Bro - sounds like you missed an opportunity to dual boot!

I think it’s mostly because it’s in Arizona… Not exactly the tech capital of the U.S…

Their lead investigator will surely sniff this one out!

/I’m going to hell!

It sucks as a whole. Imagine having everyone’s DNA. You can develop things that hurt a specific set of people only. It may or may not affect you directly, but it affects our communities. You’re right as an individual. No one really cares about your hair or spit and if they did, it’s very easy to get a hair sample in most cases without you even knowing it. As technology gets better there will be (maybe already are ways) to get your DNA that are less intrusive or need less material. AI trained on DNA and physical attribute could probably narrow it down A LOT using video alone.

Respect upvote. Can we have this be our culture in Lemmy?

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This comment made me think I accidentally posted on Reddit. My edit still stands (I was pretty confident it would for a while).

Black Friday purchases are a good idea. It tells corporations, “I’m willing to spend at this lower price point.”

Maybe try and cook your wife her favorite meal at home or just go out less often? If going out to eat is the only way to keep your wife happy then you could look elsewhere to cut costs if you need to.

I agree many things have gone up, BUT over the last couple years people kept purchasing without adjustment. I’ve adjusted my grocery purchases (and I’m a nerd who tracks this in spreadsheets) to the point where my monthly costs have gone up 4% over the last 3 years.

New vehicles have shot up in price and people were still waiting in line to buy more! Trillion+ in car loan debt in the U.S… Many of these folks could have bought a used car, fixed their old car, or just waited and purchased later. The numbers are there and support what I’m saying. I’m still driving a very old car (> 15 years old) because I think it’s idiotic to buy another one right now. It sucks, but better than blowing my hard earned cash. This is coming from someone who can afford to ignore interest rates and pay cash and I still won’t do it.

At the end of the day corporations will always be greedy, but only if they can. If people stop buying they can no longer be greedy (supply vs demand). We may be at the point now where people have over extended themselves so much that they simply can’t afford the dumb purchases anymore which means corporations have extracted the maximum from people’s wallets. Sad situation, but I blame both corporations and people.

What are YOU doing about it? Not Biden – YOU: the person reading this comment.

I can tell you my overall cost of living since 2020 has plummeted, not because I haven’t faced inflation like everyone else, but because I stopped spending on most extra things. For example: not eating out anymore, cancelled all streaming subscriptions, flexed what I eat based upon coupons and deals at the grocery store (still healthy), I drive much less, etc…

If you keep buying stuff when prices go up, this keeps demand high and, therefore, prices high.

Edit: So far people are saying they are doing nothing different… just continuing to blame corporations. It’s both greedy corporations and people’s fault. If the costs for basic goods and shelter go up, why wouldn’t you adjust?

I agree, but most customers are still buying. I haven’t liked any of the new offerings so I’m driving my old car and fixing it. If I had to buy, I’d go straight to the used market.

Comment is welcome! Don’t forget the prenup. Congrats!!

I took it as they are going up Shit Stream and are about to lose their paddles. 🤣

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I’m guessing speaking or typing: “note” “pad” “notepad” “how do I write a note?” “Write something down” would all work.

To be fair this would probably be the same speed as me hitting windows key + R and typing “notepad”.

As a programmer, I’m pretty sure I understand computers. It all comes down to who you trust because at the end of the day we all have smart phones with us just about 24/7 with the potential to access just about every aspect of our lives in real-time. Personally, I don’t really trust any company so I limit what I put into my smart phone.

I’m a tech guy and don’t give a crap about the sweeping motion of a watch hand. I’d rather have a watch that tells me the time, date, my messages, and vitals while also being able to configure how it looks plus change that any time I like. Way more useful than, “Wow, look at that hand sweep by!”

I guess I just don’t “get it” when it comes to watches like this. Is there something I’m missing?

That’s a good work around. You can also right click and “open in private window” and it will work just fine.

Ahoy, that’s alright with me, matey!

That’s a good idea. Another one that may be effective is Google has AI process the video and they drop links in the text below the video based on company $. For example, Cool Shirts Inc. gives ad money to Google for their t-shirts. AI processes all new videos and checks for Cool Shirt Inc shirts. If the video has the shirt in it then this is added in text below the video, “Dig the creator’s shirt? Get it here: link.to.shirt.com/buynow”. Non-intrusive, fairly good targeting and if I do like something in the video I can check there to purchase or look into it more.