not “useless” - it’ll still work for that session to mask your true location / IP (like if you’re trying to get netflix area limitations) - but if you’ve signed into X platform with your regular account, there’s a link between your regular account and your IP address on X platform’s server that you can never get rid…

despite using a VPN, all it takes is forgetting and signing into a site ONCE from your phone/home IP with the VPN off and the connection is made forever and you can say goodbye to all the effort you put into being anonymous.

yes, but there’s precedent for the car’s controls, and the fact that those things are necessary for operation of the vehicle. introducing the vast depth of potential distractions that come on a phone is another matter entirely and more importantly one without precedent, making it fertile territory for a juicy lawsuit.

the only places that I’ve seen laws against riding bikes on sidewalks is heavily populated / downtown areas where there’s lots of shops and entrances where common sense would (or, should) make it obvious that riding a bike at speed past doors where someone could emerge at any moment is a bad idea. sidewalks in a…

everywhere I’ve lived (and I’ve checked the local laws each time I moved to be sure) bikes have the option of either the road or the sidewalk, but wherever they choose they are subject to those laws;  if on the road, they must obey all traffic laws cars do including signs and lights.  if on the sidewalk, they must…

ah, you pre-date me then.  I was born in the 70s so I’ll take your word for it!

and simply plug a phone into the external box on most houses & businesses.

I’ve thought long and hard about this and while I’ve never read it anywhere, I have to believe that the reason we don’t have proper phone mounts in cars is that manufacturers don’t want to be on the wrong end of litigation about distracted driving.  Creating a phone mount in the car basically invites users to user…

Wow, sorry America isn’t traveling the way you would like, princess. If it would help you be more accepting of others, realize that the more use showers get, the better the chances they will remain a staple at the stop. (e.g. if they only got minimal use you may find their square footage getting repurposed for…

this right here. clicked into this article hoping to learn a workaround to get google’s Call Screen on my S8+. I sincerely hope this will be my last Samsung, so exhausted of their bloatware and attempts to force me into their ecosystem. Hardware is fantastic, the S8 is an incredible phone that still holds up today (5…

sorry but I’m not taking your point. is it that browser updates are occasionally important enough to write a reminder article about? LifeHacker does it too much? Too little?

Ah, but what about after a few test drives? And the optics of delivering a $100,000 vehicle with a less-than-full charge?

fun fact:  often some of them are empty and only placed for visual symmetry, even on warships.

I greatly appreciate your awareness, antifaz (e.g. “everything is chemicals” indeed!) but ya gotta figure a way to navigate past it. Hopefully I’m wrong but you seem paralyzed; the trick is to pick the lesser of the evils. You will not find the perfect, no waste, carbon neutral, renewably sourced, labor ethical…

Ah! On the CVS checkouts we are seeing the same thing - no one uses them at CVS here either - they’re just weird and out of place and awkward. I’m mostly talking about supermarkets, target, walmart, etc... Anyway, it’s interesting the differences between locales - makes ya stop and realize there’s a lot more to…

I can’t tell if you’re being contrarian or if we really do have polar opposite experiences and observations of self-checkout. Where are you? Here in Chicagoland consumers love and use them, preferring self-checkout to open cashiers just a few steps away. If you read my first post above I already answered your “why”…

“I have never met a single person who wanted this.” - next time you’re in the store, look at all the people in the self-checkout line. Also, you can count me. Also, I saw at least one other person in this thread offering up their preference for it, totally unprompted. You just need to be a little more observant I…

LOL without using a drop of gasoline, this single biker has garnered just as much press (if not more) than the entire convoy!

a year ago, they were.   tell us: what happened?!?

FYI stores hate self checkout because of the drastic increase in stolen goods / “shrink”. It’s implemented because of consumer demand & in the name of competition.   Not everything is a conspiracy.