Showroom7561

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Showroom7561,

Is copilot another windows app I’ll need to uninstall? Thanks for the heads up!

Showroom7561,

This is a double edge sword.

Ad revenue has enabled poor content to exist.

Ads on useful content detracts from that content, and disrespects a user’s time/attention.

Showroom7561,

Fair enough. I don’t think it’s common for someone to be doing Google searches without having an account linked to other services, though.

Anyone using YouTube, Gmail, etc. would be logged in.

And everyone with an android phone who uses google search would very likely be linked to an account, for example.

I just thought it would cut to the chase for Google to provide account holder info and not just IP addresses.

Then again, the arsonists could have very well used any of the other search engines to look up the address. So… maybe police aren’t aware that other search options exist.

Showroom7561,

Yeah, it’s a specific enough request that I don’t see any problem here.

Although, why the IP address? I would imagine most people using Google products would be logged into Google accounts. They’d probably know the exact account who made the search, rather than a vague IP that could belong to multiple people in.

Showroom7561,

“all cars are dangerous therefore we shouldn’t bother regulating oversized SUVs” rather than the “Yes SUVs are particularly dangerous but let’s keep in mind that all cars are dangerous” that you were aiming for.

Oh, geeze. Yeah, I really didn’t intend for it to sound like the first part. I 1000% believe that larger vehicles NEED to be regulated, like yesterday.

Showroom7561,

but it’s still incorrect to say there is no difference when research shows there is.

Just to clarify, I said “no difference” in that “big, small, tall, short, electric, or gas powered” vehicles ALL cause severe injuries and death to pedestrians.

I’m not trying to argue that there’s no measurable difference in the amount of damage a larger vehicle can cause vs a smaller one, as I completely agree that there is.

My point is that they are all too dangerous to be around people, so a fatality by a car is “no different” than a fatality by an SUV.

Showroom7561,

Of course, a larger vehicle is more dangerous, but all moving cars and trucks are still a risk to pedestrians.

People were being hit and killed by regular cars way before these monstrous SUVs and pick-up trucks became more popular.

Pedestrians shouldn’t be hit by either.

Showroom7561,

A train fits that statement too. So do planes. And boats.

Trains run on tracks, and you can’t get hit by one unless you put yourself on those tracks.

I’m not aware of pedestrians and cyclists getting hit by planes. I’d be interested to hear about this trend.

Boats aren’t typically found on city streets, and pedestrian fatalities involving boats is how common?

City and suburban streets should have fewer cars on it, not more. These are pedestrian areas, and perhaps we can learn a thing or two about how to actually prevent pedestrian fatalities by looking at European city planning and design.

Showroom7561, (edited )

Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians

I think that’s more accurate. Vehicles big, small, tall, short, electric, or gas powered… makes no difference. There’s no greater risk to pedestrians than multi-ton moving vehicles.

EDIT: Guys, I didn’t mean one size car vs another doesn’t make a difference to the safety risk of pedestrians. It absolutely does. I mean that vehicles around pedestrians are a risk to pedestrians, regardless. This is , right? Stop all the down voting.

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Showroom7561,

One can only hope that we will eventually amend trespass laws to include digital trespassing.

Showroom7561,

Except the device is already in your home, and most people leave their account logged in.

People buy products to serve a purpose to themselves and their family, so yes, the device is in their home FOR THEIR USE.

Being logged in isn’t an open invitation to be spied, so laws need to address that.

That’s basically like you inviting someone into your house, they hang out in your spare bedroom…and they’re still there.

The invite, in this case, is not for a company to spy on you and your family. I don’t think anyone would actually want that, especially not for the purpose of targeting them with ads.

People use voice activated devices, which do record and react to voice prompt, but the permission here is given only for that use. A company shouldn’t be able to say “hey, you can use the service you’ve paid for, and by agreeing to use that service, you also agree to give us permission to digitally invade your home and privacy.”

I just don’t see how a proper law/regulation would fix/restrict this, except to make certain personalization attempts (targeted ads) illegal.

Yes, make it illegal. And make everything opt-in without strings attached (i.e. if you agree to use the service you paid for, you agree to being spied on).

I will personally continue to use my wallet to yield power. I won’t buy devices or support companies who are evil, and will support companies who respect privacy and data freedom. The whole enshitification of the digital landscape is incredibly sad to see, TBH.

Showroom7561,

A proper law/regulation would aim to prevent that. Explicit consent to enter a home must be given, every time. Physically or digitally.

Showroom7561,

What’s the porn site going to do when AI determines that a 15 year old is over 18?

“Judge, I swear the AI said she was 18!”

Showroom7561,

And better for your health to use.

Showroom7561,

Unfortunately, some orgs I need to get information from ONLY use social media and twitter was the easiest to get working via RSS, but not anymore.

So incredibly frustrating that accessibility isn’t a consideration when picking a platform to update customers/residents/members.

Showroom7561,

Agreed. Easy to setup on my synology NAS, and it works so well.

My only issue I’ve been having, which is not related to FreshRSS, is getting RSS in twitter to work reliably. Nitter hasn’t been reliable at all over the last year.

Showroom7561,

In 2023, Hinton announced on Thanksgiving that he and Dench had gone from “family” to business partners, launching an alkaline black water called BlackMP.

What the hell is “alkaline black water” ???

Showroom7561,

I have two (paid) Mailbox.org accounts running for the last several years. No problem at all and they include several features that I use on a regular basis like email aliases (not just a + email, but unique emails), disposable email, contacts and calendar that I can easily sync to my phone, etc.

One uses a custom domain name and the other is just a mailbox.org address.

Showroom7561,

Also, Adguard lifetime subscriptions are often dirt cheap on Stacksocial.

Showroom7561,

That’s when I hit “DELETE ACCOUNT” because there isn’t a single service I can’t live without, and these companies keep pushing their luck.

I remember when I closed a Roblox account, which i only created to play with my son years ago, and they wanted my DRIVER’S LICENSE. I told them quite firmly that if I was able to create an account without one, they sure as hell arent getting it now. They deleted the account. LOL

Showroom7561,

Rather unfortunately, many clubs and events use these apps to coordinate routes. One ride event I did used RidewithGPS, and I never use it normally.

Alternatively, if you can export the GPX file, you can import it to your privacy-first app, like OSMand.

Showroom7561,

That would make more sense! Kind of.

I don’t have an Apple device that I use on a regular basis. Does this mean that hardware 2FA won’t work?

Showroom7561,

Yubikeys or something else?

Showroom7561,

I want to thank the Automakers for giving me more reasons to ride a bike! 🤗 🤗

Showroom7561,

Microsoft will insert their left-leaning propaganda into the Windows start menu, innocently pretending it’s just trending news. Brainwashed Democrats don’t even realize that it’s normalizing an authoritarian society through unquestioned acceptance of government authority. In fact, Democrats are so shielded from criticism…

That political venom came out of nowhere! 😂😂😂

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