouldn’t surprise me, regardless.

Might vary by locale? Around here (South US) it seems like every single store has their own rewards/discount/whatever system that requires your phone number but it’s not necessary for the transaction… It’s just an extra info grab.

Sometimes the user facing POS/credit card reader will let you handle it (enter/skip) but many places rely on the salesperson to ask and then enter it or skip.

But, I also don’t get around much so my experience is limited.

Same.

Cashier: “What’s your phone number?” (For the store tracking/rewards/whatever)

Me : “Don’t have one!” (As I remove the credit card from the case on the back of myphone)

Nobody has questioned it once. They don’t want to ask in the first place but are forced to.

Generally speaking, programmers like to program (many do it just for fun), and many dislike review. AI removes the programming from the equation in favour of review.

This really resonated with me and is an excellent point. I’m going to have to remember that one.

Ooo, I’ll have to check this out. Thank you

Slashnet still exists and it’s fairly active depending on the channel. #xkcd was bumping last time I checked my client.

Whoopsie!

I’ll join this.

I commented on a motorcycle thread a few days ago where the poster said “bike from 1982, over forty years old” (or something to that effect) where I had to do the math and realize… Shit… That was forty years ago.

I’d been looking for the nudge to cancel and the last round of ads did it for me.

Don’t let your dreams be dreams. I believe in you.

We got a phishing campaign at work awhile back with an attachment named “OktaAccountStealer.pdf”

… I was impressed. What I really want to know is how many people opened it anyway.

Is the eye murdering deck OLED PWM flicker problem in this video?

I’m on mobile with very little bandwidth so I can’t check.

Playing the long troll game by burying your nudes for some poor sap in the future to find.

I respect that.

I’ve noticed over the last few years that you can always find new releases but “old” material is increasingly unavailable. .

Want the new super hero movie that released last week? Easy.

Want 1984’s “The Last Starfighter”? Good luck…

“when pigs fly: the death of oink, the birth of dissent, and a brief history of record industry suicide”

Look it up if you haven’t read it, I never miss an opportunity to post it but it looks like the original demonbaby host is now offline. There are mirrors though.

I dropped prime after the announcement… Who’s next?

This has been commonplace for decades. The government agencies went big into it after 9/11. Funny thing was that I found out about it from a competing company telling me about how the company I worked for at the time was doing it.

I should note that I’m firmly against it, just that it’s not new.

It’s illegal to spy on your own citizens in the US, but completely okay if someone else does the spying and you buy the data.