If you like this and haven’t seen “Good Night, Oppy” you should go do that right now.
Just a geek, finding my way in the fediverse.
If you like this and haven’t seen “Good Night, Oppy” you should go do that right now.
I’m in this comment and I support it.
“Nature is fucking metal”
Might vary by locale? Around here (South US) it seems like every single store has their own rewards/discount/whatever system that requires your phone number but it’s not necessary for the transaction… It’s just an extra info grab.
Sometimes the user facing POS/credit card reader will let you handle it (enter/skip) but many places rely on the salesperson to ask and then enter it or skip.
But, I also don’t get around much so my experience is limited.
Same.
Cashier: “What’s your phone number?” (For the store tracking/rewards/whatever)
Me : “Don’t have one!” (As I remove the credit card from the case on the back of myphone)
Nobody has questioned it once. They don’t want to ask in the first place but are forced to.
I enjoy the A to C converter on the side that you didn’t explicitly call out. Nice easter egg :D
I’d made it so long without hearing that song until it popped up in Umbrella Academy. Streak ruined.
Says you. I find onions delicious.
O no…
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Yeah, I still get spam/scam from back in the day when your phone number, address, and email were all public in the whois and it was regularly scraped for targets.
I tell everyone to do the privacy guard/redaction.
I once had a keyboard with a “Works with Netware!” sticker.
Alas, I can’t find any networking gear that has a “works with Linux” sticker so I’m just out of luck on that “Internet” thing all the kids are talking about.
Thanks bud, I’ll check them out.
Generally speaking, programmers like to program (many do it just for fun), and many dislike review. AI removes the programming from the equation in favour of review.
This really resonated with me and is an excellent point. I’m going to have to remember that one.
Anybody got a suggestion for a better retailer?
I’ve spent quite a lot of money at Goulet over the years.
Slashnet still exists and it’s fairly active depending on the channel. #xkcd was bumping last time I checked my client.
The one I remember from school was phrased slightly differently (but same concept) :
Poor little Jimmy is lying on the floor, for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4
When it gets bad enough that I have to ; )
Though we have been on a kick lately of washing dishes immediately after supper and not letting them pile up.
You just have me a flashback to a game named Nocturne from the late 90s. I didn’t remember anything about it, but I recall enjoying it.
I haven’t thought of that in at least 20 years.
Ah yeah, that makes sense. There’s a big difference between a 7cm folding pocket knife and a 20cm fixed blade rambo-esque hunting knife… And I can’t think of any reason to carry the latter around in a city : )
Is there a sim card buried in there somewhere that can be removed or is it soldered in, potted, etc?
… Or your car bricks if you remove it wouldn’t surprise me, regardless.