I can just use my own name while traveling. They have no idea how to spell it. And even if they ask and get the spelling correct, the next person has no idea how to pronounce it.

“So the cashier will call you by name” means they don’t care if it’s your real name, just react when they call it.

5:4 was great. I could see a full screen video edge-to-edge, and still have room for a toolbar.

Today I have no idea why I would like that, but I did.

Some of it really is absolutely useless.

Some of it actually provides real value.

Some of it seems to provide value, but actually makes things worse.

Time will tell the proportions.

We used centimeter cubes when I was a kid. Actual plastic cubes. We could use it to add length, we could use it to add volume.

For an illustration of using them for adding lengths, a 2D certainly is fine. They know what the cubes looks like, and a 3D version would just add lines they would have to ignore. Unnecessary complexity.

As an adult who knows how basic addition and basic length measurement works, I would agree with you. The cubes are simplified to squares, that’s the correct name.

But for these kids that doesn’t know the difference of the terms and don’t need it yet, it’s another simplification to avoid unnecessary complexity.

Yes, I really can’t wrap my way around their way of thinking.

There are people who have such big issues in life, and such bad options, that a bench in a park is their best option for a place to sleep. That is horrible, and something must be done. And politicians think removing their best option is a solution?

If people can show enough compassion to invest in getting these people back on their feet, if you are really just going to ignore them - at least to that. Let them be.

If we’re talking drunk people causing issues, and they need to learn to go home instead - then I’d get it. Not my preferred solution, but I’d get it.

Use a fake email as my id? No, I’m not doing that.

I said email, not gmail.

There are thousands and thousands of email providers. Gmail is only one of them.

And even if your email is a gmail account, you may not want to associate your google account with the service, just the email address.

That’s the OP’s point - logging in by email is not an option.

Yeah, it’s phrased in a weird way.

He is saying that when cars were becoming popular, lots of people insisted that horses were better. Over time, basically everyone realized that cars are better.

Now electric cars are becoming popular, although lots of people insists that ICE cars are better.

He is saying that over time, people against electric cars will change their mind, just like the horse-people did.

We all know that fining corps isn’t something that actually works because they just consider it part of their operating cost, so the goal should be to prevent them from operating altogether if their product can’t adhere to traffic laws.

You could say the same thing about human, but that still works.

1: Make the fines big enough to matter, but without making then prohibitively big for small companies.

2: Too many fines result in revoking permission. This doesn’t have to be on company level, the company could group the cars by model or something.

The numbers can be discussed, but this is the framework the legal system is used to, and I don’t see what it wouldn’t work, other than lobbyism.

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If you can look it up yourself quickly, or just ask a person on the phone quickly, lots of people will call.

But if the phonecall is at least 15 minutes of listening to annoying my music first, looking it up yourself might seem like a better idea.

People who really need to talk to a person might be annoyed, but it won’t make them consider a competitor.

Yes, this advice seems out of date now.

Maybe your lock screen has an ICE function, otherwise just put it on your lock screen as plain text.

In some areas, almost everything is private property. Including sidewalks, parks, beaches…

I was in a city that only had one green area that was publicly accessible. The was signs that you weren’t allowed to be on the grass, only the paths. So you could pretty much only walk through. Even just standing, you’d be in the way.

I get that the property owner sets the rules, but if everything is private, it gets hard to exist.

Hetzner works very well for me.

So it’s free because it’s already yours?

Yeah, here the main certificate is digital, and it’s with the government.

Why would they ask for my birth certificate - they already have it.

Can you spare a dollar? I need a beer.

Exactly, it’s not related to me at all.

there’s a whole class of street beggars pretending to look needy

Yep, in some areas that can actually give a middle class income.

Imagine working hard on a low income job, but you make enough to “fit in”. You have a house, you have a car, your kids can join class trips.

Then there’s a beggar that’s making more than you, but doesn’t have any kids. They have a better house, a better car, and goes to Thailand for two weeks every year.

In streets, they are talking to random strangers. Like I’m going to the grocery store, on the way there someone asks for money because they want money.

Online, they are usually begging their fans, or at least people who is showing some sort of interest. Like I’m watching a YouTube video, and the creator is asking for a donation, as a volunteer payment for their effort.