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Part of the problem is that government agencies can never keep something in place long enough to even determine if it's effective, so this is the type of situation that leads to

Exactly, this just tells us we need to do a better job about educating people. Many of the conveniences we enjoy come at the expense of personal autonomy and privacy, and in my opinion it's never worth it.

I recently traveled to Canada by road trip, and when I called my bank's number I was surprised to learn that I don't need to report things like this. This actually disturbs me because it shows that they must have some way of collecting sufficient data to show that I am traveling to a specific place at a specific time, and in my opinion my bank has no business knowing this unless I choose to disclose it.

but how many people would remember to do that?

Every single person who has traveled has been advised to do this. "People might forget" is no good reason to mandate sharing this data. It should be opt-in, and it's disgusting that it's not.

Amazon Sidewalk

I just looked it up. How extremely creepy. My brother just put some ring cameras in his house. I'll show him how to disable this tomorrow. It's just evil that it's not opt-in.

Every day, I feel better about my decision to quit Prime and distance myself from this awful corporation.

I was so fascinated with "Permission to Land." My friends and I used to drive around singing along to every song on the album.

And their next album came out. I remember one of my friends buying it on vinyl, but no one else I knew even cared, including myself for some reason.

They've definitely got a thing though, and it's their thing (even if it's highly derivative). It's almost like entering "infectious 70s rock band" into an AI and getting them back as a result.

Anyway, thanks for reminding me these guys exist and that "Permission to Land" is 20 years old holy shit

I saw this a long time ago when I was young, and I really liked it, but I don't think I noticed at the time how silly some of the plot points are or how formulaic it is.

This is actually actor Jerry Messing, who played Pugsley Addams in the movie "Addams Family Values."

The famous shot is from a photoshoot he did in an attempt to revitalize his acting career, inspired by Blues Brothers.

Iirc he doesn't care for the meme, but he's chill about it.

Iirc he's a pretty down-to-earth dude and probably not an incel.

Thank you!

Joe Biden blasted me with his 5g rays a few minutes earlier than expected

Gotta keep us on our toes, the crafty mfer