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Shut up and take my resume!
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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
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1·20 days agoHa! You think you can scare me with a haircut?
Weeeelllllll… Yeah I guess you have a good point. If something did happen, finger pointing starts.
Gestures at wires
But it’s right there! I need a 1-day OSHA permit just to yank crap out!
I kinda want one of these. I could load it up with my collection. It’d be awesome. I can imagine my SO’s blood boiling already at the sight of “more useless junk”!
And what do you need an electrician for? Turn off power, open a panel, and disconnect the wires. Snip snip. Frankly, I’m surprised a dedicated switch/breaker for a 3rd party kiosk isn’t mandatory.
If only I had the space …
What? An item wouldn’t have both dates. But almost everything has at least one.
So we’re changing “Sell By” and “Best Before” to "Use By” and "Best if Used By”
I don’t really see this helping food waste at the consumer end, but greatly benefits supermarkets by allowing products to remain on shelves longer and closer to spoilage.
However, in that case customers could have less margin to use their purchased groceries before they go bad.
I think this has a chance to backfire. There is greater incentive to dig around for the product with the most time. Those who frequently shop or most desperate would buy the items expiring sooner, but folks like me who only really check items I’ve been burned on, will start checking everything. I’m not buying a $3.99 head of lettuce with 2 days left.
EDIT: don’t grocery stores already donate lots of near-expiration unspoiled food to support systems? I thought there was a organization in CA that coordinated all that. They may see a dip in donations.
Raises paddle
$2.50!
If I recall you still can through ADB, but it’s a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn’t work.
There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message “this device will show what we want you to see.”
While based on Google TV, they lock down the OS, control the app store, and force their apps. You’re in their walled garden and it’s a pain to break out in any meaningful way.
No thanks. It’s all about data harvesting and ads now.
There was a time it was a neat product, but Amazon tech isn’t entering our household anymore.
Maybe they did mean hung, drawn and quartered.
In that case, I’d rather be hanged.
24·2 months agoI’d be more disappointed in the missed naming opportunity: Upperware
Yeah, yum!
Better than 8 years of broccoli and prunes.
The user may not be aware they have this tracking technology on their phone. The toolkit may be some app developer integrating a 3rd party library for analytics. Banking apps, loyalty apps, phone companies, games, utilities… they all can rely on 3rd parties for proximity services.
In fact, I was going to mention an app, Exodus, that can reveal these trackers and in scanning my phone, I found 2!. The first is home assistant, which is understandable, but the second is a Health app my doctor office uses! Man, that irks me!
Uhhh that exact technology has been in use for years. Your phone broadcasts/receivers a beacon at regular intervals while Bluetooth is on. Anyone can pick it up if they are looking.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html
The process is so streamlined companies bragged your advertising profile is updated before you check out.
The Next Major Version of Bluetooth Might Help Advertisers Track Your Smartphone Faster
FIFY
Let’s not pretend this feature didn’t trickle down the data harvesting dog-hydrant to us peons solely for our benefit.
Sure, let’s blame something that can be done safely because some dumdum tried to do it while drunk. Hmm… there’s a piece of the puzzle missing. I wonder what it can be?
Also, what a bummer.
“Who am I?”
“Why am I here?”
“When I’m done rolling up this booger, should I eat it or throw it out the window?”
I sort of already do. It’s called dreaming about driving a car.
I think these folks forgot that random dreams play an important role in information processing. I’d rather not mess with that too much.
Source? I’d like to read that.