@potatopotato@sh.itjust.works @zakreviews@social.goodanser.com Thanks for the info. That’s pretty disappointing to hear.
The only issue I had with one of my Olights was a known firmware issue, and they replaced it without hesitation.
I’m not a fan of propriety chargers/batteries, so I do agree that it’s a good reason to leave them off the list.
Out of curiosity, are Olight flashlights just not good/popular, or is there another reason why they aren’t on this list? I own several, and they seem solid and reliable.
This makes me physically ill.
Cars are the only weapon in the world where you could injure or kill a few dozen people “by accident” and be let off without being held responsible. And it happens all the time.
Even when someone is charged with anything, it never accounts for a loss of human life. It’s always some BS traffic violation that might as well be a parking violation.
Absolutely!
And I’ve had companies offer me a discount on product, rather than a full refund or replacement. I always refuse and state how disappointed I am. They pretty much always follow up with a full refund or new product.
Hell, I even ordered an indoor spin bike, complained that it used non-standard crank arms, and they refunded me $100 to replace the crank arms and pedals! Just for stating that I was unhappy with one aspect of an otherwise great purchase.
I’ve had Amazon listings where the title, description, specs on the box, specs on the product, and the reviews ALL had different information.
Who creates these listings? AI?
That said, I strongly encourage anyone who shops on Amazon to complain about issues in your reviews, and contact the seller if ANYTHING is wrong with your product. I have a 99% success rate of getting replacements or a full refund while doing this (resulting in basically a free product), even if the issue is cosmetic or a personal dislike. Just be honest.
Maybe that’s why you don’t have problems with most of sites from Europe?!?
That’s an interesting observation. I’m not sure, since I’m in Canada.
I use FF as my primary browser on my desktop, laptop, and mobile devices.
As much as I love and support FF and the Mozilla Foundation, I find that some websites simply need a Chromium-based browser to function properly. It’s frustrating as hell.
I wonder how many people tried FF, had their favourite site stop working, and then switched back to Chrome.
If you’re on the sidewalk in public, you have no expectation of privacy.
Under normal context, that’s correct.
But if you are purposely being filmed as part of a movie, project, “prank” or anything else that makes you the “talent”, it moves into a commercial licensing/permit/consent realm.
I’ve been to loads of public events where I’ve had to sign a release form acknowledging that my photo may be captured and that those images may be used in marketing/social media posts, etc. That’s because being at the event makes me the subject. While this wouldn’t be a concern if other people in the group are taking photos/video for their own personal use, the fact that those images may be used for commercial purposes changes the context.
If social media asshats want to use someone’s photos or video for their own commercial purposes, they should be following the same rules as any other professional.
For clarity, we aren’t talking about randos being filmed while on a walking tour of a city; we’re talking about specific people being targeted and recorded as the main subject without consent and with the explicit purpose to use their video for commercial content.
Nearly every country has laws protecting people from having their images used for commercial purposes without consent.
Generally speaking, it is “OK” if you happen to capture people on video while you are recording a public space.
However, the article is referring to situations where people are being video recorded, without their knowledge, as the main focus of the video.
In this case, it should be treated like any TV or movie set, where consent must be given.
I see it as video recording for commercial use, so permits should also be required by these social media degenerates, before a single frame is captured.
LOL. Yeah, sometimes, answers can be very much “I’m winging it today”, but certain prompts, especially for story ideas, can be very interesting and usable.
I’ve always said that if you know a lot about a subject, you can easily spot how AI generally tries to fake it until it makes it.
But if you have no idea about something, the answers you get are certainly better than what your buddy might tell you 😂
But to my point, it comes up with long form content so fast that you wonder how the hell it actually processed the question that quickly.
It still amazes me just how quickly these models can spit out complex answers pretty much instantly.
Good. Hopefully this will put an end to idiot parents who illegally park in the bike lanes near schools, putting cyclists and kids at risk, just because they are lazy AF.
Exactly why we need to deconstruct car infrastructure and promote 15 minute cities.
Food deserts are also, in part, due to systemic racism and the lack of incentive to invest in impoverished areas.
That would help, but wouldn’t do much for the mountains of people in cars on the weekend… going to stores they could easily walk to.
Personal driving needs to be one of those things that you might do a few times a month, when necessary, to get to a destination further than 25 km away.
The only vehicles you should regularly see on roads are delivery, emergency services, transport trucks, and maintenance vehicles.
Anything else can be handled by public transportation, micromobility, walking, bikes, zoom calls, etc.
Yes, it’s not easy for everyone to do that, which is why government should step the hell up and subsidize and incentivize the crap out of every mode of transportation that isn’t a car. Give away free e-bikes to every family if you need to, just get people out of cars!
Google recklessly violated privacy laws to spike ad profits
And they will continue doing so because the “risk” is worth the consequences.
Here’s an idea: Fine them the value of all that ad revenue + 20%. Then see how willing they are to break privacy laws.
If they can’t profit from doing illegal stuff, they won’t do illegal stuff.
Floccus is what I use for bookmarks.
Works across pretty much any browser and on Android (maybe iOS, I’m not sure). I’ve got it set up on my Synology NAS through webdav, and it’s been reliable.
I do also use Linkwarden, but that’s more to collect web pages, and not just bookmark them. The archive feature is great, since it doesn’t rely on the page still being live to work.
Linkwarden and Floccus are very different, IMO.
+1 for Floccus. Been using it for a least a year. 👌
Been using this for a few weeks on my synology nas. Absolutely love it!
“Therefore,” concluded the report, “cars continue to be the main contributor to changes in overall motor vehicle traffic.”
When you think about it for a second, the worst traffic congestion you’ll find are in places where only cars and trucks are allowed to be: highways.
Yes, you get traffic congestion in cities, too, but hours long congestion only happens in places where cyclists aren’t.
If a [insert ridiculous number] lane highway at [insert any speed] still results in bumper to bumper traffic, perhaps really should be blaming cars for being the least efficient, traffic-inducing, time-wasting form of transportation available.
It gives businesses a very easy to way to set up monthly payments, one-time donations, accept forms of payments other than e-transfer (which many people don’t want to use), allows for international purchases without being penalized, and more.
Other options are available, but they are neither easy/cheap/convenient for the business or any better for the customer.