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[–] [email protected] 26 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

Not enough of the mundane has been preserved throughout human history, it continues to be a big problem for historians. Especially when they only have major - likely very coloured or outright lies - official records of events and cultural touchstones to go on.

Why do you think we get so incredibly excited when we uncover something as mundane as the pricing artwork on an ancient Roman food stall? Because that stuff wasn't preserved, nobody bothered to record such details, so much is lost because nobody thinks their place in history matters enough to bother saving it.

We've reached a point in our development where we now have the ability to preserve snapshots of our civilisation in great detail, with extreme ease. We owe it to ourselves and especially to future generations to do so.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He refuses to update the identification info for contributers? Why? It's the least they can do for people who offer their time and expertise for the project.

Presumably he'd be happy to do so if they got married and changed their name, so it sounds like he's probably a transphobe, right?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 weeks ago (63 children)

How is this invading someone's privacy? All it's doing is detecting if children are smoking in a room or space at school and then putting an alert up about the detection on a screen.

They have zero right to privately smoke at school, or anywhere for that matter, smoking is illegal for children and not something to be taken lightly.

Similarly, adults have no right to privately smoke whilst in the workplace in the bathroom or other non-smoking designated areas. This is also illegal and not to be taken lightly.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Let's not be angry at the Devs, it's the publishers and other execs we should be pissed at :-(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Where would max even come from? That's not in their username o.O

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 weeks ago (19 children)

In what way does the suspension require regular servicing or an online connection to a server to function? That would be the only reason to offer it as an ongoing service cost.

Otherwise, you're just paying extra for something already in your car, not for an actual service, which would make no sense?

What next, paint ongoing service fees for having wheels? Not even for ensuring they're regularly replaced, serviced, or repaired, just for the ability to use them at all....

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, "The government". So descriptive. The UK government, no doubt.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

fiojvd gff uiig fvg. Hh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm opted out of that in my settings, it'd be quite the scandal if they were ignoring GDPR?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago

perceived abuses

Way to be passive aggressive, haha. Next they'll be apologising "we're sorry you feel that way" :P

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 month ago (36 children)

Hyundai and Kia upgraded their cars' anti-theft tech in early 2023. Vehicles equipped with the enhanced software will only start if the owner's key, or an identical duplicate, is in the ignition.

Fucking.... What? A 2023 anti theft technology upgrade added the space age cutting edge concept of starting the car with... the key?

If my car could start without the key in the bloody ignition I'd be furious, that's what the key is for, haha. You can add extra doohickeys to enhance security, but the first line of defence is the key that starts the car.

Absolute madness.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Religious extremists that work tirelessly to impose their god's laws on everybody else.

They've actually embedded themselves in US government now, over many years and much effort, and the burning embers of their religious war against the rest of us are finally starting to catch fire in a big way.

They recently took away a person's right to an abortion. Madness, I know. What will they take away next?

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