Per the fun graph in the article, we might even assume your age (Though Canada seems to buck the trend re: dropping cash so completely). Which I thought was pretty amazing (the graph, that is): older Americans I can see…
The first example given is for a liquor store - where a clerk is very likely to ask for one piece of ID, and in some locations, two - one photo ID, one with the customer's name embossed or printed on it.
The bill the end user receives being zero doesn't change how telecom billing is set up. The fact that it's "Free" and costs are hidden from the user in America isn't exactly uncommon.
> non-standard (say parking cameras... Those are, and have been legally required, for several years in Canada because cars have gotten so big, and visibility so bad, people kept hitting (typically their own) toddlers.
In case it's helpful for anyone else having the issue: mmv [0] means you only have to run the command once to rename every file. It's pretty fantastic. [0] https://ss64.com/bash/mmv.html
Little late, but I think I see how we have such different experiences. Assuming other comments are right, and Reddit's pulling pretty much entirely from cache, you probably just scroll longer than I do - long enough to…
> no one is ramming pronouns down anyone's throats? From TFA: "...the correspondence indicates the company insisted on completing the gender field on Scharf’s employee profile, rather than it being an initiative…
Why would Discord want to do that? I get why we, as people, want that; I do not get why Discord, as a company, would want their platform less sticky. "You have to have an account we can track before we let you get an…
> Most people outside... like cars and their convenience Everyone loves [the first order effects of] cars. Climate control, directly to where you need to go, whenever suits you, for a high upfront, but low ongoing cost.…
Appalling what that says about Google, or what that says about the average search user?
> You have that backwards, at least for some companies Absolutely I do - my overall (and apparently poorly communicated) point was more about Apple pulling in data from OSM to improve their product. They (and others) do…
I paid more in rent than she does, in Red Deer, Alberta. It was not a large city; suffice to say, rent is too high everywhere. Focusing on the city is a bit misleading, IMO.
Only if it's evenly distributed. Canada has a population of ~39 million, but most immigrants are settling in one of two major areas.
Even that's a false assumption IMO - Amazon has the advantage in that returns aren't all-or-nothing, they can instead be more granular about who they allow to return items.
A kid was stabbed to death on a bus last week. A lawyer will play a major role in whether his killer goes to jail. People are evicted, set free, imprisoned, and suffer serious economic setbacks (or not) based on…
Sure, but a web-browser works well enough
Developers don't get paid for information, ads, user data, or per-install / purchase on F-Droid. As a very general rule, apps are uploaded to F-Droid because people made something fun or helpful, and they want to share.…
> Historically, Apple execs including Tim Cook and Craig Federighi have staunchly opposed sideloading citing privacy and security reasons. Which is funny to me, because after flipping through the App Store for an email…
I wouldn't worry too much, considering my Plex pass (that I bought on sale, no less) is still good, 12(?) years on. Hell, Plex got dropped from my de-Googled phone before they ditched Lifetime users. I changed email…
Especially considering they were issued over 170,000 times over the last six years. Though I'm sure you knew that, having read TFA.
No, instead we could firewall the internet off behind a single-digit number of gatekeepers. Think Google and Facebook, with the engineers to build, execute, and secure a system like this. Think Apple and Amazon, who…
> Another benefit of cheap bus stops is under-utilized stops can be removed with less investment lost According to the public transit authority around here, if you remove a bus stop (due to, say, a drop in transit…
The common theme in all the comments below yours, including mine, is those with much beyond a minimal number of Google Apps report "All's good on my device". That's why I started using OSM and the web version of Google…
Regarding Docker more than Flatpak, but this is precisely what your comment reminded me of: https://xkcd.com/1988/
Yeah, that nuclear winter when Russia launches nukes isn't much of a retirement, and savings won't help much unless you saved in non-perishable canned goods. Actually, wait. Sorry, that was the reason the previous…
Per the fun graph in the article, we might even assume your age (Though Canada seems to buck the trend re: dropping cash so completely). Which I thought was pretty amazing (the graph, that is): older Americans I can see…
The first example given is for a liquor store - where a clerk is very likely to ask for one piece of ID, and in some locations, two - one photo ID, one with the customer's name embossed or printed on it.
The bill the end user receives being zero doesn't change how telecom billing is set up. The fact that it's "Free" and costs are hidden from the user in America isn't exactly uncommon.
> non-standard (say parking cameras... Those are, and have been legally required, for several years in Canada because cars have gotten so big, and visibility so bad, people kept hitting (typically their own) toddlers.
In case it's helpful for anyone else having the issue: mmv [0] means you only have to run the command once to rename every file. It's pretty fantastic. [0] https://ss64.com/bash/mmv.html
Little late, but I think I see how we have such different experiences. Assuming other comments are right, and Reddit's pulling pretty much entirely from cache, you probably just scroll longer than I do - long enough to…
> no one is ramming pronouns down anyone's throats? From TFA: "...the correspondence indicates the company insisted on completing the gender field on Scharf’s employee profile, rather than it being an initiative…
Why would Discord want to do that? I get why we, as people, want that; I do not get why Discord, as a company, would want their platform less sticky. "You have to have an account we can track before we let you get an…
> Most people outside... like cars and their convenience Everyone loves [the first order effects of] cars. Climate control, directly to where you need to go, whenever suits you, for a high upfront, but low ongoing cost.…
Appalling what that says about Google, or what that says about the average search user?
> You have that backwards, at least for some companies Absolutely I do - my overall (and apparently poorly communicated) point was more about Apple pulling in data from OSM to improve their product. They (and others) do…
I paid more in rent than she does, in Red Deer, Alberta. It was not a large city; suffice to say, rent is too high everywhere. Focusing on the city is a bit misleading, IMO.
Only if it's evenly distributed. Canada has a population of ~39 million, but most immigrants are settling in one of two major areas.
Even that's a false assumption IMO - Amazon has the advantage in that returns aren't all-or-nothing, they can instead be more granular about who they allow to return items.
A kid was stabbed to death on a bus last week. A lawyer will play a major role in whether his killer goes to jail. People are evicted, set free, imprisoned, and suffer serious economic setbacks (or not) based on…
Sure, but a web-browser works well enough
Developers don't get paid for information, ads, user data, or per-install / purchase on F-Droid. As a very general rule, apps are uploaded to F-Droid because people made something fun or helpful, and they want to share.…
> Historically, Apple execs including Tim Cook and Craig Federighi have staunchly opposed sideloading citing privacy and security reasons. Which is funny to me, because after flipping through the App Store for an email…
I wouldn't worry too much, considering my Plex pass (that I bought on sale, no less) is still good, 12(?) years on. Hell, Plex got dropped from my de-Googled phone before they ditched Lifetime users. I changed email…
Especially considering they were issued over 170,000 times over the last six years. Though I'm sure you knew that, having read TFA.
No, instead we could firewall the internet off behind a single-digit number of gatekeepers. Think Google and Facebook, with the engineers to build, execute, and secure a system like this. Think Apple and Amazon, who…
> Another benefit of cheap bus stops is under-utilized stops can be removed with less investment lost According to the public transit authority around here, if you remove a bus stop (due to, say, a drop in transit…
The common theme in all the comments below yours, including mine, is those with much beyond a minimal number of Google Apps report "All's good on my device". That's why I started using OSM and the web version of Google…
Regarding Docker more than Flatpak, but this is precisely what your comment reminded me of: https://xkcd.com/1988/
Yeah, that nuclear winter when Russia launches nukes isn't much of a retirement, and savings won't help much unless you saved in non-perishable canned goods. Actually, wait. Sorry, that was the reason the previous…