If the president spent a little less time playing golf, and a little more time sleeping on the floor in a sunbeam, I might be a little less upset.

OK, who had “The opening from Threads but in 4K” on their bingo card?

Alien Narrator: But they wouldn’t.

Hadn’t scrolled far enough to see it was the Onion community. AI image got me for a second.

True. But pen and paper are also notoriously used as evidence in court cases, and it’s state laws, not the Pentagon (for now) that are prosecuting women for not being baby machines.

For a browser, Waterfox and Ironfox are better alternatives. Don’t forget extensions. Might as well have Brave as a backup if you need a Chromium browser.

It’s not quite what I’m saying, but it’s a starting point. It also isn’t really a thing yet. They’re expected to be available in 2027, so with EV incentives being eliminated, the now $27,500 basic model is already 30%+ more expensive before even appearing IRL.

Doctors don’t prescribe a specific period tracker app. People just use the first app they see in the Google store.

Until I see an email from haveibeenpwned, I call shenanigans.

Greatest romance of all time.

Fdroid store has several period tracking apps that don’t track anything more than your cycle.

Yes and no. There’s a YT video of some guy fixing anything on any car. The catch is that for components for easy things are getting harder and harder to reach. I always used to change my oil myself because it takes 20 minutes and I know the filter got replaced. Harder and harder to do every car I have. So even basic maintenance I can’t do myself anymore.

Modular components could be workable in terms of you pick frame 1, 2, or 3 with batteries. Then you pick wheels/motors packs A, B, or C. Then you pick more and more options. If you own the A and C options, it’s a 45 minute swap out with a system that confirms things are plugged in right. Not every configuration would work together. Toyota uses a lot of interchangeable parts between cars. I mean do this with a whole back end or front end. So like 5 swappable zones that work in maybe 15 possible configurations per frame.

Maybe you want a battle wagon. And want to grow out of that to a pickup. Or start with compact car and expand to a compact SUV.

100%. They all look the same.

instead they will do it by making some tech execs part-time lieutenant colonels…

This is to shield them and their actions when the people their system target get called “enemy combatants.” It’s literally a tech Gestapo.

Holy shit, this is absurdly shocking. I can’t believe this isn’t bigger news. The CEO of freaking Palantir is a Lt. Col. not just for “no reason” ?

Some caveats here.

DDG is a wrapper for Bing results, but the DDG business model is to use only the search term to serve ads mixed in to the Bing results. Startpage is similar, with Google results instead. So you have to dodge SEO pages occasionally.

SearX isn’t bad, but you have to trust the instance owner a bit.

In short, any user should alternate and use multiple search engines. Spread your risk out.

Headline should read “Websites have been tracking you by browser fingerprinting for a while. Google publicly doing it for 6 months.”

Test your footprint: https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/

https://www.amiunique.org/

Lol, I have two degrees in studying this, and I’m old enough to have seen the full cycle play out a few times for both sides. I’m not trolling, I’m jaded AF. And I’m taking about what either party does as a party line. Orange Bully is obviously different, but it’s an individual thing, nothing the party itself has accomplished or done.

Look, if the difference was so vast, ask yourself why Schumer and all the other 70+ year old Dems seem hellbent on laying low and doing nothing but maintain their own power? Maybe get a couple seats in 2026? That’s not resistance. That’s capitulation. Not even strategic capitulation, simply consent and wishes for crumbs. The same thing the alt-right does because TACO boy always chickens out when it comes to a “crossing the Rubicon” style move.

Political parties only exist to enrich and entrench politicians in the party. They are unions for politicians, with no benefits passed to the voters unless it first benefits the politicians. Open your eyes. If you think either party is so noble and steadfast and true, ask yourself where, in a time of need, they are.

Edit: I’m a privacy advocate, and so you have shit like this: https://lemmy.today/post/31901334. While on the other side, journalist Taylor Lorenz has repeatedly mentioned that during a social media influencer event the Biden White House held, they pushed for the idea of “unmasking internet trolls,” which by default means knowing who everyone is online. (The most recent episode of Power User mentions it again) This, the slow deterioration from a few Senators in 2017-18 trying for an internet bill of rights, down to not a bill but…principles, down to privacy as a consumer right, down to F it we need tech bro money too so scrap it all and let’s support Digital IDs now (https://www.meritalk.com/articles/congress-warms-to-digital-ids-as-fraud-privacy-concerns-grow/)

Plenty of examples of both parties having incredibly similar implementations of two different sounding policy goals. Which is fascinating to read about, but a terrifying place in which to live.

Yeah, has that gotten off the ground yet? Or is it still just investor stage pipe dream?

The more accurate form of the comment to which you’re reacting would be:

Can I have a free beer?

Conservatives: No

Liberals: Points to novelty sign on wall Free Beer Tomorrow winks “so you want a beer today? That’ll be $8.99”

The results aren’t exactly the same, but the gulf is not meaningful is the problem. Realistically, most people don’t actually like either party, they just dislike the other party more. If one day we had a 7 random parties just appear and Rs and Ds vanish, for a solid 20 years, political discourse would be verdant and nuanced in a way rarely seen in the US.

These fools will be sitting in the ashes of DC after Iran nukes it, still trying to have a hearing on if Biden liked ice cream too much.