Like I know legality has no meaning anymore, but isn’t that like, really a lot more illegal in a way that there are standards that can’t be ignored? Retaliation against a whistleblower?

That makes sense. It didn’t come with the other part, but there’s a bunch at a thrift store nearby, which must have been where I’ve seen it before.

Anyone in Texas know how to etch brass?

Since ice is made up of molon labe guys, they should be fully supportive.

Yes. Your father, a man with one ear pierced (the gay one), went to the gay mom store and asked to meet the owner.

We used to be a proper country

Does pussy riot have time to play shows between arrests?

It says 2019 to trick the viewer into commenting “no 2012” or 2016, since no real human thinks everything was great until 2019. It’s bait for interactions.

This is an ad for McDonald’s

Piefedophiles

Honestly, I wouldn’t want it updated constantly. AI and red hats are about to fuck it right to fuck town.

The individual was infected in el Salvador and then flew to the US. Inflammatory title makes it seem like they’re already moving into the country, which is the media’s favorite shit to do.

It’s not good either way, but Jesus Christ I’m burnt on constant fear mongering.

I appreciate the consistency of the PA controller, but I can not for the life of me remember which side is square and circle. Been fuckin me up since 2002

The Xbox layaout should be the standard. Nintendo changes their controllers drastically every generation, so they have no standard, and even on the GameCube, A was the “default” button. The Xbox controller hasn’t changed the four main buttons in 24 years, and PC followed suit. It’s already the standard, and anyone who would be bothered by a set standard only hurts unification, and will get over it eventually.

There’s a few points to note

-there are 1500 different progressive lenses, and a lot of stire are still selling 35 yeae old lenses. You get what you pay for, and avoid chains.

-the eyeglass industry is full of reps who think they’re professionals, but don’t actually know fuck all about how they work. What the other person said about measurements is way more obvious with a progressive. Because of this, online progressives are dogshit.

-if you’re a hyperope, it takes more time to get used to the lenses. Plus prescriptions add more distortion, so it takes longer to adapt.

-the age you got the first progressive makes a huge difference. If you get one at 42, you’ll have a much easier time than if you wait until 60, because the reading addition keeps getting stronger and causes more distortion. Side note, if you’re over 42, you should be wearing a progressive. Stop lying to me and yourself.

-it takes about two weeks to feel natural, but you have to wear the glasses, and not switch back to an older pair. If you don’t put in the effort, you’ll be the old person with lines. If you wear them for two weeks and don’t get used to them, theres something wrong with the lens.

• get a premium, dual sided antireflective. Plus power lenses have more space between the surfaces, and double the effects of glare on the lens.

-don’t take advice from anyone you know, youtube, or especially reddit. Nobody knows any of the actual science behind optics, they just keep parroting things that sound legit. Even supposed professionals in my industry are goddamn idiots, including most licensed opticians i know. The only sources of info that can be trusted are lifelong lab managers, and the people designing the products and systems of manufacture. Everyone else spouts buzzwords like they know what they’re saying, or they saw a video once.

I’m an advanced optician running three offices and a lab, working towards my masters designation, and i’m infuriated to be one of the last professionals in this industry.

ER used proper medical science most of the time, Greys anatomy was just saying medical terms and making shit up.

Honestly, fine, if it gets it through. He’s not gonna make it much longer anyway, and he’s doing it either way.

Extreme self hosting

I’m saying they try to. My specific version of e/os traps apps in a box and lies to their data requests if they pretend they need a permission I won’t give them.

Even without a specific app having mic access, it has RAM access, so if any other app does have mic access, the data can be skimmed as it’s passing through.

Facebook has been, and is currently being fined for ignoring privacy laws, and is known to have profiles on people who don’t use their services. How do they build those profiles if you never gave them permission?

Any of the people in here saying there’s no proof that apps access your microphone don’t understand that you don’t need microphone access to listen in. Something on your phone has mic access, so all an app needs is access to your RAM. If not your phone, your tv. Or any voice activated device nearby. Microphones are not ears, they can be significantly more sensitive.

Or an even simpler possibility, the companies are lying because there is no consequence.

Yes there is. I track all data on my home network and on my phone. I can see exactly how many times every app on my own phone tries to access my microphone and camera, and how much data is being sent from my friends devices when supposedly not in use, and even supposedly turned off.

Anecdotally , on the rare occasion I use a computer without my general ad defenses, the only ads I see relate to the most recent conversations I’ve had with one particular friend in person.