pickleprattle

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

"He added that individuals or businesses that are found to still be accessing X by using virtual private networks (VPNs) could be fined R$50,000 ($8,910; £6,780)."

Pretty sure that will include Starlink.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

My hygienist told me to just use OTC instead of trying to do it at the dentist's office. She didn't suggest a specific brand though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I mean... Bank drive thru, too?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Skydiving, once, in my 20s. Not sure if the chute was on wrong, being slightly over the weight limit was a factor, or if it was just genetics, but when the chute opened, the jerk caused a loud enough pop that my instructor asked if I was okay.

I lied of course, the adrenaline kept me from knowing the deal, anyway.

The first time I threw my back out, after, it was from picking up a piece of paper. These days, when I have the least pain I can still tell my back muscles are as tight as a garage spring.

I had never known a moment of back pain before that day, and I don't know what it's like to walk a mile without back pain now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

This is the sort of thing a person rattles off on gut alone. "Artistic freedom" is not legally defensible - if your work isn't entirely unique, you need to fit within Fair Use in the US.

If you're in many places outside the US (like Japan) there is NO Fair Use carve-out to copyright (which is why Palworld may be more fucked than if they were a US company.)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A local personal assistant that isn't just focused on media consumption or purchasing. I want to ask about my most efficient route or ideal presents for my partner or a medical condition without it being data mined.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Considering how each generation of Boston Dynamics robots becomes more and more graceful, I don't see how the problems you suggested won't be non-issues incredibly fast.

Also, unrelated to your comment, people are delusional if they don't think this is the ultimate goal, right? Amazon's reassurances are bunk - if they could eliminate people they would, they just can't do without them yet.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Sunbird worked - I was in the beta - but it turned out to have no encryption whatsoever. I am skeptical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Do you feel like your job is on the whole fair? I have often wondered if claims investigators either come to believe most claimants are lying or, conversely, that insurance companies are exploiting people.