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Showroom7561

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    What do you love the look of despite it being impractical, uncomfortable, or high maintenance?

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  • Shaved legs, there's literally no practical benefit

    Pro cyclists would argue with you on that point. Probably swimmers and runners, too.

    Hairless bodies have less wind/water resistance. 💁‍♂️

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  • I no longer willingly consume cancer-causing substances.

    Health is something you only need to lose once, and you're life is forever changed for the worse.

    And neither alcohol or tobacco products bring even an ounce of benefits that could outweigh their risks.

    Plus, tobacco products cause you to smell like absolute shit, and alcohol turns people into idiots or lunatics.

    And I also couldn't imagine pissing away money on something so unnecessary.

    FWIW, I was a pack-a-day smoker and drank alcohol, so I know both sides. I regret it in hindsight, but teens so stupid things, and that was my stupid thing.

  • My petty gripe: forced software updates just make everything worse

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  • I have a security camera by a very popular brand, and much to my surprise, I was suddenly unable to use it unless I updated to the latest firmware.

    The thing is, the update software said that I was on the latest version.

    It took days, physical intervention with a ladder to gain access to the camera, and the company tech support, to force an update to the camera, allowing me to use it once again.

    That made me realize that the expensive security cameras I'm using aren't mine, and might as well be rentals. Because the company could, at any time, render my entire system useless unless I meet their demands, which could be a forced subscription or worse.

    The enshittification of paid hardware has no bounds!

  • Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

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  • This is grounded in the assertion that a website’s HTML/CSS is a protected computer program that an ad blocker intervenes in the in-memory execution structures (DOM, CSSOM, rendering tree), this constituting unlawful reproduction and modification.

    Dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard of.

    Will they make Reader Mode in browsers illegal, too?

    What about "dark mode" or "resize font" when the website doesn't offer those accessibility features?

    Will they make the "mute" function on browser tabs illegal, since it modifies the website author's intention to play audio upon page load?

    I will continue to block ads, spyware, trackers, unwanted elements, popups, and social media links, "illegal" or not.

  • Can I self-host on old iPhones?

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  • I used to run software on an old phone that basically worked as a camera NVR.

    At some point the battery swelled up and I'm glad my house didn't burn to the ground. I only noticed it because the glass screen protector on that phone had popped off from the screen flexing under pressure 😮

    As long as you have a way of monitoring your phones, or at least physically isolating them from important things, then you could probably do it without many risks.

  • What is your absolute favourite track from a video game?

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  • Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

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  • I once asked Gemini for steps to do something pretty basic in Linux (as a novice, I could have figured it out). The steps it gave me were not only nonsensical, but they seemed to be random steps for more than one problem all rolled into one. It was beyond useless and a waste of time.

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gives 24-karat gold gift to Donald Trump

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  • Brass

    Brash

    No, I mean brass: "figurative. Taken as a type of insensibility to shame: hence, Effrontery, impudence, unblushingness." (DEFINED)

    Brash would not have been appropriate (defined as "self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way"). Tim was not rude, noisy or overbearing, but he was absolutely shameless!

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gives 24-karat gold gift to Donald Trump

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  • All in plain sight. Brass and shameful. Why has this been normalize? 😡

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gives 24-karat gold gift to Donald Trump

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  • Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don't want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here's Tim.

  • Millionaire big game hunter gored to death in ambush by "Black Death" buffalo

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  • Luigi Buffalo!

  • GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.

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  • It's like all those companies who fast tracked their way into profits by ignoring the catastrophic effects they were having on the environment... Down the road.

    Later is someone else's problem. Now is when AI-pushers want to make money.

    I hate where things have been heading.

  • Handbrake local vs docker on Synology DS920+: same settings, very different results?

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  • Unfortunately, the only other alternative to "auto" under Profile is "main", which I have no idea what it does.

    And under level, it's either "auto" or a bunch of numbers.

    That said, I was under the impression that any manual settings would override the settings in the "auto" profile. Is that not the case?

  • Trump administration says it will withhold disaster funding to states boycotting Israel

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  • Don't play his game of extortion, then. Those states should withhold sending tax revenue to the federal government, and use it to build their own disaster relief funds.

  • Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict

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  • I will repeat, regardless of what the (erroneous) claims are by Tesla, a driver is still responsible.

    This is like those automated bill payment systems. Sure, they are automated, and the company promotes it as "easy" and "convenient", but you're still responsible if those bills don't get paid for whatever reason.

    From another report:

    While driving, McGee dropped his mobile phone that he was using and scrambled to pick it up. He said during the trial that he believed Enhanced Autopilot would brake if an obstacle was in the way. His Model S accelerated through an intersection at just over 60 miles per hour, hitting a nearby empty parked car and its owners, who were standing on the other side of their vehicle.

    Isn't using a phone while being the driver of a vehicle illegal? And what the hell is was up with highway speeds near an intersection??? This dude can blame autopilot, but goddamn, he was completely negligent. It's like there were two idiots driving the same vehicle that day.

  • Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict

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  • Absolutely. I hope he and the company burn in hell, but I do not want to start giving drivers who kill people a free pass to say "well, it was the car's fault!"

    "Autopilot", especially in Tesla cars, is beta software at best, and this feature should never have been allowed to be used on public roads. In that sense, the transportation ministry that's allowed it also has blood on their hands.

  • Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict

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  • Yes, false advertising for sure. But the responsibility for safe driving, is on the driver, even if the driver's role is engaging autopilot.

    I can only imagine the same applies in other circumstances where autopilot is an option: planes, boats, drones, etc.

  • Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict

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  • Good that the car manufacturer is also being held accountable.

    But...

    In 2019, George McGee was operating his Tesla Model S using Autopilot when he ran past a stop sign and through an intersection at 62 mph then struck a pair of people stargazing by the side of the road. Naibel Benavides was killed and her partner Dillon Angulo was left with a severe head injury.

    That's on him. 100%

    McGee told the court that he thought Autopilot "would assist me should I have a failure or should I miss something, should I make a mistake,"

    Stop giving stupid people the ability to control large, heavy vehicles! Autopilot is not a babysitter, it's supposed to be an assistive technology, like cruise control. This fucking guy gave Tesla the wheel, and that was a choice!

  • CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

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  • The video rolls, almost uninterrupted, for the next 11 hours. At 6:30 a.m., corrections officers can be seen rushing across the frame. The Justice Department later disclosed that that's when Epstein's body was discovered.

    Over the course of the night, the staff on duty failed to conduct the required 30-minute check-ins on Epstein while he spent the night alone in his cell.

    How convenient! They missed 22 required check-ins on the night he was murdered died by suicide. Sure, sure, sure.