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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when I was doing a weekly shopping trip on my bike with panniers, I tried self-checkout once when the cashiers were busy. Never again. The tall bags just screwed with the sensors too much. Now I'm maybe a bit more inclined to use it because I moved to a house just a quick walk to the store. It can make sense to just dump all of the items on the weighing platform and put them in my backpack and reusable bags later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't see any problem with a system to detect drunk driving and bring the car to a stop. There is no right to drive a car while drunk or otherwise impaired. Inventing one by calling upon privacy also ignores that the cops can pull you over and give you a sobriety test if they have reason to anyway. In 2021, over 13,000 people in the US died from drunk drivers. They deserve protection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microplastic overdose⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It ain't gonna slide down easy if it ain't cheesy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's Thawing!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Correction: He's Thawing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Regardless, I'm glad they are being open about this. I use 1password, so I want to know absolutely anything that could be a threat, especially after the debacle with LastPass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that there is no such thing as an "alpha wolf"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just call them good doggos. Is that okay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I just quit urban and social life for a rural and lonely life?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this only because it's funny, not to mock you. Naturalist (-al-) is likely the word you're looking for. Naturist is basically another name for nudist. Unless maybe OP wants to be out in the sticks for another reason. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar | The Independent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Russia landed on the moon, too. They just had a few more pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pugs are a cruel human creation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a breed of pug, retro pugs, that is a Jack Russell terrier. They have elongated snouts, leading to a happier life. Most of the health problems that are unique to pugs, poof, gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good neighborship⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Quite literally. It's a shared project between Belgium and France.