The 42 cents should be enough to tell that he was involved because of his edgelord fascination with 420, but in that same vein, I'm more surprised it wasn't 69 cents.

I know that what I'm about to say is a bit overused by a lot of people, but this is, quite possibly, the dumbest thing that I've ever read. Both in concept/idea and in execution. Everything you said is obviously stupid, but this... this is just so idiotic that I'm struggling to move past it.

That just means Google is now operating in exactly the same manner that Microsoft used to be when they had dominance over consumer device operating systems. Google now has dominance in the mobile market with Android, and is using that to shove Chrome down people's throats. Personally, the first thing I do with any new phone is download Firefox, just like I did (and still do) with new computers. As the statistics show, though, the vast majority of people don't bother to do that so whatever is the default is what they use. The right and fair thing to do would be to stop them from abusing their monopoly power by offering a choice of browsers at time of install, and not favor their own browser in any way. That would have been the thing to force MS to do as well back when they were being sued for abuse of monopoly power after taking down Netscape with the same tactic. Unfortunately, it didn't happen then and it isn't happening now either. So, Google will continue to dominate the market unless and until some other highly disruptive technology comes along to unseat the current smartphone market and gives another player a chance to enter and eventually dominate the market in a similar fashion.

AI companies have to be just drooling over some of the things in Black Mirror at this point. This was basically the whole plot of Be Right Back in season 2.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Some of the bits of transcript in the Ars article seem pretty damning to me... but who knows. Some of it is kind of stretching but there are some real WTF quotes in there too.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Ftech-p...

Took me far too long to figure this out at Wegmans with donuts. But it's what the other person just replied with - there's a button and basically a text search or PLU code. For something like donuts or muffins, you can enter the quantity, but produce will have a code and need a weight.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

I have VERY LITTLE social media and really don't use anything that I do have. But if this is what most of it is becoming/has become, I'm more than OK with that.

And most of these new Pixels don't even have SIM slots. Pretty sure they'll all eSIM now, like the iPhones - EXCEPT for the Fold. Pretty sure I read that one still has a physical SIM tray.

I'll anecdotally second this.

If it's not an Apple Watch, I see quite a few Garmins (including my own).

I had a few different Pebble's back in the day and they were awesome... so I'm naturally in on the preorder. The 30 day battery life (even if it somehow turned out to just be 20 days) is a HUGE draw for me, in addition to the simplicity. Battery life is a huge reason I have a Garmin. Two weeks on a charge? Yes please.

While the fee itself is overall dumb, it wasn't a fee for just "unplugging a cord". It was a fee for unplugging a very specific cord to the equipment that monitors the for-purchase, in-room snacks/accessories (like a minibar fridge but not a fridge). That piece of equipment uses pressure-sensitive triggers to charge guests for items that are removed, so if it's unplugged, presumably, it wouldn't accurately monitor those things or know what to charge for.

Yes, still, the fee is absurd for what it is, but those people would have been totally find if they had unplugged the lamp instead of that thing.

And that hotel should absolutely do a better job of either making that fee known or hiding/securing that plug (but why would they bother to do that when they can make $50 every time someone mistakenly unplugs it).

The way this guy is hammering the same point again and again kinda smacks of desperation. Yes, I've seen amazing coders with no degrees, but i have yet to see anyone without a degree knowing quantum field theory. And yes, quantum field theory has very limited uses and also yes, over 50% of people with degrees could do their jobs without a degree, but I wouldn't want a medical doctor that learned their trade on the job. Why does this guy needs to show his disdain towards people with degrees I don't know, but he seems to have a problem with that.

I just switched both of our lines from T-Mobile to US Mobile - and so far, so good. Got a promo that was basically 2 unlimited lines (1 "premium" and 1 "starter") for 1 year for $390. Yes, we paid for the full year up front - but it works out to just a hair over $16/mo. total. We were paying $144/mo. with T-Mobile. Outrageous - even with all of the "perks" that T-Mobile offered.

For all practical purposes, until our actual voting system changes, voting 3rd party is probably the worst option. The math essentially makes a third party vote one for the person you like the least.

I've always liked this video on FPTP (first past the post) voting: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F... (especially at about the 5 min mark and the "spoiler effect")
And then some additional detail on the "alternative vote": https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Not that the AV is necessarily the "right" answer - but FPTP isn't it. People in the US are obviously free to vote for whichever candidate they choose, but our system will basically never allow a third party candidate any kind of reasonable chance to win without a drastic overhaul.