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> I gave feedback to Waymo about a recent ride where the entire car smelled like a fat, unwashed ass

Knowing BigCo reputation, I think it’s equally possible that Waymo and/or BigCo accounts will be banned for actual perp, complainant or random rider in-between… what a world…

Since you talking technical, is there some data to back that up or is it just vibes?

I mean he did it to Twitter. Apparently, still working…

I’m fairly sure that one can still buy the game on GoG, etc.

Not sure if data files are the same as original cd/dvd…

> Watching the budget: Streamlining things cuts costs, which means we can spend more on improving OpenSSL and supporting you all.

This is the only thing that matters in that announcement, really.

Dropping duplication is fine, but I can’t help to wonder if OpenSSL is basically back to sorry state that lead to Heartbleed disaster…

Does carrier even have to do anything when say your bank inserts consent language for location data into credit card application? They might or might not qualify that with “for fraud prevention and/or other purposes”. Same for insurance carriers…

I saw such clauses and I’m sure it was about pulling data from your phone carrier.

Meanwhile batterygate payouts are quite generous: “Images show the settlement payments to be $92.17 per claim”

[0] https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/01/06/apple-finally-sen...

It’s kinda convenient for short trips (thus no plugging required) because it just works: it shows up on screen immediately when you get into the car, no extra movements. Also, I think cars with wireless CarPlay are equipped with wireless charging for a convenient combo.

But boy it’s enraging to use with multiple phones when you share a car with someone. It will stay connected to other person phone, while in range, and, if you to call that person, car will ring. It’s chaos… or maybe it’s just me.

> as if it’s impossible to build Google Maps into a $30000 car

I’m dreading the day when they start shipping Chromium with your car and thus force you to jump through 0-day hoops.

Is Tesla basically this? Do they still update old models?

Please note that at no point I said that you specifically cheered, so no need to project. It’s a threaded topic.

As you noticed, following constitution is apparently not an option here. Being unconstitutional and ignored, there was at least some hope for improvement, but codification gave us a clear answer that elected representatives are, at best, only selectively interested in supporting constitution.

Are you really asking if being unconstitutional is worse than being codified and legal?

I’m not the one here cheering for demise of constitutional republic…

> Without FISA, the intelligence agencies have less oversight and fewer restrictions.

What restrictions are you talking about? Constitutional warrant requirement was sidestepped using this law and you are still cheering here.

There was a recent TV show where someone got shot and killed just so that bad guy could grab the phone and unlock with FaceID. It worked in the show…

“Well, some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off at all.”

How good are people at evaluating risk of e.g. “conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration”?

https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/case/united-...

I have heard that “everything is securities fraud”.

On the other hand, what stops one from actually starting some low-key exploratory steps towards a new car, which you then mention as “we have something in the works” for a few years and then you cancel it that some point, after scaring most would be competitors? More effort than just running one’s mouth, sure..

Have you heard of Boring company before?

Not OP, but here is some data:

“We estimate that SBA disbursed over $200 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 EIDLs, EIDL Targeted Advances, Supplemental Targeted Advances, and PPP loans. This means at least 17 percent of all COVID-19 EIDL and PPP funds were disbursed to potentially fraudulent actors.”

https://www.sba.gov/document/report-23-09-covid-19-pandemic-...

IRS also covered some:

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-criminal-investigation-rele...

Just you wait until lots of places wise up to whole thing and start ambushing you with “btw, we have a 2.xx+% surcharge for credit card tx” at the register. Happens quite a lot lately…

Most of those state privacy laws will not do much when a federal law governs the situation, e.g. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in this case.

> As long as there is competition the prices will be low (eventually).

We don’t have to wait here. Is BigCo lowering prices on YouTube subs? Are they lowering ad spend for people?

You could claim that they’re a monopoly in those cases, but then that would undercut your expectations above.

Was not Uber plan to use human drivers as a stop-gap to autonomous driving? I doubt that they will remove ratings if they ever achieve that.

And Waymo is going to the same destination, just approaching from other direction.

I’m fairly certain that the plan is to jettison X before next RHEL release. So if your cases are not resolved, and we’re looking at decades by now, then it’s going to get “interesting” at that point.

So they make Gnome X-less, then debian will incorporate that, then other DEs will get less attention, etc… It will go downhill fast from there on.

> Let's keep this factual.

I will give you benefit of the doubt that you personally never had them, but both are factual based on my experience.

If you are interested you should be able find previous HN threads with same exact symptoms from other people.

A fair warning, but I similarly lost a secret after transferring to a new iPhone, even while using 3rd party password manager. Said manager likely used secure enclave and thus failed to work on new phone. Failure was very quiet, not even an error or anything, it just stopped generating codes.

I was able to restore it through external means, but this reinforced “have a non-proprietary backups” for me.

I’m aware of that feature, but using proper option in settings will not retain off position after next OS update, which is what OP was discussing. This happens every update, so I’m quite sure it’s by design.

I do not know what is niche here, but I added couple examples from latest upgrade.

Are they just not testing what some options do? If so, we might be better off just not giving those options.

> CONSTANTLY resetting my user preferences every update (like shoving new buttons [see: ads] onto my taskbar) ultimately lead me to buying the first m1 mbp as my new personal machine.

Boy are you going to be disappointed when you discover that settings reset quite aggressively, especially in cases where Apple really thinks it knows better.

Want to keep bluetooth off? Both iPhone and macs will not abide.

Want to keep your passwords in local keychain? Nah, they will be automatically migrated to cloud keychain on next upgrade.

There was also National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) [0]:

> The NCLC is a rare example of an organization which succeeded in its mission and was no longer needed.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Child_Labor_Committ...

That section reads like we are going to replace one middleman with a more “efficient” one, not eliminating one altogether.

On the other hand, this is listed below “cure for cancer”, so maybe it’s an ambitious one…

Just wait, they will outsource to “AI agencies”.

Are you assuming that said clauses are coming in with layoffs? All I see is that they are part of a contract on day one, which is where it would make a difference.