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This is just as much a phone problem as it is a pocket problem. I had no issue fitting a nokia or early smartphone in my pockets.

I don't know that central vacs were the height of vac technology, but I cannot understand how weak cordless/battery vacuums have such marketshare compared to a vacuum unit that gets 110/240v of power direct from the wall.

You sign in to enroll your device in the update scheme then just log out again.

It's not just engineers, I think it's more an age thing.

For a certain cohort (eg those currently between 35 and 45) who did any sort of grade school computer/library classes in the 90's/early2000's, 'chunking' or keyword searching was one of the main skills taught.

It's not but they'll eventually need the storage & analysis compute for the infinite surveillance state.

Per local reporting, they took ages to contact the Govt and did so lamely via a public facing group email address, rather than any of the existing reporting channels for data breaches that would escalate this appropriately, or reaching out directly to a Minister's office.

Australia has legislation & regulation - If you're operating here, failure to notify the regulator and stakeholders about certain types of data breaches within 30 days opens you to fines and civil penalties.

At the least OAI should cop similar penalties, before getting into damages.

If you pay a bank for use of a secure deposit box to store private documents, would you be upset if they started advertising services to you based on the contents of those documents?

Or if your telephone service began messaging with offers for products on what you discussed in your phonecalls?

Yet it's extremism to think Google etc shouldnt be able to do this.

Also, in some orgs you physically cannot send the cv.

I can't send or recieve documents as email attachments anymore to external stakeholders, everything must be via sharepoint link.

That, plus a decade of compulsory anti phishing training means no half competent HR person should be blind opening an attachment that says 'CV'.

Taking time off your existing role to do multiple interviews for something that turns out to pay 10-15% less than you are currently on is insulting.

Social media could have just as easily spread misinformation about the Bondi incident. It was a failure of the NSW Police to not use the SMS emergency warning systems, which is not a good reason to keep everyone on social media.

What would a gambling liability waiver cover? Your losses/damages are not in a confined circuit or ringfenced from your general finances. Are you just agreeing not to sue if you lose your house/wife/job?

Given the rest of American culture is intensely commercialised, I can see why there is a desire to protect the remaining non-commercial spaces.

My local library has an indepenently run coffee kiosk out front, the Council (local govt) own the facility and lease it to the operator, and presumably have some lease terms about allowable signage and branding.

I'd probably feel differently if it was a mega franchise like Starbucks or McCafe right at the entrance of a civic building.

Australia has managed a 2nd and a 4th from 11 entrants. Our voting participation is quite low though, as the voting windows are usually at awkward AEST times and the main Australian broadcast of the contest is delayed until our primetime.

Maybe because State of Origin is the 'tribal' grudge match series, players are only ever eligible for the one team.

Word is out and there are a number of well regarded amazon dupes (CRZ) for Lulu that are rumoured to be from the same manufacturing lines.

Cynical take: A single photo to now consume up 50mb of cloud storage, adding to the demand for more data centers that supported the creation of this authenticity issue in the first place.

Maybe the incentive are at the individual level, not the company level. How do you justify your salary/bonus as the TV product team manager by making the same product year in year out? If you have KPI's for new features or cost savings you are going run out of options eventually.

I like friction in my life, and intentionally add it back in where I can for this reason.

It isn't me 'profiting' from having more free time, it's usually companies managing to find new things for me to fill my free time with.

Time spent vacuuming or washing dishes is time spent not scrolling.

Took a few weeks off, couldnt deal with the headaches, went back to one cup every 2-3 days of measured espresso.

No more getting anxious and worked up about small things and picking fights with my partner.

When you are trying to have none, it's suddenly everywhere and in your face without realising it.

How much caffiene do you consume? I had just been prescribed a script for an ssri for generalised anxiety, was scared of the side effects, decided to try cutting out coffee instead.

Anxiety gone.

I was only having 2-3 filter cups a day, probably less mg than a single large energy drink but that was enough.

about page - senior editor is a board member of Mercatus Group which is Koch funded

Telstra are one step ahead of you and encouraging an ingress style territory control game with the payphones.

https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/what-is-payphone-tag--th...

In most corporate environments, the average worker isnt maximising to performance criteria, they usually are maximising their ability to stay employed, pay their mortgage and support their families.

If developing unmeasured skillsets isnt valued enough by management, why do you bother?

At it's peak, I found Pandora's recomendation algo vastly superior to Spotify

The people criticizing use of management consulting are not usually the same people who make the decision to use management consulting.

I've seen the opposite happen (most competent person applying for promotion passed over because they are too hard to replace in their current role), but not incompetent people being managed up.

What (to me) is more common - unfireable incompetence is left to fester by avoidant management and then flushed by 24-36 month restructure cycles.

The cost isnt zero, previously you were exercising your brain and spatial awareness, you've now offloaded that critical thinking. Repeat this often enough in all areas of your life and you'll start to see impacts down the line on brain and memory function.

Taxi/ambulance drivers who are required to memorise large parts of their city have the lowest dementia risk out of all (studied) professions.

Neither, but my coworkers are apparently unable to carpool to a lunch spot 5 mins away that we visit every 2-3 weeks without setting nav first.

If the trade off is excellent battery life (low hardware capability) vs emojis, most people are going to pick the battery life.