This - I don’t know anyone who’s ever clicked on an ad, much less acted on it. I know when uBlock origin has crashed though because I see the internet for what it is - it’s a fucking hellscape with adblockers turned off !

Translation:  We’re keeping all the data gleamed to ourselves and away from our competitors.  Your information is our information.  It is Google/Chrome after all.

“We’re launching new privacy features that give you more choice over the ads you see,”

I think she did exactly the right thing that night. I love when bands call people out for shitty behavior. If you’re going to go to a concert to be overly aggressive and violent, you deserve to be embarrassed. She didn’t need to apologize at all.

We used to have secure hospitals for people like this.  We still need them.

I have come to the sad conclusion that I will never be able to sleep during a flight (aside from a short, light doze), no matter what contraption I use. Only hope would be a first class ticket with the seats that fully recline since I can only really sleep laying down.

She should be in jail for a shitload longer than 45 days.

The video shows at least a foot of space between the dude’s knees and the back of the seat in front of him. This must have been filmed in one of those instagram / movie plane film sets, because literally *none* of the planes I have flown on in the past 10-15 years have that much space in coach (and I fly >50,000…

I dont know if this would realistically fit most (coach) US airline seats. Table down is already almost in my abdomen.

Good God.

inflation isnt real, its called “price gouging”

The profit margin from the automakers has nothing to do with dealer markups right now though. It is pure greed.

I groaned audibly when I read the Lockwood news, and same for the The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself.  Apple TV+ is becoming my preferred streaming service since, so far, they haven’t been as quick with the hook as Netflix, Prime, and HBO Max have become. 

Damn, I just finished binge-watching this series a few days ago and I really liked it.

Average wages have not continued to track overall productivity increases since the Reagan administration. All the money has gone to higher and higher income brackets, not middle to lower.

It’s not hidden at all, people just refuse to see it.

There it is.

Patrick George saw this 5 years ago. The trend has only accelerated since then, with Covid-inspired supply chain challenges providing an excuse. This strategy of selling only products with the highest markup is being used across many, many consumer product categories. I think it’s a hidden cause of inflation - things…

Cars are out of control. Just a few years ago, people who make my current income would be in the Lexus GX / BMW 5Series / etc. level of car according to the rule of thumb about payment vs. income.

Providing separate engineering, tooling and installation dedicated to offering both electric and crank windows was costlier than just picking one and sticking with it.