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- Comment on Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check 1 day ago:
Prepaid cards have numbers that identify them.
Which, btw, makes perfect sense. As a shop that takes credit cards, I would want to know if someone has signed up for a subscription service with a prepaid card, since the card may run out, prematurely cancelling the service.
There’s a big database at the backend of the credit card processor that keeps track of all this stuff. The shop can tell a lot about you based on your card number.
- Comment on Talk about hat hair... 2 days ago:
Could visit a thrift store and see if you find any good materials. Dissect a plushie or look at the blankets and throw pillows for materials.
- Comment on Put the shoes on 3 days ago:
Just toss on a dress and go commando. No need to remove the shoes.
- Comment on New York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice 5 days ago:
We had a medical scare just yesterday. I was in the ER for 8 hours with my partner over a non-life-threatening but still emergency problem.
An ultrasound, cat scan, and much poking and prodding later, we still don’t know what is up. The AI was at least able to predict next steps (if A then discharge and follow up with PCP, if B then surgery this week, if C then emergency surgery), something the ER was too busy to do for several hours. It was reassuring. The AI also gave me (working) links to more thorough resources on the topic.
- Comment on They seemed nice and normal until.... 1 week ago:
Well, you see, “anything” is very broad and could include removal of a finger or two. Specificity is good when defining boundaries.
- Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles 1 week ago:
I’m hesitant to get an electric vehicle because I don’t currently have anywhere to charge near my condo. My condo parking spot isn’t near a building, so it would probably be a pain to charge from there. I’d be interested if my office had some charging stations.
Until then, I’m quite happy with my old Prius. It goes, stops, and steers as needed, no complaints. Catalytic converter has only been stolen once.
- Comment on This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks 1 week ago:
I get you. The person you responded to talked about “the plastic one” and meant the old style non-milk plastic one, but the milk plastic one is also a “plastic one”. It was a tad unclear.
- Comment on How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked 1 week ago:
Yep. Good news on that front: libraries I’ve worked at just don’t keep records of what you’ve checked out after you’ve returned it, unless there was some sort of fine or something. Can’t give up data you don’t have and if the library avoids storing the data for anyone then it’s hard to accuse the library of selectively hiding data.
- Comment on I have no idea how to do my laundry 2 weeks ago:
If you’ve hand washed a heavy wool item and want to dry it quicker, you can lay it on a towel and roll it up in the towel. Squeeze the towel gently, then lay the wool item flat in a mesh surface or a fresh towel–more airflow is better.
- Comment on As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts 4 weeks ago:
Huh. I just identified features of birds
- Comment on Let's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers. 4 weeks ago:
Yes, the y-axis must be inverted. Otherwise I spend the whole game staring at my feet or the sky.
Oddly, growing up my younger brother was the opposite. It was annoying to take turns playing games with him, because we have to adjust the settings between handoffs.
- Comment on Hehehehe 4 weeks ago:
My parents were checking out the building site for our new house in the woods and I got bored/tired and went back to the car to nap. They looked everywhere for me and I was just safe asleep.
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 5 weeks ago:
I’m also team office slippers. They’re so snuggly!
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Even teenagers sometimes prefer dead tree books to ebooks. Back when I worked in a public library, we could tell when a book was assigned reading because we’d suddenly get 10 requests for our 2 copies. The students had access to the ebook, they just preferred paper.
- Comment on lightbulbs 5 weeks ago:
We accidentally installed a white light bulb in the hallway outside my bedroom. It made me feel so pissed off and on edge every time my door was open and someone turned that light on.
Once we swapped it to a warm bulb I was much more chill.
I do keep a tunable light bulb in a task lamp, but the rest of the lighting in the house is warm.
- Comment on 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells 2 months ago:
Probably, yeah. Tbh, it was not wanting an ice maker that was the biggest hang-up. We didn’t have a water line to the old refrigerator and I was tired of visitors trying to use the non-functional door ice maker on the old model.
- Comment on 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells 2 months ago:
There was Home Depot, Best Buy, and Lowes. I looked at their in-stock offerings online and only one of them had something that would work. I tried out a floor model, it seemed fine. I couldn’t spend too much time on the decision because I was playing host and didn’t want my house guest to worry about her food spoiling. (She has dietary restrictions and enough food anxiety as it is.)
- Comment on 'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells 2 months ago:
I did buy a replacement refrigerator based on “no ice dispenser, fits in available space” on a Saturday when mine let out the magic smoke that morning. It was delivered the next day and worked out ok.
I would not get something fancier without doing research. This one was literally the only refrigerator that fit the bill at the store (weird-sized refrigerator alcove)
- Comment on Who care about book 2 months ago:
*libarys
- Comment on YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole. 2 months ago:
A “go bag” is a bag you have for when you need to leave (“go”) in a hurry. For example, you might have a change of clothes, cash, hygiene items, your passport(s), snacks, a week’s worth of prescription meds, first aid kit.
My friend has one because he’s an immigrant and doesn’t feel secure in the current political environment. I have one because I’m trans and I don’t feel secure in the current political environment.
I downvoted you because it felt skeevy to be told I was providing backup to you, when I didn’t feel my data was particularly supportive. It felt like you putting words in my mouth.
- Comment on YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole. 2 months ago:
“only 33% of naturalized citizens from Venezuela have a go bag packed” is not the support you think it is.
- Comment on YSK the Venezuelans community in the US is not representative of Venezuelans as a whole. 2 months ago:
Sample size of 3: my naturalized citizen (from Venezuela as an infant) D&D buddy is concerned AF. His (also naturalized) parents are more blithe about the current political climate.
- Comment on YSK that electric blankets are cheap and incredibly cozy 2 months ago:
My old man dog loves my heated lap blanket. I set the blanket on low with a timer while I work from home and my dog stretches out on top of it. Without the heated blanket he curls up into a tight little croissant.
- Comment on Snitches get switches 2 months ago:
Conservation land, in my area, is just land designated to not be developed. It might be privately owned and designated "conservation land* for tax benefits, or owned by the town, or what have you. Sometimes housing developers will designate part of their land plot as “conservation” for some benefit from the town (like taxes or zoning easement).
- Comment on Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI 2 months ago:
My bad. I should have linked directly to the one in the Miskatonic University archive. (it takes a while to load, but it does load for me, all the pages)
- Comment on Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI 2 months ago:
Am librarian. Here you go
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 2 months ago:
My partner’s in the same boat.
What’s wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn’t love him. He can have garlic oil but that’s about it (something to do with FODMAPs).
- Comment on Eat more fibre or something 2 months ago:
IBS, medication with “surprise diarrhea” as a side effect, and occasional almost–passing-out on the toilet (overactive vasovagal reflex). It’s not a fun combination. Fiber only helps so much.
- Comment on elixir of a god 2 months ago:
I tried different prescription meds until I found one that worked for me without bad side effects.
I’m honestly bad at taking my meds, but I take them when I really need to focus on something. But, my current job lets me flit from task to task, so I usually have something novel to work on and so don’t need the meds. I do still take coffee, but only about a large cup a day.
Sorry that’s not more helpful.
- Comment on Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) 2 months ago:
I tried that route, but it turns out my folks left the Poland before it was modern Poland, so never held Polish citizenship. If only they’d sucked it up and stayed through World War I. /s