Yeah, I’ve been assuming that plastic isn’t something I want anywhere near my food but can only really control plastic contact with my food inside my place. Most comes packaged in plastic. I think glass jars and produce/things produced in the store are the only things that don’t automatically come in contact with plastic, though in practice it’s only the glass jars that continue to avoid it because the stores provide plastic packaging for produce and their other stuff like meat/deli cuts or baked goods.

And I’d be surprised if the contents inside the glass jars aren’t typically stored in plastic between the farm and the jarring plant, though at least there the bins are likely large enough that contact is minimal for anything not at the edges.

Yeah, the AI based “AI detectors” are themselves slop.

Obvious response to drone killing lasers is a convex mirror finish, then anyone looking at the drone when the defense system kicks in could be blinded.

Why would they need an excuse? Are you implying that “war crime” has any meaning to them (or anyone else with the power to do anything about them)?

Seems I’m in a rare group where I think leashing kids is fine but also think that joking about it is fine. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Edit: fixed smiley (maybe?)

I remember them wanting me to pay for that, but I also remember getting a cable that allowed me to connect my PC to my phone and do whatever I wanted with the filesystem. The ringtones were in a different format but I got a converter and had the FF7 battle music for a ring tone.

I also recall some phones supporting MP3s for listening to music (though storage space was tiny) but not supporting them as a ringtone once connecting to PCs to share files was more common.

They also sold wallpapers, emoticon packs, and themes.

Yeah, I could be wrong, but I think any improvement after a stroke is a sign that the brain can still rewire itself to improve at that age. And I don’t just mean “recovers to normal” but any functional loss that is subsequently compensated for is the brain adapting to its new reality.

IMO the biggest barrier to development isn’t age but a stubborn desire to not learn, which can happen at any age and can vary in a single individual per topic.

Though I do wonder how a brain can end up wiring itself to not want to continue improving. Lack of nutrients such that continued attempts at development could result in the whole thing falling apart?

Not sure if this is still the case, but I see some do the reverse to get around the “no extra fees for using a CC” rule: instead of adding fees when using a CC, they set the prices higher by that fee all the time but then offer a discount for cash or debit payments.

Yeah, that and I was already wary of Google by the time using your phone to pay was a thing and it was an even bigger “fuck no” than when they and MS wanted me to hand over my files for them to store instead of using the perfectly good storage I have at home.

Food isn’t constantly touching plastic :)

And I have some glass ones that do stack, as in they fit into themselves, albeit not as tightly as a plastic set. Or another set that nests a smaller one inside of the bigger one with lids on, then I stack the big ones on top of each other.

Also, they don’t change colour as they age or stain depending on what was in them or how much iron was in the water when they were cleaned.

That 25 number is just the age they stopped that study at, not some magical number where everyone is now officially mature. The human brain continues developing through your life.

For the fly, find Janeway, she will make it her mission to kill both of the hybrid entities, which might result in you going back to normal.

Edit: Or it might result in Janeway becoming like Jason and always slowly walking towards you with a machete. At which point I think you need to recruit Freddy to deal with her.

I kinda want to try this with hot dog water but I’m not sure I can afford that.

I’ve started retiring sentimental shirts early so they don’t wear down like that. They aren’t really shirts anymore, but shirt-like objects tied to memories.

Not to mention during winter, the outside is full of air that would be great for the freezer or fridge. Instead we keep that cold air out as much as possible, use energy to heat the inside, then use more energy to prevent that heat from getting into the food box (well, more accurately to pull the heat that does get in there back out).

Another feature that would be nice is to communicate with all the other appliances (or better just have a server manage them all) to keep them from cycling on at the same time to spread those energy spikes out.

I have a circuit that includes a freezer, convection toaster oven, and my PC. If my PC is in (especially if I’m gaming) and both the freezer and oven cycle on at the same time, it trips the breaker. If they are slightly staggered, like the oven comes on and then the freezer comes on 4 second later, it’s fine, but if they just happen to do it too close to each other I need to run to reset the breaker before my UPS runs out for my PC and then try to figure out how much more time the oven needed to finish cooking.

Also, it would be nice if my water using appliances could talk to my water softener and trigger a regeneration cycle if the softener would otherwise run out.

That’s about it for the uses of smart appliances that I’m interested in that I’ve thought of so far. Instead they seem to mainly want to connect to apps (so they have an excuse to have a connection that can also be used to mine data).

I’m one upping so hard that I’m doing song names, too.

System of an Up - Toximetropolis

System of Downs - Whole Suey

System of All Downs - Tarantulas (or Clock Spiders)

Found in Hollywood

Landings

Open Bomb Bar

Deer Semi-Formal

Greenweek - City of Repaired Realities

Stone School Pilots - The (Male) Goose

Tool and a Skilled Worker - 46 and 3

Linkin Drive

Questioning whether virgins really are a step up from experienced if you aren’t insecure.

Really makes me wonder if the men they are trying to impress even like that look or just pretend to and laugh that they actually did it behind closed doors. And don’t care one way or another because they were already getting their sexual desires met by others.

Oh, it just occurred to me that it might even be a “I don’t really want you anymore but I don’t want anyone else to want you to give you other options, so I’ll pretend like getting that work done will make me attracted to you again and then laugh when you realize all you did was ruin your face for everyone.”