spizzat2

joined 1 year ago
[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 20 points 5 days ago (4 children)

"Roe v. Wade is settled law. They just use the issue to rile up their base. They'd never overturn it!" and other lies we tell ourselves...

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

Keep in mind that many red states have attempted to essentially ban online porn with their overbearing age-verification laws. A savvy internet user would be less likely to pick an exit node in a red state, given the choice.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

As a hydrocarbon enthusiast, I'm going to have to say it's not really optional.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Squirm.

Mister Beardsley!?

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

That assumes you can unplug it. Most devices I own have the camera built right into the device, and it can sometimes be hard to find an option that doesn't include it. I have a Webcam cover on my desktop and laptop.

I haven't seen one that would work for my phone, but if someone has hacked my phone, I probably have bigger issues.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

KnowBe4 has an article about their experience.

They also covered at least one other instance in the US.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

So, if I grab an item off the shelf and browse around the store for a while, is the price going to be the price currently displayed or the price when I grabbed it?

If it's the current price, what's the point of a price tag? If I can't actually know the price until checkout, then showing me the price is kind of a useless bit of data. I also suspect that the "speak to a manager" types would make that a major headache for stores.

If it's the price when I grabbed it, how are they keeping track of that? I see two ways of handling that: one requires that you use their app to shop, and the other requires cameras and "machine vision" that are still unreliable, at best. The former seems more likely, but I doubt either is going to sit well with customers.

Edit: someone pointed out that it might not actually display a price, and you'd have to scan it to get your price. Kind of like the first option, but I think it's going to turn off less tech savvy customers.

I haven't seen that aspect addressed in any articles about the "feature".

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm choosing to see the horn as it's upper lip, and it's actually having the best time.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks! It's surprisingly difficult to get Germans to correct me on things. Most of them are just happy that I can speak it at all, so they tell me not to worry about the little stuff. 😂

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Was Sprachen Sie spricht? (Deutsch/German)

I'm not a native speaker, but I'm pretty sure it's

Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie?

assuming you want to be formal, which feels a little weird to me in the context of an internet forum.

Edit: but to answer your question: fluent English, mehr als ein Bißchen Deutsch, y un poquito Español.

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