residentmarchant

Just put a 6th finger on your hand and you're good to go!

I think he does a good job at explaining both sides and calling for a root-cause solution, but he's definitely leaving out an important piece: the data collected by all the US social media companies can't just be taken by the US government. They need reasonable causes and go through channels where their access should be checked before they can get their hands on the data. The Chinese government, on the other hand, can just compel TikTok to hand over the data they want.

I don't like the data overreach by all big us tech companies, but at least their data has some safety rails around its usage.

I understand the "but I like TikTok" crowd, but China bans US companies from operating in China all the time. Why is it all of a sudden a problem when we do it to them?

Seconded, it's amazing for occasional reddit use when you don't want your eyeballs seared by the normal interface!

The real question is which accent?

My brain is going to generic middle east and I don't know why

Not 100% sure but I figured it was because so many people live in NJ and commute to NYC every morning, so this new congestion charge might get people to leave NJ for somewhere with better train/transit options

Your local restaurant has probably raised prices slightly but nowhere near as much as their costs have actually gone up.

Many of the big restaurant group-owned places near me have raised prices and enshittified service, but my trusty local places are holding ground.

Republicans.

Some people, especially in staff+ engineer levels, just want to work on their little piece of an ultra complex data center problem and are happy doing it. From my experience, they don't seem to care what the broader company is up to, they're just immersed in their n-of-1 problem space and happy that they get to solve it.

Not saying it's the right thing to do, but not everyone actively cares about their company. It's a paycheck and fulfilling technical problem solving to them.

If this whole image is AI, it looks really really good. Maybe the pic of the statue is, but the rest seems to be photoshopped

You might be able to just pull out the SIM card from your glove box. It needs a cellular connection to share data, but without a SIM card it can't get data.

Not sure if it has any ill effects (ie: disabling emergency response stuff) but might be worth it depending on how privacy conscious you are.