MisterFrog
@MisterFrog@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster 2 days ago:
The US lacks even the most basic consumer protections it seems.
In Australia, companies still try to give you the run around, but I am extremely confident this wouldn’t fly here. Even though I’m not a lawyer.
If you literally can’t get a hold of them, they’re breaking Australian Consumer Law, that’s a slam dunk to charge back the card and dare them to take you to your state’s relevant tribunal that hears cases like this. It costs either like $70 to file, you can represent yourself easily, and if you’re low-income, it’s literally free.
They don’t want to waste money on fighting you. If you’re confident you’re clearly in the right, it’s very easy to get a company to back down.
This is a great time to remind everyone to take photos before and after getting a rental car, because otherwise it’s your word against them.
- Comment on Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded 2 days ago:
It’s SO funny how apparently for almost 20 years we (as in the west outside the USA) decided that using Chinese cloud platforms or networking hardware was dangerous and to be avoided, but private US companies? Nothing to see here!
Silver lining of the orange man is that maybe countries will wake up and smell the digital sovereignty that we sorely lack.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M 1 week ago:
There’s arguably much more support for that, than stopkillinggames.
But the political opposition to stopkillinggames is far less.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M 1 week ago:
These two things overlap under capitalism, as doing right by your customers is only required if not doing right by your customers affects your profits.
We definitely want them to sweat.
- Comment on Fuck it, more surrealposting. 2 weeks ago:
It’s spaces like this I think of when people complain about modern open plan offices.
This is so claustrophobic, and luckily for me, I like a bit of chatter in the background.
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 2 weeks ago:
I will never forgive USB for the ridiculous naming
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 2 weeks ago:
I’m glad I watched some video on this I vaguely recalled, as I may have accidentally thrown a shaver away because it wasn’t charging…
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for sending this through, I don’t think this guy is Australian though. Definitely not grown up here anyway.
What a fucking shit guy though.
- Comment on Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission 3 weeks ago:
I think the original commenter means that Google got off with a tap on the wrist
- Comment on Welcome to the Labour police state 3 weeks ago:
We’re they being serious? If so, please do share their name.
Also, do you mean 2GB?
Whole different line up on KGB radio I’d imagine haha
- Comment on Welcome to petty lane 3 weeks ago:
I get this is a joke, but speed limits shouldn’t be set by politicians (which I’m hearing apparently is/was a thing?). Politicians have a role to play in getting regulations standards re-written by people who understand the decades of research on this.
Speeding is mostly a design issue, but I still expect people actually follow the rules.
Strong Towns, NotJustBikes, City Beautiful, Practical Engineering, among others have made great videos on this topic.
A lot of people justify speeding, and it’s kinda dumb, if you ask me.
Just because you “feel” it’s safe, doesn’t mean it actually is.
Plus, there’s a fantastic way to reduce road deaths, just have fewer cars, switch to public transport, but that takes a long time to implement if the political will doesn’t exist.
- Comment on Welcome to petty lane 3 weeks ago:
Engineers should absolutely include traffic calming features to get people to naturally slow down, but everyone should drive the limit.
Speed kills, kinetic energy is not linear.
Cars are tonnes of metal hurtling down the road. Thousands upon thousands die every year, and since the increased prevalence of massive US style trucks fatalities have RISEN, undoing decades of progress. (Both in the US, and elsewhere)
People driving 20 over the limit are arseholes (or have been influenced by car centric infrastructure and culture). Change my mind.
Speeding is never okay. Just that lots of people have convinced themselves it’s no big deal.
- Comment on You know which voice to use. We all know which voice to use. 4 weeks ago:
🫡
- Comment on Australian police beat an opposition politician so badly that she might lose an eye -- simply for being at an anti-genocide protest. 4 weeks ago:
Not that is makes a difference to the morality, but it was an opposition candidate for The Greens in the PM’s seat, not a current sitting pollie.
- Comment on Just one more 5 weeks ago:
Oh my apologies, I thought we were talking about the number of lanes.
Yeah the traffic here looks photoshopped, though, I’d be willing to bet there are times where this freeway almost looks like this*
*Statement based on vibes, not actual evidence
- Comment on Just one more 5 weeks ago:
maps.app.goo.gl/5Bbb8EnScBd7Ffk46
Go count them for yourself (or just search Katy Freeway into Google maps and turn on satellite view if you don’t want to click this link)
The number of lanes is insane
- Comment on ‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops 5 weeks ago:
Should be at least streamed to a server not controlled by the police, including things like charge levels so they can’t claim “oh whoops, it ran out of charge!”. A specific organisation within the judiciary, perhaps?
This way they’re gonna need to get far more creative in concealing video.
And if you’re found to do something that is concealing evidence, well that’s a crime by itself
- Comment on Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers 5 weeks ago:
Surely Trump could have ignored them, as an official act of course.
- Comment on As neglected as the 7 button on a microwave 5 weeks ago:
This is only the case for cheaper models. There are models with inverters that actually run at lower power.
I am like original commenter, I gotta turn down the power because my microwave is a deadly lazer (1200 W)
- Comment on Reddit assemble 5 weeks ago:
Everytime there’s piss on the seat or the floor I just think: who the fuck are these people and do they do this in their own house?
Like, go use the urinal, why you gotta ruin the seat?
And if it’s an accident, at least wipe up after yourself!
- Comment on Absolute unit 5 weeks ago:
Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn’t know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.
Somehow I’ve seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha
Context is a hell of a drug
- Comment on Good luck, mom 1 month ago:
This is great, meane she’s giving the game stakes too
- Comment on Tips off the cops 1 month ago:
Gentleman vs Gentleperson
Seems like a legit substitution to me
- Comment on Tips off the cops 1 month ago:
I like using “gentle people”.
Would the gentle person care for some more wine?
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 1 month ago:
The percentages of respondents in surveys on infidelity from France are a bit of a cultural difference (from Australian perspective, anyway)
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 1 month ago:
I’m so glad that it was completely caught on camera so there’s no wriggling out of it. It was deliberate at close range.
US officials have some answering to do to us.
Though, we all know we won’t get shit, as their vassals.
Maybe we’ll do some more war crimes on their behalf, you know, as a treat. Then lock up the whistleblower 👍👍👍
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 1 month ago:
If DFAT still don’t update their travel advice after this…
- Comment on Correct Grindr Response 1 month ago:
Thank you, this detail had me scratching my head. D≈1.56" makes so much more sense.
Not knowing the difference between circumference and thickness? Instant turn off.
- Comment on Owned (stocks) 1 month ago:
I took it as more of a PSA
- Comment on faen 1 month ago:
As a native English/German speaker, this sign just makes so much sense. Very onomatopoeic. I love it
Driving Bump just doesn’t hit as hard (what I assume the literal translation is, roughly)