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  1. Comment on Is TV advertising still relevant? Does anybody under 60 even watch traditional TV anymore? in ~tv

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    I've been using Pluto for a long time when I wanted to just have something on in the background -- it is reminiscent of old broadcast TV, but in a better way than modern broadcast TV IMO.

    I've been using Pluto for a long time when I wanted to just have something on in the background -- it is reminiscent of old broadcast TV, but in a better way than modern broadcast TV IMO.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Case before Norway's Supreme Court claims that depriving sex offender of a Snapchat account is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights in ~tech

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    Yeah, I should have been more specific. They should be banned from making that the SOLE SOURCE of notifications and updates given to the public.

    Yeah, I should have been more specific. They should be banned from making that the SOLE SOURCE of notifications and updates given to the public.

    10 votes

  3. Is TV advertising still relevant? Does anybody under 60 even watch traditional TV anymore?

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    I saw a video about the failure of a product, and they mentioned TV advertising, which got me to wondering… do people still even watch traditional TV anymore? It seems to me that everybody that I...

    I saw a video about the failure of a product, and they mentioned TV advertising, which got me to wondering… do people still even watch traditional TV anymore? It seems to me that everybody that I can think of that isn’t 70 or older just streams everything. How is the old business plan still operating?

    36 votes

  4. Comment on Case before Norway's Supreme Court claims that depriving sex offender of a Snapchat account is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights in ~tech

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    Public agencies should be banned from using private platforms that require creating an account and sharing private contact details in order to read their announcements. I refuse to use Facebook,...

    Public agencies should be banned from using private platforms that require creating an account and sharing private contact details in order to read their announcements. I refuse to use Facebook, X, etc, and am frequently frustrated when official communications aren’t available to me.

    26 votes

  5. Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport

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    Neither my 2015 Subaru Forester with the first gen eyesight that was sold in the US (2nd gen in Canada) with the older black and white cameras nor my (now sold) 2015 Impreza with the next...

    Neither my 2015 Subaru Forester with the first gen eyesight that was sold in the US (2nd gen in Canada) with the older black and white cameras nor my (now sold) 2015 Impreza with the next generation, but no longer current generation of Eyesight has never done that, it sometimes beeps unnecessarily, but has never intervened when it shouldn’t.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say in ~news

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    And I’m concerned that the FDA is going to want to get involved too. I’m afraid that schedule III is going to make access harder for those who need it, not easier. They should treat it like...

    And I’m concerned that the FDA is going to want to get involved too. I’m afraid that schedule III is going to make access harder for those who need it, not easier. They should treat it like alcohol, which causes more harm to both users and those around them.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    Wow. That’s a whole other level. Amazing. They clearly don’t care.

    Wow. That’s a whole other level. Amazing. They clearly don’t care.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    So you’re saying that my concern about being permanently banned without recourse from a major subreddit that is useful for technical support discussions is whinging (or, whining, as we’d say it here)?

    So you’re saying that my concern about being permanently banned without recourse from a major subreddit that is useful for technical support discussions is whinging (or, whining, as we’d say it here)?

    4 votes

  9. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    Well, within the current API limits that those sites can access. More accurately, my last 1000 posts or so.

    Well, within the current API limits that those sites can access. More accurately, my last 1000 posts or so.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    I must admit that it briefly crossed my mind to use a VPN to create a new account and post a vociferous message lambasting the mods. :)

    I must admit that it briefly crossed my mind to use a VPN to create a new account and post a vociferous message lambasting the mods. :)

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Canada bet big on immigration. Now it’s hitting the brakes. in ~misc

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    This is a huge problem where I live (in the US) too, corporations buying up limited housing stock and leaving it vacant driving up purchase and rent prices beyond the ability of the local economy...

    Over the last few decades, housing supply has been bought up by REIT's (Real estate investment trust), private equity firms, or the privileged for speculative purposes, leaving a large supply of housing vacant.

    This is a huge problem where I live (in the US) too, corporations buying up limited housing stock and leaving it vacant driving up purchase and rent prices beyond the ability of the local economy to support it. I feel like there needs to be a HUGE disincentive to this, our governments need to do more to protect the interests of people first, not huge corporate investors.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    I think that the inability to have an unbiassed mediation of such decisions is the big problem there. Fine, use bots to automate things, there's a LOT of volume, but there needs to be a means for...

    I think that the inability to have an unbiassed mediation of such decisions is the big problem there. Fine, use bots to automate things, there's a LOT of volume, but there needs to be a means for users to appeal it reasonably and it seems to me that some special consideration should be given to long time users without a history of problems.

    According to one of the online user analyzers this is my worst rated comment:

    Can we stop using Karen as an insult? It really sucks for nice people named Karen — I know a few of them.

    With a score of -9, which reflects on the people who downvoted more than it does on me, I stand behind that comment and would post it again.

    12 votes

  13. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    Yeah, I was thinking of the same analogy. It was a shocking wakeup call, but maybe for the better in the big picture.

    Yeah, I was thinking of the same analogy. It was a shocking wakeup call, but maybe for the better in the big picture.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    I think I need to cut back on all of the major sites and limit myself to the minor sites -- I miss the old days of the Internet before it was opened up to the general public, it was so much...

    I think I need to cut back on all of the major sites and limit myself to the minor sites -- I miss the old days of the Internet before it was opened up to the general public, it was so much friendlier back then when everybody used their real names and had civil discussions.

    You're right though... I should start cycling my accounts more often and stop leaving a multi decade trail of breadcrumbs.

    23 votes

  15. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

  16. Comment on I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again in ~talk

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    The only VPN I use is to connect to my office network when I need to access a system there or my home network when I'm not home, neither of which were in use when I last posted a comment there,...

    The only VPN I use is to connect to my office network when I need to access a system there or my home network when I'm not home, neither of which were in use when I last posted a comment there, and neither of which would have flagged something.

    That said, as I type this I realized that I do have iCloud+ and did post it using either my macbook or my iPhone, so it's possible that it went through the iCloud relay, which is effectively a VPN.

    6 votes

  17. I made a mistake, I started using Reddit again

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    ...and within a few weeks I was banned from r/iphone for "ban evasion", which I most definitely did not do. I've had the same reddit account for over 16 years and other than a surprisingly HUGE...

    ...and within a few weeks I was banned from r/iphone for "ban evasion", which I most definitely did not do.

    I've had the same reddit account for over 16 years and other than a surprisingly HUGE number of deleted comments and posts (according to sites that track that) that seem perfectly benign to me (mostly deleted for stupidly trivial technicalities), I've never had any problems on the site. Sure, a few unpopular opinions here and there that get downvoted a little but, but nothing offensive, no trolling, etc.

    So, I tried to respond, and here's how the conversation went:

    Hello. I’m very confused by this ban notification. The only recent activity that I’ve had on this subreddit is to answer somebody’s question, and I cannot imagine how that answer in any way violated the rules. Can you please help me to at least understand what led to this?

    ...to which the mod replied:

    Ban evasion not that hard to get

    ...and I responded:

    I honestly do not know what you're talking about. It appears that you think that I have been posting with multiple accounts, but I have not. I've been using this same account for over 16 years without ever being accused of such a thing. I'd appreciate it if you could take a look and reconsider.

    ...to which I got:

    No the system detects ban evader like you automatically

    ...

    I'm sorry that you think that I have done such a thing, but I have not. I even co-moderate another subreddit that is a very serious one with its fair share of trolls to deal with, so I get it, but I honestly did not try to evade any prior bans.

    ... and the only response I get back is:

    Stop

    I'm so sick and tired of that site, I don't know why I went back after doing so well avoiding it after the somewhat recent events that caused me to uninstall all of the apps and stop using the site. The mods there are abusive and power-hungry and it's a toxic place to be. It's a shame because my account is over 16 years old and I remember the old days when it was nothing like it is now. :(

    So, hopefully this time I'll stop using the site for good, this was the reminder that I needed. I've avoided Facebook and other social media due to the toxicity, I don't know why I expected reddit to be any better; please stay above the fray, Tildes!

    76 votes

  18. Comment on Insurers use aerial photos to check out roofs or to spot yard debris and undeclared trampolines in ~finance

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    Time to start sunbathing in the buff in my back yard. I hope the neighbors don’t mind. :) I have mixed feelings about this one, the resolution required to determine the condition of my roof seems...

    Time to start sunbathing in the buff in my back yard. I hope the neighbors don’t mind. :)

    I have mixed feelings about this one, the resolution required to determine the condition of my roof seems a bit invasive.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on ADHD productivity fundamentals in ~health.mental

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    Similar here -- I cannot keep a long running TODO list for the life of me, it ends up having so much old obsolete clutter on it that I give up. I've never been able to use a pre-bound notebook...

    Similar here -- I cannot keep a long running TODO list for the life of me, it ends up having so much old obsolete clutter on it that I give up. I've never been able to use a pre-bound notebook because it ends up full of nonsense scribbles and doodles.

    What I've personally found works well for me is to keep my todo lists on paper and re-write them every day. I only copy the items that are the most important, focusing on the top 10 or 15 items. I find that anything that's not in my top priority list usually ends up being a non-issue anyhow, especially when it's related to my work. Anything big or long term goes into the issue tracking software anyhow.

    For me, the act of reviewing, rewriting, and re-prioritizing the list is a bit of motivation that helps me get going again.

    ...as for the notebook that I mentioned above, I've always kept loose leaf pages. In university (before laptops were good enough to use and tablets weren't a thing) I would write my notes on loose leaf papers and put them into one of those accordion expanding files, putting each day's notes in the back of the section for that class -- that allowed me to doodle on something else and then only keep the actual notes. Similar now, except I don't have clear divisions between topics so it's hard to be quite as organized but I keep a clipboard with a stack of printer paper on it and when the top page gets cluttered with notes and doodles I take it off, review it, and then re-write what I need from it neatly on a new page and then discard the messy page.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on America's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing in ~tech

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    Medical devices make sense. I’ve been a medical device developer for almost 30 years, and we have very strict reproducibility and traceability requirements for product safety and recall ability....

    Medical devices make sense. I’ve been a medical device developer for almost 30 years, and we have very strict reproducibility and traceability requirements for product safety and recall ability. Having random people make changes effectively breaks that traceability.

    31 votes