Really? A grocery store lobster salad is a) something that is only an aspirational pipe-dream to you, b) demonstrative of someone being irresponsible with BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO, and c) something that they should be prevented from making their own damn choices about with BENEFITS THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO?

From the referenced Consumer Reports article about ‘Reef Safe’ sunscreen (emphasis mine):

I call dibs on optioning this for a film adaptation.

I call dibs on optioning this for a film adaptation.

I don’t know what pro-wasp lobby got a hold of everyone at Lifehacker, but this is the second article in as many weeks saying that wasps are fine. THEY ARE NOT FINE.

I don’t care who wrote it or what point it was supposed to make, but the ending of A.I. was insane nonsense that arguably ruined what was, up to that point, a masterpiece of a movie. It should have ended with a fade to black with David staring at the face of the Blue Fairy at the bottom of the ocean forever.

Also an improvement.

Only the “Rs”, not the “rs”, but Ange is still better than Probe...

Had a friend when I was a kid, who’s dad had broken all of the “Rs” off of his Ranger. I’ve always thought it would be a great name... well, better than Probe, at least...

I only vaguely remember hearing about PinePhone a couple of years ago, but your post prompted me to investigate. On the surface, I really like the concept, but unless I’m missing something, it looks like for anything that you want to do beyond the most basic vanilla functions, you’d better be prepared to write your…

Thank you, and right back at you – it is indeed refreshing. Even though we’re all speculating, have no idea what the real reasons are, and are to some extent just screaming into the void, it’s nice to be screaming into the void together, instead of at each other!

My understanding of the legality of cross-state recording consent is that is NOT flatly illegal, but VERY grey, and pretty much completely untested in courts.

11 states are “two-party” or “all-party” consent states. It would arguably be easier to have the feature be location-based (just like all of the cable/streaming services do for blacking out local sports events) than to try and button up every hole that an app developer finds.

Make them look better to whom? The Pixel 6 is only available in nine countries, and the feature is still blocked on Pixels in the US, where they’re trying to grow market share the most. Not to mention that this has been an ongoing war for years, not just from Google, but every phone manufacturer. The call recording…

Why the eff do they insist on doing this?! This is a thing nobody is asking for – seriously, who is saying “Boy I sure wish that I couldn’t record my own phone calls, no matter how hard I tried. Could the big tech companies please stop me from doing this?”?!

Shhh...Tom Hanks is undercover...

You go ahead and do this, and when the wasps nest in your walls, chew through your drywall, and start filling your house, you let me know what a good idea this was.