Exactly what happened to Google Glass will happen to this thing so it doesn’t matter. It’s never going to get off the ground because most people don’t like having cameras pointed at them before they’re even asked. Just because cities are putting up cameras all over the place doesn’t mean the public accepts them.

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I’m not. It’s for such stupid reasons and it has real consequences for the regular folk that get their paychecks from the government.

Just for the record, ad blockers will still exist despite the changes: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/x967w5/ubo_minus_mv3/

Gorhill already has an MV3 version of ublock. Why is no one aware of this!?

Yes but this is local to your browser and you’ll be able to edit and/or clear it out if you choose.

It’s not perfect, and I’m aware of which community this is, but this is vastly better than 3rd party cookies.

It’s not always oppression per se but there are definitely people who hear about a rule or restriction and just think “challenge accepted!”

Considering how expensive individual components can be, it’s always a good idea to ensure you got the exact model you paid for while there’s still a chance to return it or report fraud to your credit card company. Even with NiB items mistakes can be made and the wrong item could be shipped out.

“Trust, but verify”

Given how some of those toddlers were the very police who would’ve needed to enforce said mandate, it’s not as simple as “don’t pander to them”. Especially since, let’s be honest, putting all the people who refused to mask up into jail cells would’ve been extremely counter-intuitive.

We claimed it was a mandate but it very quickly became clear that was in name only, which is my main gripe about it. They shouldn’t have called it a “mandate” unless they were prepared to enforce it like one, which they weren’t.

Hindsight’s 20/20 of course, but letting the term “mask mandate” proliferate was a huge mistake. That’s just daring people not to follow the rules. “Mask advisory” or “mask recommendation” wouldn’t have pissed off nearly as many people.

Trying to block a car with your body just seems so foolish. Who’s that going to work on except honest people who wouldn’t try running from the cops anyways?

Climate change is only going to make this event harder and more dangerous in the future. I just hope the death toll stays at 1.

Unfortunately not only is Reddit still chugging along, Lemmy is slowly losing users.

Growing new communities is very hard and takes a long time.

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Human drivers should be facing more rigorous testing regardless. It’s horrifically easy to get a license… and then they never test you again for the rest of your life. That’s just insane when you think about it. My test was in 2002. Feels like I should have to retake it at some point.

By “western society” do you mean the US? Because the EU doesn’t seem to have any qualms about regulating new technologies. That seems to be a uniquely American thing.

I understand your point, but a movie that is itself a 2-hour advertisement doesn’t lose any of its value by showing other brands.

What’s bleak is that a movie about a toy grosses over a billion at the box office. Not that BMW or Samsung want you to look at their stuff.

BK made a Spiderman hamburger. Does that count?