Well, I’m not talking about cameras. I’m asking about my oven not because I think I shouldn’t care about it, but because I genuinely want to know why I should. Like, I can’t imagine some algorithm is saying “guys, this guy set his oven to 350 an hour before dinner, we got him!”

Didn’t it start ages ago with some nominal monthly/yearly fee, like 99 cents? This was before I started using it, but I could swear it had a fee before Meta bought it and through that time it did build up a pretty significant user base.

What time you usually cook, so the best time to show you other advertisements

I guess I can grant you that they would learn that I eat dinner around dinner time, maybe a little later than most but also not abnormally so.

or if you’re in the store once super targeted customer by customer pricing gets implemented (it’s already in place in many locations)

I’ve seen that stores want to be able to adjust prices based on time of day or whatever, and my store has mostly switched to eink price labels so it’s a matter of time… But per person? How are they supposed to offer one price to me and another to someone reaching for the gallon of milk at the same time?

Honest question though: what of real value can a company gain by knowing that I turned my oven to 350, or that I switched my air conditioning on? Assuming app permissions match what’s needed and I’m not giving up my contacts or whatever. Or is that a more common issue than I realize?

As (currently) the only other person to reply to that net-upvoted comment, pretty much that. I also did not up- or downvote

Which isn’t even called the iWatch

I mean, he is stepping down from that position but will continue to be with the company. If the headline just said he’s stepping down it could imply that he’s leaving entirely which would not be true.

Mostly I’ve heard that we were on the brink of being nuked by the weapons we obliterated a few months ago

Sure, but a good chunk will suddenly stop caring because Daddy told them to 😔

Sure, but there was also a time where companies tried to make that profit by providing good products and enjoyable experiences customers wanted, rather than simply being a monopoly where users can choose between an obscene amount of ads or yet another subscription

I don’t know too many Lemmy legends, but Sandy is without a doubt a Lemmy legend.

Remember that this was even attempted next time we hear something about schools indoctrinating kids

Tony Gonzalez has as well now.

Yes, “Whoa!” was probably one of those cues

I mean, someone once said the world would only see an American pope if America’s position in the world severely changed. It makes sense; I can see where having America as powerful as it is plus that connection to the Vatican could be an issue.

Guess who severely changed America’s position in the world

Remember when toilet paper disappeared from store shelves because a respiratory virus was making its way to everyone? Eventually people realized they had toilet paper, the factories kept producing it, and the shelves recovered and we all agreed that was stupid.

Now imagine nobody has a reason/reasonable way to make their own toilet paper, and whatever toilet paper is available is up for grabs.

Now imagine that with pretty much everything else.

Grand juries are usually formalities with a very low bar. There’s a phrase that you can indict a ham sandwich. Not getting a “true bill” is honestly an embarrassment that many prosecutors never see in their entire career.

I could have seen this get blocked here, but there are still many steps ahead, each will get harder to move forward with.

Fun fact: I just wrapped up a case as a juror (not a grand juror) this morning. We rendered a verdict of not guilty because there was plenty of reasonable doubt to be had.

My egg salad sandwich at a Colorado courthouse cafeteria yesterday did not have olives in it. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before. But I could totally see it, especially since I’ve seen an olive since garnish on a deviled egg which is basically egg salad with the white as a boat for the rest. That was probably in the Midwest

Not sure if it’s relevant here, but there are 9 airports in 8 Canadian cities (Toronto has two) with US customs preclearance. That is, you clear US customs in Canada and arrive like a domestic flight. The reverse does not exist (I believe Canada has the option to but US airports don’t generally have the volume of Canadian flights to justify it). If those ICE offices are related to those US facilities, (if…) it would make some sense.

That’s wholesome AF